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how to return mulitple corresponding values
i want to look up a name that occurs several times in one column of a
spreadsheet and return corresponding values from each row the name occurs on. Vlookup returns only one value. How can I get multiple values? |
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Hi!
The basic formula is something like this: Entered as an array using the key combo of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER: =INDEX(B$1:B$10,SMALL(IF(A$1:A$10=lookup_value,ROW ($1:$10)),ROW(1:1))) Then copy down. Where column A contains the lookup_value and column B contains the values to be returned. Need more specific details to offer a more robust suggestion. Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message ... i want to look up a name that occurs several times in one column of a spreadsheet and return corresponding values from each row the name occurs on. Vlookup returns only one value. How can I get multiple values? |
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this formula works if the sheet is sorted by the value i'm looking up and if
there are no duplicates in the field I want returned. Otherwise i get either incorrect values returned or errors.. basically, i have a sheet listing jobs scheduled by managers. I want to be able to look up the manager's name and return a list of all the job's scheduled and the dates they were scheduled on. I then want to include this in a weekly dashboard for the 50+ managers i'm monitoring. Thanks for the response, but have you got anything else? "Biff" wrote: Hi! The basic formula is something like this: Entered as an array using the key combo of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER: =INDEX(B$1:B$10,SMALL(IF(A$1:A$10=lookup_value,ROW ($1:$10)),ROW(1:1))) Then copy down. Where column A contains the lookup_value and column B contains the values to be returned. Need more specific details to offer a more robust suggestion. Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message ... i want to look up a name that occurs several times in one column of a spreadsheet and return corresponding values from each row the name occurs on. Vlookup returns only one value. How can I get multiple values? |
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If the functions in the freely downloadable file at
http://home.pacbell.net are available to your workbook you might consider something like =VLookups(lookup_value,lookup_table,return_value_c olumn) array entered into a column long enough to accommodate the number of occurrences of lookup_value. Alan Beban MetricsShiva wrote: this formula works if the sheet is sorted by the value i'm looking up and if there are no duplicates in the field I want returned. Otherwise i get either incorrect values returned or errors.. basically, i have a sheet listing jobs scheduled by managers. I want to be able to look up the manager's name and return a list of all the job's scheduled and the dates they were scheduled on. I then want to include this in a weekly dashboard for the 50+ managers i'm monitoring. Thanks for the response, but have you got anything else? "Biff" wrote: Hi! The basic formula is something like this: Entered as an array using the key combo of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER: =INDEX(B$1:B$10,SMALL(IF(A$1:A$10=lookup_value,R OW($1:$10)),ROW(1:1))) Then copy down. Where column A contains the lookup_value and column B contains the values to be returned. Need more specific details to offer a more robust suggestion. Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message ... i want to look up a name that occurs several times in one column of a spreadsheet and return corresponding values from each row the name occurs on. Vlookup returns only one value. How can I get multiple values? |
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Hi!
this formula works if the sheet is sorted by the value i'm looking up and if there are no duplicates in the field I want returned. The sheet does not need to be sorted and it doesn't matter if there are dupe return values. Post the *EXACT* formula that you tried. I then want to include this in a weekly dashboard for the 50+ managers i'm monitoring. have you got anything else? Pivot table or filter Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message news this formula works if the sheet is sorted by the value i'm looking up and if there are no duplicates in the field I want returned. Otherwise i get either incorrect values returned or errors.. basically, i have a sheet listing jobs scheduled by managers. I want to be able to look up the manager's name and return a list of all the job's scheduled and the dates they were scheduled on. I then want to include this in a weekly dashboard for the 50+ managers i'm monitoring. Thanks for the response, but have you got anything else? "Biff" wrote: Hi! The basic formula is something like this: Entered as an array using the key combo of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER: =INDEX(B$1:B$10,SMALL(IF(A$1:A$10=lookup_value,ROW ($1:$10)),ROW(1:1))) Then copy down. Where column A contains the lookup_value and column B contains the values to be returned. Need more specific details to offer a more robust suggestion. Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message ... i want to look up a name that occurs several times in one column of a spreadsheet and return corresponding values from each row the name occurs on. Vlookup returns only one value. How can I get multiple values? |
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Hey Biff, i've got it working now. the first formula below is the one that
