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Roymore
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Jan 18, 2024

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...
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    HansVogelaar
    Jan 18, 2024

    Roymore 

    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.

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