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Employee Wage Lookup
I have a column that has a drop down list of employee names (50ea).
I would like the cell in the next column to automaticaly insert the wage rate for the emplyee name selected. How do I it ? |
by using VLOOKUP see
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/vlookup.htm You can probably put that next to the employee name in the table you use to create the dropdown, but you will still have to use VLOOKUP.. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Rick" wrote in message ... I have a column that has a drop down list of employee names (50ea). I would like the cell in the next column to automaticaly insert the wage rate for the emplyee name selected. How do I it ? |
David
Thanks for the answer. Could I impose on you a little more. After looking at the page you refered me to I am still lost. Any chance you could give me an example of a formula? "David McRitchie" wrote: by using VLOOKUP see http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/vlookup.htm You can probably put that next to the employee name in the table you use to create the dropdown, but you will still have to use VLOOKUP.. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Rick" wrote in message ... I have a column that has a drop down list of employee names (50ea). I would like the cell in the next column to automaticaly insert the wage rate for the emplyee name selected. How do I it ? |
Hi Rick,
Look at the #catalog example on the page. Suppose you had a table like the first table in the #catalog example where you only brought in the Stock Numbers into the dropdown box. Once the user has made a choice, the VLOOKUP can obtain the description and a separate VLOOKUP can obtain the price based on the Stock Number. value. So you are reutilizing the same table -- if you used a table to create your dropdown in the first place. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Rick" wrote in message ... David Thanks for the answer. Could I impose on you a little more. After looking at the page you refered me to I am still lost. Any chance you could give me an example of a formula? "David McRitchie" wrote: by using VLOOKUP see http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/vlookup.htm You can probably put that next to the employee name in the table you use to create the dropdown, but you will still have to use VLOOKUP.. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Rick" wrote in message ... I have a column that has a drop down list of employee names (50ea). I would like the cell in the next column to automaticaly insert the wage rate for the emplyee name selected. How do I it ? |
David
Thanks much---got it now. "David McRitchie" wrote: Hi Rick, Look at the #catalog example on the page. Suppose you had a table like the first table in the #catalog example where you only brought in the Stock Numbers into the dropdown box. Once the user has made a choice, the VLOOKUP can obtain the description and a separate VLOOKUP can obtain the price based on the Stock Number. value. So you are reutilizing the same table -- if you used a table to create your dropdown in the first place. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Rick" wrote in message ... David Thanks for the answer. Could I impose on you a little more. After looking at the page you refered me to I am still lost. Any chance you could give me an example of a formula? "David McRitchie" wrote: by using VLOOKUP see http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/vlookup.htm You can probably put that next to the employee name in the table you use to create the dropdown, but you will still have to use VLOOKUP.. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Rick" wrote in message ... I have a column that has a drop down list of employee names (50ea). I would like the cell in the next column to automaticaly insert the wage rate for the emplyee name selected. How do I it ? |
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