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is it possible to do a vlookup only if the column prior is tagged with a Y

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If Column J says Y then Column K does the lookup?
=IF(J3=Y,Vlookup(Data!A2:H1602,8,false)

except this doesn't work
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Is this what you meant?

=IF(J3="Y",VLOOKUP(K3,Data!A2:H1602,8,0),"")

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is it possible to do a vlookup only if the column prior is tagged with a Y

so far example

If Column J says Y then Column K does the lookup?
=IF(J3=Y,Vlookup(Data!A2:H1602,8,false)

except this doesn't work



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this is great, thank you!! :)

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is it possible to do a vlookup only if the column prior is tagged with a Y

so far example

If Column J says Y then Column K does the lookup?
=IF(J3=Y,Vlookup(Data!A2:H1602,8,false)

except this doesn't work

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