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Help on Lookup feature
I am having difficulty getting a lookup function to work properly. In a worksheet using 165 rows looking up data from another worksheet using 165 rows, looking at a unique number, some rows return correct data, and others return the #N/A error message. Any suggestions? Thanks much. Joe -- JLH ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JLH's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=29940 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=496410 |
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Help on Lookup feature
I've gotten this before
Go to the first row where you get you "N/A" and look at the cell range of the Vlookup. Compare that to the first cell with the formula and you may notice a difference in the cell ranges for the lookup. How this happened is you used the copy--paste method of putting your formula in each cell without making the range reference absolute. To fix the problem put a $ before the row and column reference of your range your looking up. =VLOOKUP($A$2,Sheet3!$G18:$V$28,8,FALSE) I would also recommend Allen Wyatt's explanation of the feature he http://exceltips.vitalnews.com/Pages..._Function.html The only other way I've gotten N/A is if the data just simply isn't there. I don't want to be printing N/A's on my final report and so I usually use the =IF(ISERROR() formula method. =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP($A$2,Sheet3!$G18:$V$28,8,FALSE ))," ",VLOOKUP($A$2,Sheet3!$G18:$V$28,8,FALSE)) I hope this helps! "JLH" wrote: I am having difficulty getting a lookup function to work properly. In a worksheet using 165 rows looking up data from another worksheet using 165 rows, looking at a unique number, some rows return correct data, and others return the #N/A error message. Any suggestions? Thanks much. Joe -- JLH ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JLH's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=29940 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=496410 |
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Jacob: Thanks very much! Joe -- JLH ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JLH's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=29940 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=496410 |
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