works... i removed the row reference numbers in the first reference to the array... "=INDEX('Cancel Push compiled'!$A:$W,SMALL(IF('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82=Sheet1!$A$2,ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82)),ROW(1:1)),11)" This is the formula with the row references... i can't understand why this one doesn't work.... "=INDEX('Cancel Push compiled'!$A2:$W82,SMALL(IF('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82=Sheet1!$A$2,ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82)),ROW(1:1)),11)" Thank you so much!! "Metrics" "Biff" wrote: Hi! this formula works if the sheet is sorted by the value i'm looking up and if there are no duplicates in the field I want returned. The sheet does not need to be sorted and it doesn't matter if there are dupe return values. Post the *EXACT* formula that you tried. I then want to include this in a weekly dashboard for the 50+ managers i'm monitoring. have you got anything else? Pivot table or filter Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message news this formula works if the sheet is sorted by the value i'm looking up and if there are no duplicates in the field I want returned. Otherwise i get either incorrect values returned or errors.. basically, i have a sheet listing jobs scheduled by managers. I want to be able to look up the manager's name and return a list of all the job's scheduled and the dates they were scheduled on. I then want to include this in a weekly dashboard for the 50+ managers i'm monitoring. Thanks for the response, but have you got anything else? "Biff" wrote: Hi! The basic formula is something like this: Entered as an array using the key combo of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER: =INDEX(B$1:B$10,SMALL(IF(A$1:A$10=lookup_value,ROW ($1:$10)),ROW(1:1))) Then copy down. Where column A contains the lookup_value and column B contains the values to be returned. Need more specific details to offer a more robust suggestion. Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message ... i want to look up a name that occurs several times in one column of a spreadsheet and return corresponding values from each row the name occurs on. Vlookup returns only one value. How can I get multiple values? |
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This is the formula with the row references... i can't understand why this
one doesn't work.... "=INDEX('Cancel Push compiled'!$A2:$W82,SMALL(IF('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82=Sheet1!$A$2,ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82)),ROW(1:1)),11)" The problem is he ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82) The INDEX function is used to hold the array A2:W82. The actual size of this array is 81 elements. Whe A2:W2 = element 1 A3:W3 = element 2 A4:W4 = element 3 ... A82:W82 = element 81 The first call to the ROW function is used to specify which element to return from the INDEXED array. Since the elements in INDEX are "numbered" starting from 1, so too must the reference used inside the ROW function. If the the refernces are mismatched the results you get can and will be incorrect. (unless you have dumb luck on your side!) So: ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82) should be written as: ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$1:$A$81) Another thing, you don't need the sheet name or the columns because you're not actually referencing any physical location. The ROW function is just a means to return an array of numbers equal to the size of the INDEXED array. ROW($1:$81) Here's another way to look at it: Assume the indexed range was A247:W327. This array STILL contains 81 elements so: =INDEX(A247:W327,............................ROW($ 1:$81)...............) This is usually where people make mistakes with type of formula. Once you understand how it works, it's a very simple formula. Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message ... Hey Biff, i've got it working now. the first formula below is the one that works... i removed the row reference numbers in the first reference to the array... "=INDEX('Cancel Push compiled'!$A:$W,SMALL(IF('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82=Sheet1!$A$2,ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82)),ROW(1:1)),11)" This is the formula with the row references... i can't understand why this one doesn't work.... "=INDEX('Cancel Push compiled'!$A2:$W82,SMALL(IF('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82=Sheet1!$A$2,ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82)),ROW(1:1)),11)" Thank you so much!! "Metrics" "Biff" wrote: Hi! this formula works if the sheet is sorted by the value i'm looking up and if there are no duplicates in the field I want returned. The sheet does not need to be sorted and it doesn't matter if there are dupe return values. Post the *EXACT* formula that you tried. I then want to include this in a weekly dashboard for the 50+ managers i'm monitoring. have you got anything else? Pivot table or filter Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message news this formula works if the sheet is sorted by the value i'm looking up and if there are no duplicates in the field I want returned. Otherwise i get either incorrect values returned or errors.. basically, i have a sheet listing jobs scheduled by managers. I want to be able to look up the manager's name and return a list of all the job's scheduled and the dates they were scheduled on. I then want to include this in a weekly dashboard for the 50+ managers i'm monitoring. Thanks for the response, but have you got anything else? "Biff" wrote: Hi! The basic formula is something like this: Entered as an array using the key combo of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER: =INDEX(B$1:B$10,SMALL(IF(A$1:A$10=lookup_value,ROW ($1:$10)),ROW(1:1))) Then copy down. Where column A contains the lookup_value and column B contains the values to be returned. Need more specific details to offer a more robust suggestion. Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message ... i want to look up a name that occurs several times in one column of a spreadsheet and return corresponding values from each row the name occurs on. Vlookup returns only one value. How can I get multiple values? |
