One way:

=IF(SUM(COUNTIF(Sheet1!A2:A6500,B2),COUNTIF(Sheet2 !A2:A6500,B2),COUNTIF(Sheet3!A2:A6500,B2),COUNTIF( Sheet4!A2:A6500,B2)),"Found","Not
Found")

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"TB" wrote in message
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Pet,

I saw this post and trying to do something similar. I want to match B2 on
one worksheet, to 4 other worksheets. I can do it for one which I used

=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(B2,LM_RETENTION_CLAIMS!A$2:A$6 500, 1, FALSE)), "not
found", "found")

That works, but I need it to work on three other worksheets as well. Is
there a way i can add the other to that formula so it searches for the
info
on all of the worksheets?

Thanks

TB


"Pete_UK" wrote:

If you wanted to lookup 3 sheets, then the general approach would be:

=IF(ISNA(vlookup_1),IF(ISNA(vlookup_2),IF(ISNA(vlo okup_3),"not
present",vlookup_3),vlookup_2),vlookup_1)

where vlookup_1 in your case might be:

VLOOKUP($F3,'[PAR.xls]E-M 10741003'!$B$17:$P$300,7,FALSE)

So, you can see that the formula will be quite unwieldly.

To access a sheet name from a cell, you will have to use the INDIRECT
function, but this will only work with open workbooks.

Hope this helps.

Pete
On May 14, 4:04 pm, TAK wrote:
I have a value (M01) in my current worksheet in F3. I want to find that
value
in another workbook, match on it and return the value in column 7 of
that
worksheet. I have multiple sheets in the other workbook and I am
currently
looking at each one individually. The formula I am using is:

=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP($F3,'[PAR.xls]E-M
10741003'!$B$17:$P$300,7,FALSE)),0,VLOOKUP($F3,'[PAR.xls]E-M
10741003'!$B$17:$P$300,7,FALSE))

The formula above just looks at workbook "PAR.xls" and worksheet "E-M
10741003" within that workbook. This works just fine one sheet at a
time, but
when the job number changes, I have to change the worksheet name in my
formula. Is there a way I can look at all of the sheets, not just one
at a
time or pull a variable (10741003) into the formula from another cell
(B3) in
my current worksheet?

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TAK