Cathy,
I should have been more explicit:

EMP_ID should be the cell in column A so the formula should be something like:

=VLOOKUP(Sheet1!A2,Sheet2!A2:B100,2,FALSE)

assuming your data starts in row 2. This will look at the value in A2 of
Sheet1 and try to find a corresponding value in columnA of sheet2. If it
finds a match, then the value of column B in Sheet2 will be "copied" into the
VLOOKUP cell.

(I am UK-based so I'll be signing off now: if you still have problems e-mail
me the workbook with instructions to )


HTH

"CathyW" wrote:

I inserted a column next to column A, the ID (label Emp_ID), and copied the
formula into column B. I get the error message #NAME? I am not sure what I
am doing wrong.

"Toppers" wrote:

one option is VLOOKUP:

=VLOOKUP(Sheet1!Emp_ID,Sheet2!A2:B100,2,FALSE)

Assuming Column A in Sheets 1 & 2 contain the ID, then the above will match
the IDs and place the contents of Column B (from Sheet2) into the cell where
the VLOOKUP formula is placed. The <2 tells VLOOKUP to take the 2nd value
in the table i.e defined as A2:B100


=VLOOKUP(Sheet1!Emp_ID,Sheet2!A2:C100,3,FALSE) will select value from Column C


Simply copy this formula down in columns as required.

HTH

"CathyW" wrote:

I have data in two sheets that I need to combine and match using a unique ID
number. For example, it is a list of employees and on one sheet I have birth
date and on the other sheet I have addresses. The ID is on both sheets. How
do I move the data from one sheet onto the other, making sure the data
matches the ID?