Please Help! vlookup & match with multiple variables

[ivygirl]

Hi all,

I'm trying to develop a rating worksheet for an insurance agency. The rating tables are broken down first by territory (group of counties) and then the premium is shown depending upon the class (group of specialties) and limits desired. So, for example, for Territory 1, I have a rating table with classes 1 through 8 and different limit selections across the top, complete with corresponding premiums, like so:

A B C D
Class 200/600 500/1MM 1MM/3MM
1 2000 4000 6000
2 2500 4500 6500

I've constructed a user input sheet that allows them to select the appropriate variables (county, limits, etc) from drop down boxes and then I have a hidden worksheet converting these selections to usable data from additional tables in the background, i.e.,

A B
Archer 1
Radiology 2
200/600 1

I can construct a vlookup/match formula to tell excel to match the class shown in B3 with the limits shown in B4 but I can't figure out how to make it first select the appropriate table depending upon the county selected in B2. In other words, I need excel to say "this is Archer county (B2) so go look at Range X rate table and then vlookup/match according to class(b3) and limits(B4) to return the right premium".

Any ideas?

Thanks so much

Kate

[paul]

you need to give each county table a name(ie create a named range) and then
use the indirect function to call that name in your index/matcn/lookup
formulas,so your lookup formula will look sometning like this
index(INDIRECT(R$237),MATCH($C8,INDIRECT(R$238),-1),MATCH($E8,INDIRECT(R$239),-1)).
the names are created from your dropdown boxes and the named ranges match.So
instead of a fixed table the table will change evry time you change the
county.I copied my formula from a longer one so hopefully i got all the
corect brackets.Any queries post back


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"ivygirl" wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to develop a rating worksheet for an insurance agency. The
> rating tables are broken down first by territory (group of counties)
> and then the premium is shown depending upon the class (group of
> specialties) and limits desired. So, for example, for Territory 1, I
> have a rating table with classes 1 through 8 and different limit
> selections across the top, complete with corresponding premiums, like
> so:
>
> A B C D
> Class 200/600 500/1MM 1MM/3MM
> 1 2000 4000 6000
> 2 2500 4500 6500
>
> I've constructed a user input sheet that allows them to select the
> appropriate variables (county, limits, etc) from drop down boxes and
> then I have a hidden worksheet converting these selections to usable
> data from additional tables in the background, i.e.,
>
> A B
> Archer 1
> Radiology 2
> 200/600 1
>
> I can construct a vlookup/match formula to tell excel to match the
> class shown in B3 with the limits shown in B4 but I can't figure out
> how to make it first select the appropriate table depending upon the
> county selected in B2. In other words, I need excel to say "this is
> Archer county (B2) so go look at Range X rate table and then
> vlookup/match according to class(b3) and limits(B4) to return the right
> premium".
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks so much
>
> Kate
>
>
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[Harlan Grove]

"ivygirl" <[email protected]> wrote...
....
>I'm trying to develop a rating worksheet for an insurance agency. The
>rating tables are broken down first by territory (group of counties)
>and then the premium is shown depending upon the class (group of
>specialties) and limits desired. So, for example, for Territory 1, I
>have a rating table with classes 1 through 8 and different limit
>selections across the top, complete with corresponding premiums, like
>so:
....

If you arrange the separate tables for each territory in a regular manner,
you could eliminate the need to use volatile functions like INDIRECT. For
example, with only 8 classes in each table, you could have column headers in
rows 1, 11, 21, etc., with the left column/top row cell in each table
holding the territory name (if they're hidden, you don't need a 'Class'
header in those cells). Add a 2-column table of territories in the same
worksheet with territory names in the left column and formulas giving the
row index in which the territory is found, e.g., with the table in columns X
and Y beginning in row 1,

X1:
SomeTerritoryName

Y1:
=MATCH(X1,$A:$A,0)

Fill Y1 down to match the entries in column X. If this worksheet were named
TBLS, use formulas in other worksheets like

=VLOOKUP(ClassEntry,
INDEX(TBLS!$A:$A,VLOOKUP(TerritoryEntry,TBLS!$X:$Y,2,0))
:INDEX(TBLS!$D:$D,VLOOKUP(TerritoryEntry,TBLS!$X:$Y,2,0)+8),
MATCH(LimitEntry,TBLS!$B$1:$D$1,0),0)