You have a few choices...

One is to insert a new column A in the rates worksheet.

Then you could concatenate the values in the new column B and C into column A.

=b2&"|"&c2
(and drag down)

Then you could modify the =vlookup() to look at this new column--but concatenate
the year and name into the value to match:

=vlookup(a2&"|"&b2,othersheet!a:e,3,false)
where a2 holds the year and b2 holds the name.

There are other ways, too.

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))

Mayasmom wrote:

I'm at my witts end. I am trying to write an "if" and "vlookup" formula
using two criterias. For example, I have a monthly worksheet that I need to
populate a %rate for primary and secondary. Some Employees have secondary
and some do not. Each employee has a different rate for a primary and
secondary for each year. So I want to write a formula that would look up the
employees name and from the rate table look at their name and year and grab
that %age rate. For example, If I was to look up Jane Smith' primary rate
for 2007, if I look at the table, it will give me 2%. How do I create the
formula. Any suggestions are welcome. Thank you.

Monthly Worksheet
TCV Year Primary Secondary Primary % Secondary %
2007 Jane Smith Sam Steele
2010 Clark Higgins Sam Soul
2009 Sam Soul
2009 Sam Steele

Rates Table
Year Employee Primary % Secondary %
2007 Jane Smith 2.0% N/A
2008 Jane Smith 2.0% N/A
2009 Jane Smith 3.0% N/A
2010 Jane Smith 4.0% N/A
2007 Clark Higgins 1.0% N/A
2008 Clark Higgins 1.5% N/A
2009 Clark Higgins 2.0% N/A
2010 Clark Higgins 3.0% N/A
2007 Sam Soul 2.0% 1.0%
2008 Sam Soul 3.0% 1.5%
2009 Sam Soul 4.0% 2.0%
2010 Sam Soul 4.5% 3.0%
2007 Sam Steele 2.0% 1.5%
2008 Sam Steele 3.5% 2.0%
2009 Sam Steele 4.0% 2.5%
2010 Sam Steele 5.0% 3.5%

Monthly Worksheet
TCV Year Primary Secondary Primary % Secondary %
2007 Jane Smith Sam Steele
2010 Clark Higgins Sam Soul
2009 Sam Soul
2009 Sam Steele

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Dave Peterson