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If Then Statements Across 2 Spreadsheets
Every semester our school gives us a big report of class grades but I only need to track some students and classes. How can I set it up so I can match students names and classes and return specific g...
With a layout like this:
In B2 on Spreadsheet 2:
=IFERROR(INDEX(Sheet1!$C$2:$C$200,MATCH(1,(Sheet1!$A$2:$A$200=$A2)*(Sheet1!$B$2:$B$200=B$1),0)),"-")
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Fill down, then to the right or vice versa.
See the sample workbook below.
I started with Power Query to avoid the use of formulas between workbooks which, rightly or wrongly, I tend to regard as somewhat fragile.
I haven't as yet used the classlist from the destination table. It should be the basis of a filter or join, but I claim no PQ expertise!
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\Peter\OneDrive\BigReport.xlsx"), null, true),
Table1_Table = Source{[Item="Table1",Kind="Table"]}[Data],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Table1_Table,{{"Student", type text}, {"Class", Int64.Type}, {"Grade", type text}}),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each ([Student] <> "Banana")),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Filtered Rows", {{"Class", type text}}, "en-GB"), List.Distinct(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Filtered Rows", {{"Class", type text}}, "en-GB")[Class]), "Class", "Grade")
in
#"Pivoted Column"