Use multiple IF functions in one cell without nesting

[Roxana_Menendez]

Hi All, 

I don't even know if this is possible but here's what I'm trying to do:

I have an excel and in cells F, I, M, N and O have a formula that either puts a value or a "not eligible" phrase. What I'm trying to do is put in cell Q the description why it is "not eligible" and it can have multiple results, so a nested IF would not work (I think).

So "ideally" the formula should be something like this:

=IF(F7="Not eligible", "QA", ""),IF(I7="Not eligible", "Tardies", ""),IF(M7="Not eligible", "Break & Lunch", ""),IF(N7="Not eligible", "Personal", ""),IF(O7="Not eligible", "Absences", "")

i.e: if in cell F, M, and O it finds the phrase "not eligible" the result should be: "QA, Break & Lunch, Absences"

Of course the formula it is not working and it's giving me a "Formula parse error"

So I guess I'm trying to look for some sort of connector between ifs so I can have multiple results.

Any help or alternative is appreciated.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

@Roxana_Menendez 

=TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,IF(F7:O7="Not eligible",F$1:O$1,""))

[#3]

I'm receiving "An array value could not be found". Why F$1:O$1?

[#4]

=TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,IF(F7="Not eligible","QA",""),IF(I7="Not eligible","Tardies",""),IF(M7="Not eligible","Break & Lunch",""),IF(N7="Not eligible","Personal",""),IF(O7="Not eligible","Absences",""))

Was the answer. Thank you!

[#5]

It could be any row. But did not share your workbook, so I made my assumptions.
Or even hardcoded:
{"QA"."".""."Tardies".""."".""."Break & Lunch"."Personal"."Absences"}