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Attempting to use vlookup to auto populate sheet and returning #N/A on some cells
The formula I have is =VLOOKUP(TRIM($F2), Serial!$A$2:$C$997, 3, FALSE), so matching a serial number of up to 10-12 numbers, in a serial number database to return customer name and job type. It w...
Thanks. Although the relevant columns are both formatted as Text, Excel sees some of the values as text and others as numbers (you can check this using the ISTEXT function).
If you have Microsoft 365 or Office 2021, you can use this formula in B2:
=XLOOKUP($D2&"", Serial!$A$2:$A$1000&"", Serial!B$2:B$1000, "")
Fill to the right to C2, then down to the last used row.
If you have an older version:
=IFERROR(INDEX(Serial!B$2:B$1000, MATCH($D2&"", Serial!$A$2:$A$1000&"", 0)), "")
I'll send you the workbook with both approaches by PM.
Could you attach a small sample workbook demonstrating the problem (without sensitive data), or if that is not possible, make it available through OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or similar? Alternatively, you can attach it to a private message to me. Thanks in advance.
- Thanks Hans.
I have sent you a PMThanks. Although the relevant columns are both formatted as Text, Excel sees some of the values as text and others as numbers (you can check this using the ISTEXT function).
If you have Microsoft 365 or Office 2021, you can use this formula in B2:
=XLOOKUP($D2&"", Serial!$A$2:$A$1000&"", Serial!B$2:B$1000, "")
Fill to the right to C2, then down to the last used row.
If you have an older version:
=IFERROR(INDEX(Serial!B$2:B$1000, MATCH($D2&"", Serial!$A$2:$A$1000&"", 0)), "")
I'll send you the workbook with both approaches by PM.
- Oh Thank you so much, this makes sense.
This is now working and you have made me a happy man!
