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I have two data tables in Excel 2007.
Table A holds a bill of materials with parent and child parts laid out suitable for use with vlookup. Table B holds a selected list of raw materials which are child parts. I want to lookup a parent part from a cell and search for one of its child parts in table A if the result of the search matches one of the raw materials in table B. I can do simple vlookups but this is outside my knowledge. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Thanks -- Richard |
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Can you post a small example and the expected result?
-- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... I have two data tables in Excel 2007. Table A holds a bill of materials with parent and child parts laid out suitable for use with vlookup. Table B holds a selected list of raw materials which are child parts. I want to lookup a parent part from a cell and search for one of its child parts in table A if the result of the search matches one of the raw materials in table B. I can do simple vlookups but this is outside my knowledge. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Thanks -- Richard |
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bill of material;
parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film list of acceptable values nylon rubber if the result of looking up a cell with widget1 returns a value which is in the list of acceptable values, return value, if not return "error" So the first cell with the formula would be targeted to return an acceptable value from a list of raw materials such as nylon or rubber say. Another cell would then have a similar formula but with say an acceptable value concerning cartons. Each set of child parts would only ever contain one raw material in the acceptable value list, never multiples. The database is extracted using Microsoft Query from a stock control program. There are about 4500 parent parts and upto a maximum of 8 child parts per parent. Thanks, hope this gives you an idea of what I am stuck on. (Is there a way I can post a spreadsheet example if this explanation is not clear) Best regards -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: Can you post a small example and the expected result? -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... I have two data tables in Excel 2007. Table A holds a bill of materials with parent and child parts laid out suitable for use with vlookup. Table B holds a selected list of raw materials which are child parts. I want to lookup a parent part from a cell and search for one of its child parts in table A if the result of the search matches one of the raw materials in table B. I can do simple vlookups but this is outside my knowledge. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Thanks -- Richard . |
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If I understand what you want, try this...
This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values Enter this formula in C10 and copy down to C11: =IF(COUNT(MATCH(B10,INDEX(B$2:D$3,MATCH(A$10,A$2:A $3,0),0),0)),B10,"error") -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... bill of material; parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film list of acceptable values nylon rubber if the result of looking up a cell with widget1 returns a value which is in the list of acceptable values, return value, if not return "error" So the first cell with the formula would be targeted to return an acceptable value from a list of raw materials such as nylon or rubber say. Another cell would then have a similar formula but with say an acceptable value concerning cartons. Each set of child parts would only ever contain one raw material in the acceptable value list, never multiples. The database is extracted using Microsoft Query from a stock control program. There are about 4500 parent parts and upto a maximum of 8 child parts per parent. Thanks, hope this gives you an idea of what I am stuck on. (Is there a way I can post a spreadsheet example if this explanation is not clear) Best regards -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: Can you post a small example and the expected result? -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... I have two data tables in Excel 2007. Table A holds a bill of materials with parent and child parts laid out suitable for use with vlookup. Table B holds a selected list of raw materials which are child parts. I want to lookup a parent part from a cell and search for one of its child parts in table A if the result of the search matches one of the raw materials in table B. I can do simple vlookups but this is outside my knowledge. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Thanks -- Richard . |
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Thank you very much for that.
I will try it out and let you know how I get on. Much appreciated -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: If I understand what you want, try this... This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values Enter this formula in C10 and copy down to C11: =IF(COUNT(MATCH(B10,INDEX(B$2:D$3,MATCH(A$10,A$2:A $3,0),0),0)),B10,"error") -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... bill of material; parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film list of acceptable values nylon rubber if the result of looking up a cell with widget1 returns a value which is in the list of acceptable values, return value, if not return "error" So the first cell with the formula would be targeted to return an acceptable value from a list of raw materials such as nylon or rubber say. Another cell would then have a similar formula but with say an acceptable value concerning cartons. Each set of child parts would only ever contain one raw material in the acceptable value list, never multiples. The database is extracted using Microsoft Query from a stock control program. There are about 4500 parent parts and upto a maximum of 8 child parts per parent. Thanks, hope this gives you an idea of what I am stuck on. (Is there a way I can post a spreadsheet example if this explanation is not clear) Best regards -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: Can you post a small example and the expected result? -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... I have two data tables in Excel 2007. Table A holds a bill of materials with parent and child parts laid out suitable for use with vlookup. Table B holds a selected list of raw materials which are child parts. I want to lookup a parent part from a cell and search for one of its child parts in table A if the result of the search matches one of the raw materials in table B. I can do simple vlookups but this is outside my knowledge. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Thanks -- Richard . . |
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Okay brilliant, thank you.
