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Texas1870
Jul 15, 2024Copper Contributor
Index Match only blank cells
I have a dataset which contains only partial data in one column (SAP below). I have the data in another table, but I only want to INDEX/MATCH the blank fields in the SAP column below. Any thoughts how to accomplish this?
Location | Code | SAP |
Texas | 101 | |
Texas | 101 | TX |
New Mexico | 102 | |
New Mexico | 102 | NM |
- OliverScheurichGold Contributor
=IFERROR(INDEX(A$2:A$5,SMALL(IF($C$2:$C$5="",ROW($C$2:$C$5)-1),ROW($A1))),"")
This formula works in my sample file. The formula must be entered as an arrayformula with ctrl+shift+enter if someone doesn't work with Office 365 or Excel for the web or Excel 2021.
- Texas1870Copper ContributorThanks OliverScheurich. Let me clarify because I missed a detail. I need to fill in only the blank fields in the SAP column. I'm guessing this might need a "helper" column and then copy/paste into the original.
- PeterBartholomew1Silver Contributor
You are correct that you cannot 'fill in the blanks' using a formula. After all, were you to succeed, they would no longer be blank so you wouldn't fill them in. What you could do instead, is simply read the original data, leaving it unaltered. A table with the blanks filled in could then be created somewhere else using a formula of the form
= HSTACK( Location, Code, IF(ISBLANK(SAP), XLOOKUP(Location, State, Abbreviation), SAP) )