wow. the Sumif function worked beautifully. What if I don't have the Dec.
date specific, ie could be any date within Dec. How can I fix that
DATE(2010,12,?) .

THANK YOU.



"T. Valko" wrote:

Don't you just need to lookup "total" ?

=VLOOKUP("Total",'Acct growth'!$D$1:$BL$5,MATCH("Dec10",TEXT('Acct
growth'!$D$1:$BL$1,"mmmyy"),0))

You could use something much simpler based on the dates. What are the TRUE
dates of your column headers? Dec-10, what is the TRUE underlying date? I
assume it's just formatted to appear as Dec-10.

Something like this:

=SUMIF('Acct growth'!$D$1:$BL$1,DATE(2010,12,1),'Acct growth'!$D$5:$BL$5)


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"EG" wrote in message
...
I don't think MATCH function works here. Perhas my question was not clear
as
the table was misaligned. Depending which column Dec-10 falls, total to
report could be 6, or 9 or 8 and so on. Vlookup located the column the
Dec-10 is on, but I can't get it to report '9' to be the value. Thank
you.

D E F ..... Q..........
1 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 ... Dec-11....
2 Sam 4 6 2 1
3 Alex 2 1 1 3
4 Jen 0 2 5 0
5 Total 6 9 8 4



"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this for Dec 2010

Assuming your date headers are true Excel dates.

Array entered** :

=VLOOKUP(40544,'Acct growth'!$D$1:$BL$5,MATCH("Dec10",TEXT('Acct
growth'!$D$1:$BL$1,"mmmyy"),0))

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER). Hold down both the CTRL key and the
SHIFT
key then hit ENTER.


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"EG" wrote in message
...
No, just need to find any Dec month, and report the 'year end' total.
The
Dec month could be in any column. This is what I am using for just the
Dec
2010 total, ?? is where I am stuck in pulling the correct colum.

VLOOKUP(40544,'Acct growth'!$D$1:$BL$5,??)

Thank you
EG

"T. Valko" wrote:

Do you want the sum total of *all* the DEC months or just a specific
year?

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"EG" wrote in message
...
Hello, I am having problem creating this vlookup foluma of a 5 yr
plan
and
would appreciate some help please. The months 'shift' clumns due
project
launch time not firm (ie Dec-09 would move to column E, but the
other
data
stay put).
D E F
G.............
W X .............
1 Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec-09 Jan-10......... Nov-10
Dec-10......
2 Sam 4 6 2 1
5
7
3 Alex 2 1 1 3
3 1
4 Jen 0 2 5 0
1 0
5 Total 6 9 8 4
9 8

Vlook up will find the Dec months and report the 'total', but the
Dec
months
could be in any column. Thank you very much for any ideas.

GE