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how to return mulitple corresponding values
I cannot get any of this to work in Excel. I need to lookup a name in Column
A that appears multiple times and bring back each of the values (number) in Column B. Please send to email. "Biff" wrote: This is the formula with the row references... i can't understand why this one doesn't work.... "=INDEX('Cancel Push compiled'!$A2:$W82,SMALL(IF('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82=Sheet1!$A$2,ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82)),ROW(1:1)),11)" The problem is he ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82) The INDEX function is used to hold the array A2:W82. The actual size of this array is 81 elements. Whe A2:W2 = element 1 A3:W3 = element 2 A4:W4 = element 3 ... A82:W82 = element 81 The first call to the ROW function is used to specify which element to return from the INDEXED array. Since the elements in INDEX are "numbered" starting from 1, so too must the reference used inside the ROW function. If the the refernces are mismatched the results you get can and will be incorrect. (unless you have dumb luck on your side!) So: ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82) should be written as: ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$1:$A$81) Another thing, you don't need the sheet name or the columns because you're not actually referencing any physical location. The ROW function is just a means to return an array of numbers equal to the size of the INDEXED array. ROW($1:$81) Here's another way to look at it: Assume the indexed range was A247:W327. This array STILL contains 81 elements so: =INDEX(A247:W327,............................ROW($ 1:$81)...............) This is usually where people make mistakes with type of formula. Once you understand how it works, it's a very simple formula. Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message ... Hey Biff, i've got it working now. the first formula below is the one that works... i removed the row reference numbers in the first reference to the array... "=INDEX('Cancel Push compiled'!$A:$W,SMALL(IF('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82=Sheet1!$A$2,ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82)),ROW(1:1)),11)" This is the formula with the row references... i can't understand why this one doesn't work.... "=INDEX('Cancel Push compiled'!$A2:$W82,SMALL(IF('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82=Sheet1!$A$2,ROW('Cancel Push compiled'!$A$2:$A$82)),ROW(1:1)),11)" Thank you so much!! "Metrics" "Biff" wrote: Hi! this formula works if the sheet is sorted by the value i'm looking up and if there are no duplicates in the field I want returned. The sheet does not need to be sorted and it doesn't matter if there are dupe return values. Post the *EXACT* formula that you tried. I then want to include this in a weekly dashboard for the 50+ managers i'm monitoring. have you got anything else? Pivot table or filter Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message news this formula works if the sheet is sorted by the value i'm looking up and if there are no duplicates in the field I want returned. Otherwise i get either incorrect values returned or errors.. basically, i have a sheet listing jobs scheduled by managers. I want to be able to look up the manager's name and return a list of all the job's scheduled and the dates they were scheduled on. I then want to include this in a weekly dashboard for the 50+ managers i'm monitoring. Thanks for the response, but have you got anything else? "Biff" wrote: Hi! The basic formula is something like this: Entered as an array using the key combo of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER: =INDEX(B$1:B$10,SMALL(IF(A$1:A$10=lookup_value,ROW ($1:$10)),ROW(1:1))) Then copy down. Where column A contains the lookup_value and column B contains the values to be returned. Need more specific details to offer a more robust suggestion. Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message ... i want to look up a name that occurs several times in one column of a spreadsheet and return corresponding values from each row the name occurs on. Vlookup returns only one value. How can I get multiple values? |
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how to return mulitple corresponding values
That still does not work for me. Am I missing something?
I did the key stroke of (CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER) 1ST Entered the formula and I get the VALUE error "Biff" wrote: Hi! The basic formula is something like this: Entered as an array using the key combo of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER: =INDEX(B$1:B$10,SMALL(IF(A$1:A$10=lookup_value,ROW ($1:$10)),ROW(1:1))) Then copy down. Where column A contains the lookup_value and column B contains the values to be returned. Need more specific details to offer a more robust suggestion. Biff "MetricsShiva" wrote in message ... i want to look up a name that occurs several times in one column of a spreadsheet and return corresponding values from each row the name occurs on. Vlookup returns only one value. How can I get multiple values? |
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