Not, it is not sorted because you are extracting in the order in appears in
Sheet1.

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HTH

Bob

"John" wrote in message
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Thank you Bob. This works great. One problem. I need to sort Sheet2,
col.C,
but it will not sort. Is this due to the: ROW($A...)? Is there any way
around? The data in Sheet2 are constantly changing and the data in col.C
should be sorted frequently.
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Thanks
John


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=IF(ISERROR(SMALL(IF((Sheet1!$E$1:$E$50<"")*(Shee t1!$F$1:$F$50="Running"),ROW(Sheet1!$A$1:$A$50),"" ),ROW($A1))),"",
INDEX(Sheet1!A$1:A$50,SMALL(IF((Sheet1!$E$1:$E$50< "")*(Sheet1!$F$1:$F$50="Running"),ROW(Sheet1!$A$1 :$A$50),""),ROW($A1))))

It is an array formula, so commit with Ctrl-Shift-Enter,

Copy acroos 3 columns and down as far as you need.

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HTH

Bob

"John" wrote in message
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In Sheet1 I have a table with 5000 rows and 30 columns. I have
simplifiede
it
he

A B C D E
F
Prod Categ. Descr. Code 1 Date Status
R GS Red X 12.05.2008 Stopped
B GS Yellow X 13.05.2008 Running
E RG Green X Running
X RG Blue X 10.05.2008 Stopped
H JG Blue X 08.01.2008 Stopped
F KG Red X 04.04.2008 Running
...5000 rows down...

In Sheet2 I need a table with extracted data from Sheet1 based on two
criterias: The Status from col.F is "Running", and the date in col.E
has
been
filed in. I don't need all 30 columns, so I have selected column A, B,
C.
The
result would then be like this:

Product Product category Description
B GS Yellow
F KG Red
...filled 50 rows down...

I don't think I can use a VLOOKUP as the data are not sorted accending,
and
there are two criterias. I believe I need an INDEX / MATCH formula. I
have
read http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html but I could't
convert
it
to my use. Can anyone help? One array formula in one cell filling 50
rows
down in Sheet2 would be perfect. Formulas copied out in Sheet2 A2:C50
would
also be OK.

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John