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Hi, I have big set of data, generated by different tables, and I like to prepare a formula that reads a cell, find a table that matches to that value, and find value which corresponds to a certain row and column!
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Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:24
Welcome, thank you for choosing Got It Pro-Excel! I'll be glad to assist you with your concern.
User
26/08/2017 - 11:24
thanks
User
26/08/2017 - 11:25
i never used ur service, can I paste here?
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:25
I understand that you need help with formulas to look up values
User
26/08/2017 - 11:25
correct
User
26/08/2017 - 11:25
and unfortunately I'm not an expert
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:25
Yes, you can paste the data on the sheet or you can also share the data if you want so we can help you with the formulas you need
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:26
no worries, I am here to help and guide you :)
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:26
There is a clip icon on the bottom of this chat, you can click that to share the file you need help on
User
26/08/2017 - 11:28
There are about 150 of different process steps, each is a table as you can see three of them here
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:29
Ok which ones we need to look up and where do the look up value goes?
User
26/08/2017 - 11:29
on another workbook, I would like to choose one of the values in column A, and enter 1-6 (from column C) and I would like to paste automatically the value from each of column E to Z
User
26/08/2017 - 11:29
that corresponds to the corresponding C column value,
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:30
Ok I've created Workbook 2
User
26/08/2017 - 11:30
ok
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:31
We can use this for now, but can you paste the data that is available in the 2nd workbook you are referring to?
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:32
Also, what would be the header of Column A?
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:34
Do you need the Duration as well in Workbook 2?
User
26/08/2017 - 11:36
see in workbook 2, I want to select process step, and sub step and I want the corresponding values in the columns from C-Z to be copied
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:38
Entering Explanation Phase
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:38
To resolve your problem, we will use VLOOKUP function
User
26/08/2017 - 11:38
ok
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:42
can you check row 24? does all your table have totals? it is missing in the 3rd table
User
26/08/2017 - 11:42
thats fine, it's not needed
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:43
but I need the exact table format so we can apply the formula on how the actual looks like
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:43
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r4jKiE96BYkd6E11zhPe0aEOliZ3WRRmihgWlhHCFAA/edit?usp=sharing
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:44
please click that link
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:44
and reply to chat bubble
Excelchat Expert
26/08/2017 - 11:44
we are running out of time here
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