Tried it out and it makes sense. Will extend it now to the actual workbook. Really grateful -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: If I understand what you want, try this... This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values Enter this formula in C10 and copy down to C11: =IF(COUNT(MATCH(B10,INDEX(B$2:D$3,MATCH(A$10,A$2:A $3,0),0),0)),B10,"error") -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... bill of material; parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film list of acceptable values nylon rubber if the result of looking up a cell with widget1 returns a value which is in the list of acceptable values, return value, if not return "error" So the first cell with the formula would be targeted to return an acceptable value from a list of raw materials such as nylon or rubber say. Another cell would then have a similar formula but with say an acceptable value concerning cartons. Each set of child parts would only ever contain one raw material in the acceptable value list, never multiples. The database is extracted using Microsoft Query from a stock control program. There are about 4500 parent parts and upto a maximum of 8 child parts per parent. Thanks, hope this gives you an idea of what I am stuck on. (Is there a way I can post a spreadsheet example if this explanation is not clear) Best regards -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: Can you post a small example and the expected result? -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... I have two data tables in Excel 2007. Table A holds a bill of materials with parent and child parts laid out suitable for use with vlookup. Table B holds a selected list of raw materials which are child parts. I want to lookup a parent part from a cell and search for one of its child parts in table A if the result of the search matches one of the raw materials in table B. I can do simple vlookups but this is outside my knowledge. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Thanks -- Richard . . |
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You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!
-- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... Okay brilliant, thank you. Tried it out and it makes sense. Will extend it now to the actual workbook. Really grateful -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: If I understand what you want, try this... This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values Enter this formula in C10 and copy down to C11: =IF(COUNT(MATCH(B10,INDEX(B$2:D$3,MATCH(A$10,A$2:A $3,0),0),0)),B10,"error") -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... bill of material; parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film list of acceptable values nylon rubber if the result of looking up a cell with widget1 returns a value which is in the list of acceptable values, return value, if not return "error" So the first cell with the formula would be targeted to return an acceptable value from a list of raw materials such as nylon or rubber say. Another cell would then have a similar formula but with say an acceptable value concerning cartons. Each set of child parts would only ever contain one raw material in the acceptable value list, never multiples. The database is extracted using Microsoft Query from a stock control program. There are about 4500 parent parts and upto a maximum of 8 child parts per parent. Thanks, hope this gives you an idea of what I am stuck on. (Is there a way I can post a spreadsheet example if this explanation is not clear) Best regards -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: Can you post a small example and the expected result? -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... I have two data tables in Excel 2007. Table A holds a bill of materials with parent and child parts laid out suitable for use with vlookup. Table B holds a selected list of raw materials which are child parts. I want to lookup a parent part from a cell and search for one of its child parts in table A if the result of the search matches one of the raw materials in table B. I can do simple vlookups but this is outside my knowledge. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Thanks -- Richard . . |
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Hi there, small glitch.
I added another data set to parent and child. Formula refers to B10 for acceptable value and the acceptable answers are either nylon or rubber. I moved acceptable values to A6:A7 and changed formula accordingly. I F4'd the data ranges as well, parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 carton2 rubber film widget3 rubber carton1 tape nylon rubber widget1 =IF(COUNT(MATCH($A$6:$A$7,INDEX($B$2:$D$4,MATCH($A 10,$A$2:$A$4,0),0),0)),$A$6:$A$7,"error") The formula now returns error. If I apply an array it returns nylon but ignores the other value of rubber when I add other product codes in A11 which should return rubber. Would appreciate some more guidance please. Thanks Richard -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... Okay brilliant, thank you. Tried it out and it makes sense. Will extend it now to the actual workbook. Really grateful -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: If I understand what you want, try this... This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values Enter this formula in C10 and copy down to C11: =IF(COUNT(MATCH(B10,INDEX(B$2:D$3,MATCH(A$10,A$2:A $3,0),0),0)),B10,"error") -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... bill of material; parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film list of acceptable values nylon rubber if the result of looking up a cell with widget1 returns a value which is in the list of acceptable values, return value, if not return "error" So the first cell with the formula would be targeted to return an acceptable value from a list of raw materials such as nylon or rubber say. Another cell would then have a similar formula but with say an acceptable value concerning cartons. Each set of child parts would only ever contain one raw material in the acceptable value list, never multiples. The database is extracted using Microsoft Query from a stock control program. There are about 4500 parent parts and upto a maximum of 8 child parts per parent. Thanks, hope this gives you an idea of what I am stuck on. (Is there a way I can post a spreadsheet example if this explanation is not clear) Best regards -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: Can you post a small example and the expected result? -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... I have two data tables in Excel 2007. Table A holds a bill of materials with parent and child parts laid out suitable for use with vlookup. Table B holds a selected list of raw materials which are child parts. I want to lookup a parent part from a cell and search for one of its child parts in table A if the result of the search matches one of the raw materials in table B. I can do simple vlookups but this is outside my knowledge. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Thanks -- Richard . . . |
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Ok, I don't understand what you're now trying to do?
-- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... Hi there, small glitch. I added another data set to parent and child. Formula refers to B10 for acceptable value and the acceptable answers are either nylon or rubber. I moved acceptable values to A6:A7 and changed formula accordingly. I F4'd the data ranges as well, parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 carton2 rubber film widget3 rubber carton1 tape nylon rubber widget1 =IF(COUNT(MATCH($A$6:$A$7,INDEX($B$2:$D$4,MATCH($A 10,$A$2:$A$4,0),0),0)),$A$6:$A$7,"error") The formula now returns error. If I apply an array it returns nylon but ignores the other value of rubber when I add other product codes in A11 which should return rubber. Would appreciate some more guidance please. Thanks Richard -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... Okay brilliant, thank you. Tried it out and it makes sense. Will extend it now to the actual workbook. Really grateful -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: If I understand what you want, try this... This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values Enter this formula in C10 and copy down to C11: =IF(COUNT(MATCH(B10,INDEX(B$2:D$3,MATCH(A$10,A$2:A $3,0),0),0)),B10,"error") -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... bill of material; parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film list of acceptable values nylon rubber if the result of looking up a cell with widget1 returns a value which is in the list of acceptable values, return value, if not return "error" So the first cell with the formula would be targeted to return an acceptable value from a list of raw materials such as nylon or rubber say. Another cell would then have a similar formula but with say an acceptable value concerning cartons. Each set of child parts would only ever contain one raw material in the acceptable value list, never multiples. The database is extracted using Microsoft Query from a stock control program. There are about 4500 parent parts and upto a maximum of 8 child parts per parent. Thanks, hope this gives you an idea of what I am stuck on. (Is there a way I can post a spreadsheet example if this explanation is not clear) Best regards -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: Can you post a small example and the expected result? -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... I have two data tables in Excel 2007. Table A holds a bill of materials with parent and child parts laid out suitable for use with vlookup. Table B holds a selected list of raw materials which are child parts. I want to lookup a parent part from a cell and search for one of its child parts in table A if the result of the search matches one of the raw materials in table B. I can do simple vlookups but this is outside my knowledge. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Thanks -- Richard . . . |
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Hi there, may we go back to your answer below.
The result of the formula must be either nylon or rubber, B10:B11. Whichever one it finds in the range B2:D3 for widget1 or widget2. Your formula only refers to B10 so it only looks for nylon. When it is copied down it refers to B11 so it only looks for rubber. Can it look for nylon or rubber (B10:B11) and return whichever one it finds in the child parts. Hope this makes sense, I kinda need to post a spreadsheet to make it clearer. Many thanks Richard If I understand what you want, try this... This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values Enter this formula in C10 and copy down to C11: =IF(COUNT(MATCH(B10,INDEX(B$2:D$3,MATCH(A$10,A$2:A $3,0),0),0)),B10,"error") ... bill of material; parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film list of acceptable values nylon rubber if the result of looking up a cell with widget1 returns a value which is in the list of acceptable values, return value, if not return "error" So the first cell with the formula would be targeted to return an acceptable value from a list of raw materials such as nylon or rubber say. Another cell would then have a similar formula but with say an acceptable value concerning cartons. Each set of child parts would only ever contain one raw material in the acceptable value list, never multiples. The database is extracted using Microsoft Query from a stock control program. There are about 4500 parent parts and upto a maximum of 8 child parts per parent. |
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Ok, still not sure what you want. See if this does it.
