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Can Excel do this? and if so which formula should I use
Hi, I need to enter a formula that will look up information in a table and
give me a text answer, e.g. here is the table low likelihood Medium Likelihood high likelyhood low inpact Low Risk Low Risk Medium Risk medium impact Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk high impact Medium Risk High Risk High Risk so if a had 2 cells that listed the impact and likelyhood, e.g. low impact and high likelyhood, the answer would be Medium risk Any idea of which formula could help me do this? Thanks for your help |
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Can Excel do this? and if so which formula should I use
With your little table in A1 thru D4 (A1 is actually blank)
In E1 put the desired col value (like Medium Likelihood) In F1 put the desired row value (like high impact) then in another cell: =OFFSET(A1,MATCH(F1,A2:A4),MATCH(E1,B1:D1)) -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200802 "Claire" wrote: Hi, I need to enter a formula that will look up information in a table and give me a text answer, e.g. here is the table low likelihood Medium Likelihood high likelyhood low inpact Low Risk Low Risk Medium Risk medium impact Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk high impact Medium Risk High Risk High Risk so if a had 2 cells that listed the impact and likelyhood, e.g. low impact and high likelyhood, the answer would be Medium risk Any idea of which formula could help me do this? Thanks for your help |
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Can Excel do this? and if so which formula should I use
Try this
=INDEX(A1:D4,MATCH(E1,A1:A4),MATCH(E2,A1:D1,0)) Where your risk matrix is in A1 - D4 E1= Impact E2= Liklehood Mike "Claire" wrote: Hi, I need to enter a formula that will look up information in a table and give me a text answer, e.g. here is the table low likelihood Medium Likelihood high likelyhood low inpact Low Risk Low Risk Medium Risk medium impact Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk high impact Medium Risk High Risk High Risk so if a had 2 cells that listed the impact and likelyhood, e.g. low impact and high likelyhood, the answer would be Medium risk Any idea of which formula could help me do this? Thanks for your help |
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Can Excel do this? and if so which formula should I use
Mike, I tried your formula below, thank you for your help and my version
looks like this: =INDEX(Help!$A$18:$D$21,MATCH(D4,Help!$A$18:$A$21) ,MATCH(E4,Help!$A$18:$D$18,0)) Where the small table is held on a sheet called Help in cells A18:D21. This forumal works beautifully for the cell I entered it in, but as soon as I copy the forumal down the worksheet (I have about 100 rows to copy it down) The formula stops working and give an error saying: Value not available. I have obviously made the cell references of th table absolute so as they remain constant, but have left the D4 (impact) and E4 (liklihood) references as they are, becasue I need them to copy down the worksheet. Can you think of why this formula can not copy down? "Mike H" wrote: Try this =INDEX(A1:D4,MATCH(E1,A1:A4),MATCH(E2,A1:D1,0)) Where your risk matrix is in A1 - D4 E1= Impact E2= Liklehood Mike "Claire" wrote: Hi, I need to enter a formula that will look up information in a table and give me a text answer, e.g. here is the table low likelihood Medium Likelihood high likelyhood low inpact Low Risk Low Risk Medium Risk medium impact Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk high impact Medium Risk High Risk High Risk so if a had 2 cells that listed the impact and likelyhood, e.g. low impact and high likelyhood, the answer would be Medium risk Any idea of which formula could help me do this? Thanks for your help |
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Can Excel do this? and if so which formula should I use
Ahh Mike, I have tracked down what is happening with the copying.. The formula does copy down, but this forumal will not work for any option that starts with a High liklyhood, e.g. High, mediums, High, Lows or High highs. All other combinations work "Mike H" wrote: Try this =INDEX(A1:D4,MATCH(E1,A1:A4),MATCH(E2,A1:D1,0)) Where your risk matrix is in A1 - D4 E1= Impact E2= Liklehood Mike "Claire" wrote: Hi, I need to enter a formula that will look up information in a table and give me a text answer, e.g. here is the table low likelihood Medium Likelihood high likelyhood low inpact Low Risk Low Risk Medium Risk medium impact Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk high impact Medium Risk High Risk High Risk so if a had 2 cells that listed the impact and likelyhood, e.g. low impact and high likelyhood, the answer would be Medium risk Any idea of which formula could help me do this? Thanks for your help |
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