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Hi, I have a problem with vlookup formula, I am not sure what am I doing wrong but it seems to not be working
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Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:21
Hi
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:21
How can i help you?
User
15/10/2018 - 12:21
hello
User
15/10/2018 - 12:21
I ll send u a file and see if u can help me
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:21
Please share the file and problem with the vlookup formula
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:22
Sure
User
15/10/2018 - 12:22
[Uploaded an Excel file]
User
15/10/2018 - 12:22
let me know when you have the file opened
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:22
I have downloaded the file successfully
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:23
Can you please elaborate what you have been trying to achieve
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:23
?
User
15/10/2018 - 12:23
so, I have a vlookup formula in sheet *bleached softwood*
User
15/10/2018 - 12:23
column D
User
15/10/2018 - 12:23
and the lookup table is in sheet2
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:23
Okay
User
15/10/2018 - 12:23
and I do not know what is the problem
User
15/10/2018 - 12:24
since i get that N/A error
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:25
I have a solution to the problem. And its fixed
User
15/10/2018 - 12:25
tell me
User
15/10/2018 - 12:25
what was it
User
15/10/2018 - 12:25
?
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:25
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A7,Sheet2!$B$2:$D$17,3,0),"-") would work
User
15/10/2018 - 12:25
let me give it a try
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:25
I am sending you the file with updated file now
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:26
PFA
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Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:26
Please let me know if this was the desired solution you required?
User
15/10/2018 - 12:27
let me see
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:27
Sure
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:28
Here, you had to actually freeze the range in the formula.
User
15/10/2018 - 12:28
I still get nothing
User
15/10/2018 - 12:28
is there a problem if i am tryin to look up from a range in a pivot table
User
15/10/2018 - 12:28
because I just copied a part of it to give as a sample to u
User
15/10/2018 - 12:29
?
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:29
did you check the file?
User
15/10/2018 - 12:29
I did
User
15/10/2018 - 12:29
and I did the same now in my original file
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:29
let me check
User
15/10/2018 - 12:29
freezed the range but I don't get anything
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:32
So the problem here is not all the "Consignee Code" have a mapping in sheet2
User
15/10/2018 - 12:32
I get your point
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:33
Like "3100000209" doesn;t have a mapping in sheet2
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:33
so for sure you'll get a null
User
15/10/2018 - 12:33
and I see that you have gotten some answers and I achieved the same when I tried
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:33
or N/A
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:33
Okay
User
15/10/2018 - 12:33
but the thing is that I have many ranges that I have to do the lookup for
User
15/10/2018 - 12:33
and those ranges are part of a pivot table and the problem seems to be that I cannot lookup from a pivot
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:33
Fine... So wheres the pivot table?
User
15/10/2018 - 12:34
because when I do even if I follow the steps that you suggested it doesnt return anything
User
15/10/2018 - 12:34
not even those that are part of the range
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:34
is the pivot in the same excel file you shared?
User
15/10/2018 - 12:34
the pivot would not be working if I sent it to you because it is from an Online cube and
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:34
okay
User
15/10/2018 - 12:34
you would not have access to it
User
15/10/2018 - 12:34
just thought if you could help with it
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:35
i can help you out if you share some sample data of it atleast
User
15/10/2018 - 12:37
what I sent u was a sample data..
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:37
in case you have many ranges you could use something like iferror(vlook(VLOOKUP(row,Range1,column,FALSE),iferror(vlook(VLOOKUP(row,Range2,column,FALSE),"")
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:38
Ignore the last formula iferror(VLOOKUP(row,Range1,column,FALSE),iferror(vlook(VLOOKUP(row,Range2,column,FALSE),"")
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:38
something of this sort would be useful
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:39
or copy all the ranges to a single sheet and apply a single vlookup
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:39
I hoep this solves your problem
User
15/10/2018 - 12:40
thanks
Excelchat Expert
15/10/2018 - 12:40
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