I have two data tables in Excel 2007. This is specific to Excel 2007. This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values = nylon, rubber Array entered** : =IFERROR(INDEX(B10:B11,MATCH(1,--ISNUMBER(MATCH(B10:B11,INDEX(B2:D3,MATCH(A10,A2:A3 ,0),0),0)),0)),"error") ** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER). Hold down both the CTRL key and the SHIFT key then hit ENTER. The formula will return whichever "child" value it finds first. For example: widget1 nylon carton1 tape In that data sample it would return nylon widget1 glue carton1 rubber In that data sample it would return rubber widget1 glue carton1 tape In that data sample it would return error widget1 nylon rubber tape In that data sample it would return nylon -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... Hi there, may we go back to your answer below. The result of the formula must be either nylon or rubber, B10:B11. Whichever one it finds in the range B2:D3 for widget1 or widget2. Your formula only refers to B10 so it only looks for nylon. When it is copied down it refers to B11 so it only looks for rubber. Can it look for nylon or rubber (B10:B11) and return whichever one it finds in the child parts. Hope this makes sense, I kinda need to post a spreadsheet to make it clearer. Many thanks Richard If I understand what you want, try this... This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values Enter this formula in C10 and copy down to C11: =IF(COUNT(MATCH(B10,INDEX(B$2:D$3,MATCH(A$10,A$2:A $3,0),0),0)),B10,"error") ... bill of material; parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film list of acceptable values nylon rubber if the result of looking up a cell with widget1 returns a value which is in the list of acceptable values, return value, if not return "error" So the first cell with the formula would be targeted to return an acceptable value from a list of raw materials such as nylon or rubber say. Another cell would then have a similar formula but with say an acceptable value concerning cartons. Each set of child parts would only ever contain one raw material in the acceptable value list, never multiples. The database is extracted using Microsoft Query from a stock control program. There are about 4500 parent parts and upto a maximum of 8 child parts per parent. |
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It does definitely do it on my test sheet!
I will try it out now on the database I have. And I am very grateful for your patience and help. Later I need to get my head round the zeros in the formula in the match section MATCH(A10,A2:A3,0),0),0)),0 Thank you again -- Richard "T. Valko" wrote: Ok, still not sure what you want. See if this does it. I have two data tables in Excel 2007. This is specific to Excel 2007. This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values = nylon, rubber Array entered** : =IFERROR(INDEX(B10:B11,MATCH(1,--ISNUMBER(MATCH(B10:B11,INDEX(B2:D3,MATCH(A10,A2:A3 ,0),0),0)),0)),"error") ** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER). Hold down both the CTRL key and the SHIFT key then hit ENTER. The formula will return whichever "child" value it finds first. For example: widget1 nylon carton1 tape In that data sample it would return nylon widget1 glue carton1 rubber In that data sample it would return rubber widget1 glue carton1 tape In that data sample it would return error widget1 nylon rubber tape In that data sample it would return nylon -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Richard" wrote in message ... Hi there, may we go back to your answer below. The result of the formula must be either nylon or rubber, B10:B11. Whichever one it finds in the range B2:D3 for widget1 or widget2. Your formula only refers to B10 so it only looks for nylon. When it is copied down it refers to B11 so it only looks for rubber. Can it look for nylon or rubber (B10:B11) and return whichever one it finds in the child parts. Hope this makes sense, I kinda need to post a spreadsheet to make it clearer. Many thanks Richard If I understand what you want, try this... This data in the range A2:D3 - widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film A10 = parent lookup value = widget1 B10:B11 = list of acceptable values Enter this formula in C10 and copy down to C11: =IF(COUNT(MATCH(B10,INDEX(B$2:D$3,MATCH(A$10,A$2:A $3,0),0),0)),B10,"error") ... bill of material; parent child child child widget1 nylon carton1 tape widget2 rubber carton2 film list of acceptable values nylon rubber if the result of looking up a cell with widget1 returns a value which is in the list of acceptable values, return value, if not return "error" So the first cell with the formula would be targeted to return an acceptable value from a list of raw materials such as nylon or rubber say. Another cell would then have a similar formula but with say an acceptable value concerning cartons. Each set of child parts would only ever contain one raw material in the acceptable value list, never multiples. The database is extracted using Microsoft Query from a stock control program. There are about 4500 parent parts and upto a maximum of 8 child parts per parent. . |
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