=INDEX('[WIP - August 19.xls]19-Aug-2009'!$N$2:$N$3873,
MATCH(1,A5='[WIP - August 19.xls]19-Aug-2009'!$E$2:$E$3873)
*(B5='[WIP - August 19.xls]19-Aug-2009'!$G$2:$G$3873),0)

I'm gonna guess that there is no match between the value in A5 and E2:E3873 and
at the same time between the value in B5 and G2:G3873.

Just like =vlookup() or =match() will return an error.

Debra Dalgleish has lots of notes on troubleshooting =vlookup():
http://contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html#Trouble
(And it'll apply to =match(), too.)

If that doesn't help, what are you matching on--simple text, whole numbers,
times, dates, fractions, long strings????

Meredith wrote:

Hi Dave,

I tried to enter this

=INDEX('[WIP - August 19.xls]19-Aug-2009'!$N$2:$N$3873,MATCH(1,A5='[WIP -
August 19.xls]19-Aug-2009'!$E$2:$E$3873)*(B5='[WIP - August
19.xls]19-Aug-2009'!$G$2:$G$3873),0) using the ctrl+shift+enter functions.

It came back with an #NA error. Can you please try to diagnose the formula
and let me know where you think it went wrong.

Thanks,

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Saved from a previous post:

If you want exact matches for just two columns (and return a value from a
third), you could use:

=index(othersheet!$c$1:$c$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)
*(b2=othersheet!$b$1:$b$100),0))

(all in one cell)

This is an array formula. Hit ctrl-shift-enter instead of enter. If you do it
correctly, excel will wrap curly brackets {} around your formula. (don't type
them yourself.)

Adjust the range to match--but you can only use the whole column in xl2007.

This returns the value in othersheet column C when column A and B (of
othersheet) match A2 and B2 of the sheet with the formula.

And you can add more conditions by just adding more stuff to that product
portion of the formula:

=index(othersheet!$d$1:$d$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)
*(b2=othersheet!$b$1:$b$100)
*(c2=othersheet!$c$1:$c$100),0))

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If there is only one match and you're bringing back a number (or 0 if there is
no match for all the criteria), you can use:

=sumproduct(--(othersheet!a1:a10=a1),
--(othersheet!b1:b10=b1),
(othersheet!c1:c10))

Adjust the ranges to match--but you can't use whole columns (except in xl2007).

=sumproduct() likes to work with numbers. The -- stuff changes trues and falses
to 1's and 0's.

Bob Phillips explains =sumproduct() in much more detail he
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

And J.E. McGimpsey has some notes at:
http://mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html

Meredith wrote:

Hi,

I need a VLOOKUP which can match 2 criteria.

I have 2 spreadsheets which each contain: Client No. and Engagement
Description. They are the same on both spreadsheets, however, I am doing the
VLOOKUP to find the Budget for that specific Client No. and Engagement
Description.

Is there a way to get the VLOOKUP or any other formula to work?

Thank you

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson