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Need to enter information into a cell, using a reference list on a separate excel file
Hi I have a list (File B) where I want to fill in the location area in a column right next to the suburb, depending on the suburb. Means there are several suburbs with the same location area. The r...
Hi,
No matter if the lookup table is in the same workbook, or in another one.
For now, you can depend on this formula to lookup the location from the File A:
=INDEX('[File A.xlsx]Sheet1'!$A$2:$A$10,MATCH(C2,'[File A.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$2:$B$10,0))
But please note that this formula depends on the suburb as a lookup key, and this is not a good way!
Because the suburb may have duplicate values in the future, so I advise you to create a new column for the Work ID in the left-most of the reference table so that you depend on it in the future.
And this will make you able to use VLOOKUP function which is easier and most straightforward than INDEX & MATCH.
Regards
Thanks Haytham, that's exactly what I need and now I see the formula I understand how it works and what it refers to -great help :-)
Anita