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Texas1870
Copper Contributor
Jul 15, 2024

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 ho...
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OliverScheurich
Gold Contributor
Jul 15, 2024

Texas1870 

=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.

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Texas1870
Copper Contributor
Jul 15, 2024
Thanks 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.
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    PeterBartholomew1
    Silver Contributor
    Jul 15, 2024

    Texas1870 

    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)
  )

     

     

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    OliverScheurich
    Gold Contributor
    Jul 15, 2024

    Texas1870 

    Your are welcome. I misunderstood your question unfortunately and i'm still not 100 % sure if i understand correctly. Please check if the attached sample file works for you. All the data for the SAP column is now in column D. This could be the "helper" column. Then you can copy the whole column D and paste only values in column C.

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