XLOOKUP return range reference instead of value in range
Hi everyone. Summary I would like to see if I can use XLOOKUP and intersection to do a cross reference / horizontal vertical lookup. Detail Let say my data (below) is in across rows and c...
I have already tried XLOOKUP and INDEX MATCH. They can be used, but they make my formulas long and difficult to troubleshoot.
There is more to my situation: My table data has different versions, like below. The column month and row product may change across the different versions.
So far, I think the easiest way is to OFFSET(XLOOKUP( version , B:B, B:B )) to get the 2D array table out first. If version=ver1, table is B1:H6 If version=ver2, table is B8:H13. Then I need an inner XLOOKUP to get Mar + grape
I do have a solution with INDEX and nested XLOOKUP and XMATCH. I am exploring if I can simplify my formula, by getting XLOOKUP to return a range.
XLOOKUP does return an array - the first two formulas that I posted make use of that.
I don't think there is an essentially simpler way to do a two-way lookup.
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Summary I would like to see if I can use XLOOKUP and intersection to do a cross reference / horizontal vertical lookup. Detail Let say my data (below) is in across rows and c...","body@stringLength":"3999","rawBody":"
Hi everyone.
Summary
I would like to see if I can use XLOOKUP and intersection to do a cross reference / horizontal vertical lookup.
Detail
Let say my data (below) is in across rows and columns. Rows represent different months. Columns represent different products.
Goal: Get Mar + Grape, which is 9
Steps: To use intersection, I need to get range D1: D6 and range A5:G5.
I try to use XLOOKUP: I find the value grape in the range A1:A6 and return array of the whole data table. The result from XLOOKUP seems to be a range A5:G5, and showed up as the values from this range ie grape 28 5 9 33 1 9
Problem: In order to use intersection, I need the range reference A5:G5 rather than the values from A5:G5.
Is there a way for XLOOKUP to return the range reference or a formula to get the range reference so that I use it in intersection ?
=XLOOKUP(\"grape\", A1:A6, A1:G6)
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B
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Mar
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May
Jun
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grape
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Hi everyone.
Summary
I would like to see if I can use XLOOKUP and intersection to do a cross reference / horizontal vertical lookup.
Detail
Let say my data (below) is in across rows and columns. Rows represent different months. Columns represent different products.
Goal: Get Mar + Grape, which is 9
Steps: To use intersection, I need to get range D1: D6 and range A5:G5.
I try to use XLOOKUP: I find the value grape in the range A1:A6 and return array of the whole data table. The result from XLOOKUP seems to be a range A5:G5, and showed up as the values from this range ie grape 28 5 9 33 1 9
Problem: In order to use intersection, I need the range reference A5:G5 rather than the values from A5:G5.
Is there a way for XLOOKUP to return the range reference or a formula to get the range reference so that I use it in intersection ?
=XLOOKUP(\"grape\", A1:A6, A1:G6)
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I have already tried XLOOKUP and INDEX MATCH. They can be used, but they make my formulas long and difficult to troubleshoot.
There is more to my situation: My table data has different versions, like below. The column month and row product may change across the different versions.
So far, I think the easiest way is to OFFSET(XLOOKUP( version , B:B, B:B )) to get the 2D array table out first. If version=ver1, table is B1:H6 If version=ver2, table is B8:H13. Then I need an inner XLOOKUP to get Mar + grape
I do have a solution with INDEX and nested XLOOKUP and XMATCH. I am exploring if I can simplify my formula, by getting XLOOKUP to return a range.
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Hi thanks for your reply.
I have already tried XLOOKUP and INDEX MATCH. They can be used, but they make my formulas long and difficult to troubleshoot.
There is more to my situation: My table data has different versions, like below. The column month and row product may change across the different versions.
So far, I think the easiest way is to OFFSET(XLOOKUP( version , B:B, B:B )) to get the 2D array table out first. If version=ver1, table is B1:H6 If version=ver2, table is B8:H13. Then I need an inner XLOOKUP to get Mar + grape
I do have a solution with INDEX and nested XLOOKUP and XMATCH. I am exploring if I can simplify my formula, by getting XLOOKUP to return a range.
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