Hi, i hope I can explain this correctly in words.

What i'm trying to do is create a report that draws information from a large
table. The report will only be drawing on some of the aspects of the larger
table. I have tried the LOOKUP functions and they are not working in this
case. Maybe there are too many values?

For example there are many oranges, apples, and pears listed in the report,
they have all different project numbers, start dates, reporting dates. I'm
trying to produce a report on the oranges that list only the key information
that I need from the massive table. I have tried the vlookup function with
just the project numbers (i have typed theses into the new worksheet in hope
it would this number to draw on the rest of the information I need from the
table) but this does not work.

Has anyone done this before and can help me?

the massive table

Define massive. 200 columns by 17,500 rows? 10 columns by 235 rows?

list only the key information

how many items comprise the key information? 200? 10?

Biff

"Sarah - Sydney" <Sarah - wrote in message
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Hi, i hope I can explain this correctly in words.

What i'm trying to do is create a report that draws information from a
large
table. The report will only be drawing on some of the aspects of the
larger
table. I have tried the LOOKUP functions and they are not working in this
case. Maybe there are too many values?

For example there are many oranges, apples, and pears listed in the
report,
they have all different project numbers, start dates, reporting dates. I'm
trying to produce a report on the oranges that list only the key
information
that I need from the massive table. I have tried the vlookup function with
just the project numbers (i have typed theses into the new worksheet in
hope
it would this number to draw on the rest of the information I need from
the
table) but this does not work.

Has anyone done this before and can help me?

Lets start with a trivial example and see if that doesn't kick-start things.

Sheet2 (your list, simplified)

A B
1 PRODUCT Units Sold
2 Apples 3
3 Oranges 5
4 Pears 4
5 Oranges 3
6 Tulips 1
7 Carrots 7
8 Lemons 4
9 Oranges 22

Over on 'Sheet1' you have

A B
1 Oranges =SUMIF(Sheet2!A2:A9,A2,Sheet2!B2:B9)

and the formula in B1 will show 30 in this case
SUMIF says look in this list: Sheet2!A2:A9
for matches to the value in A2
and where matches are returned, return sum of related row values in the list
at Sheet2!B2:B9

A1 on Sheet1 could be a list dropdown made up in several ways, or just typed
in, but spelling must be same in A1 as it is in A2:A9 on Sheet2 list.

Excel will also help you properly and easily set up a formula like the one
in B1:
click in B1 and type an = symbol followed by sumif(
.... should look like =sumif(
choose Sheet2 and highlight cells A2:A9 and type a comma then
.... should look like =sumif(Sheet2!A2:A9,
choose Sheet1 and click in A1 then type another comma
.... should look like =sumif(Sheet2!A2:A9,A1,
finally, choose Sheet2 again and highlight cells B2:B9 and hit the [enter]
key.


"Sarah - Sydney" wrote:

Hi, i hope I can explain this correctly in words.

What i'm trying to do is create a report that draws information from a large
table. The report will only be drawing on some of the aspects of the larger
table. I have tried the LOOKUP functions and they are not working in this
case. Maybe there are too many values?

For example there are many oranges, apples, and pears listed in the report,
they have all different project numbers, start dates, reporting dates. I'm
trying to produce a report on the oranges that list only the key information
that I need from the massive table. I have tried the vlookup function with
just the project numbers (i have typed theses into the new worksheet in hope
it would this number to draw on the rest of the information I need from the
table) but this does not work.

Has anyone done this before and can help me?