There is no "Formula tab" required. Put the data table wherever you want. A
common method is to put it on a separate sheet. You would reference this
like:

=vlookup(a1,sheet2!$A:$D,3,false)

Regards,
Fred.

"anju" wrote in message
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where to serch for Formula tab to set up data table from criteria
selection
(for V look up function)