Conditional formatting not working properly as one of the comparing cells contains a vlookup formula
Hi, I'm having problems with a simple conditional formatting as one of the comparing values is a vlookup formula and not a number. I did the comparison with another set of data containing just numbers and not values and it works perfect. Is there any way to let the conditional format know that we need to compare the values of column A with the values of column B which gets filled with a VLookup formula and then highlight the cells containing different values? Please see the pictures. In this case, the conditional format is working as Column Brand has been input manually typing the numbers and the red cells are those ones showing differences between Column Inventory and Column Brand. In this case, the conditional format is not working. Column Available inventory is filled as a result of a Vlookup formula. Column Inventory and Column Avail. Inv. are all red for some reason. I think this is because when the conditional formatting compares Columns Inventory with Avail, everything is different as Column Avail's cells contain a formula and not a value. My comparing formula for the conditional format is very easy =$B2<>$H2 (Fill with red all cells from rows B and H with values are different from each other). Does any one have an idea about this? Does any one have had the same problem? Does anyone knows how to solve this? Thank you. Odin.
TRUE vlookup brings the wrong results
Hello to all, I wanted to make my full-of-vlookups workbook faster so I thought I would start using vlookups(TRUE) on a sorted table since I read that its faster that way. Problem is that, despite the fact that the lookup table is sorted and the fact that the lookup value does exist in said table, I can't get the vlookup(TRUE) to get the correct value. It does bring correct values on some lookups but not on all. Any ideas why might that be happening? thank you
Vlookup to find multiple variations of a text string and return column
This is what I have so far: =VLOOKUP("*"&$H$2&"*", Datatable, COLUMN(A2), FALSE) $H$2 = Contains the text I'm searching for within Datatable When I run the formula, I only get the first instance of the text. However, I know there is more than one case that contains this text within the Datatable. Please help. I feel like I'm so close to getting this to work.
Can we use VLookup to fill in fields from Scattered Data ?
Hi, I wanted to know that is it possible to use VLookup to fill in data in a certain row by matching it from different rows rather than just from a single row. In the attached image, I want to fill in the cells next to "Yellow" i.e. (H4) & "Pink" i.e. (H7) by using the same formula I used to in H2 cell which is "=VLOOKUP(G2:G7,A2:E12,2,0) ". NOTE - That I have selected the table array from "A2:E12" which covers the values of D11, E11 & D12, E12 in which the "Yellow" and "Pink" information is given. I do realise that the source has become different now, but is there a way in which I can fill in H4 & H7 through ANY FORMULA (if Vlookup can't be used) where I don't have to restructure the data in the sheet. Thank You in advance.
MS Excel - VLOOKUP result is not calculated automatically
I have an application that generates a file that include VLOOKUP formulas, but the result is not calculated automatically. I need to manually press F2 + Enter to have the result calculated. Facts: - I already set: Formulas > Calculation Options > Automatic - B6:B17 and B19:B26 have the "General" format - B28:30 and B32:34 have the "Numeric" format The final idea is to print the text only, not the number zero Here is a copy from the file: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ai_bHPXqfyZSQeSfUN8XcEIJz4fX7gqh?usp=sharingVlookup formula - partial text search
Hi, I am trying to use the Vlookup formula to search by Keywords in a cell and bring the value for category. I have the following example, on the first column I have the debits (long text with a lot of information). I want to search by the Keyword and bring the category to the second column. Someone can help? DEBIT CATEGORY KEY WORD Category PURCHASE AUTHORIZED ON 08/25 CHEVROLET KANSAS CITY KS J651695106198 CARD 1234 CHEVROLET CAR PURCHASE AUTHORIZED ON 08/23 ACE HARDWARE NEW YORK NY J51981981981981 CARD 1234 ACE HARDWARE UTILITIES PURCHASE AUTHORIZED ON 08/20 CHICK-FIL-A #1234 BOSTON MA Q1651651651981 CARD 1234 MCDONALD'S FAST FOOD PURCHASE AUTHORIZED ON 08/20 MCDONALD'S F1244 NEW YORK NY Q7161968168168 CARD 1234 CHICK-FIL-A FAST FOOD PURCHASE AUTHORIZED ON 08/20 WALMART F1244 NEW YORK NY Q7161968168168 CARD 1234 WALMART GROCERY PURCHASE AUTHORIZED ON 08/20 WALMART F1244 NEW YORK NY Q7161968168168 CARD 1234 WHOLE FOODS GROCERY PURCHASE AUTHORIZED ON 08/20 WHOLE FOODS F1244 NEW YORK NY Q7161968168168 CARD 1234
Use numerical lookup with VLOOKUP?
I would like to populate a sample information array based on a numerical sample ID. However, when I use a VLOOKUP function with a numerical lookup (see screenshot), I get a bizarre result where initial values return "#N/A" and the last few cells return the desired result. This problem is fixed when I use a text value for the sample ID. Can VLOOKUP be used with a numerical LOOKUP value? What could be causing the strange error I'm observing when using a numerical lookup value? Edit: Altering the formats does not fix the issue. The same issue happens regardless of whether columns are formatted as general, numbers, or text. UPDATE: Ok, so the sample ID cell that I was attempting to use as lookup value is part of a long chain of linked cells spanning several worksheets. I did this because there are several steps to the data analysis process, and I'm looking to automate results generation by linking raw data to output. Anyway, the first sample ID "1", the first link in the chain - the cell had a warning indicating that the "number is stored as text". This may have happened because I applied a sort to sample IDs, some of which are are numbers and some of which are text. Either way, by simply converting the original cell, I was able to fix the problem. So the lesson is make sure your formats are consistent across the board.
