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newtonlewillows
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Oct 03, 2020

Looking to use unique identifier to fill out remaining entries

 

I have these two workbooks. Previously I have used INDEX / MATCH (5x times) to get the desired effect that I want, is there a specific set of formulas which I can use to get multiple values from the member number to get the five entries which I need to fill out. Thank you. 

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  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    SergeiBaklan
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    newtonlewillows 

    I guess you need to fill data into the 5 columns to the right of each ID. Not sure why INDEX/MATCH or similar doesn't work - formula will be populate within the column automatically and with proper designed formula you only need to drag it to the right to fill other columns.

    • newtonlewillows's avatar
      newtonlewillows
      Copper Contributor
      INDEX/MATCH does work, but I have to do it 5 times for each column, is there are way of doing this only once?
      • SergeiBaklan's avatar
        SergeiBaklan
        Diamond Contributor

        newtonlewillows 

        Afraid I didn't catch, copy/paste formula to another 5 columns is just few seconds second.

         

        I assume formula is like

        =INDEX(Table1[[Forename]:[Zip Code]],
          MATCH(Table2[@[MemberNo]:[MemberNo]],Table1[[MemberNo]:[MemberNo]],0),
          COLUMN()-COLUMN(Table2[[#Headers],[MemberNo]]) )

        another columns are empty at the beginning, then with copy/paste they shall be filled (don't drag)

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