I have tried to combined the vlookup and the if statment to a blank. ie:
=IF('Week 1'!E20="","",VLOOKUP('Week 1'!E19,AL9:AM19,2,0))

"ppidgursky" wrote:

This is what I wrote, and still received the error. Where am I going wrong?
=IF('Week 1'!$E$21="Annual","A",IF('Week 1'!$E$21="Sick","S",IF('Week
1'!$E$21="Personal","PL",IF('Week 1'!$E$21="FLSA Comp","F",IF('Week
1'!$E$21="GA Comp","G",IF('Week 1'!$E$21="Holiday","H",IF('Week
1'!$E$21="Pass","P",IF('Week 1'!$E$21="Leave W/O Pay","AD",IF('Week
1'!$E$21="Military","M",IF('Week 1'!$E$21="Jury
Duty","J",LEFT('Week1'!$E$21)))))))))))

"Teethless mama" wrote:

Try my formula it will work exactly what you want


"ppidgursky" wrote:

I tried that, and that worked with the original 8 items, but I need to add 2
more to the list, and excel will not allow it. That hole cant add more than 7
funtions in a function thing. Looking at alternative methods, and the look up
works but I can't leave a blank. I am trying to mix the 2 together, if and
vlookup, and it works, but also will not give a blank, just a #N/A

"Teethless mama" wrote:

Try this:

=IF('Week 2'!$E$20="Personal","PL",IF('Week 2'!$E$20="Leave W/O
Pay","AD",LEFT('Week 2'!$E$20)))


"ppidgursky" wrote:

I am looking to add more items to a IF statement. The current is:=IF('Week
2'!$E$20="Annual","A",IF('Week 2'!$E$20="Sick","S",IF('Week
2'!$E$20="Personal","PL",IF('Week 2'!$E$20="FLSA Comp","F",IF('Week
2'!$E$20="GA Comp","G",IF('Week 2'!$E$20="Holiday","H",IF('Week
2'!$E$20="Pass","P",IF('Week 2'!$E$20="Leave W/O Pay","AD",""))))))))

I know excel says you can not use more than 7 functions in function. The
above function has 8 levels, and I need to add two more.
The current looks at a cell on 'Week2' and if the field displays "Annual"
for example, on the 2nd sheet it shows an "A". Using the same fields I want
to add 2 more; "Military Leave" to display as "M", and "Jury Duty" as "D".
I am loosing my patience on this one. Please Help.