How can I get excel to autofill the next column?

[jayman]

Hi there...I wonder how can I get excel to autofill the next column if....my sheet is like below...

employee ID employee name employee dept.
00001 john doe training
00002 funny gal engineering

etc etc

can my worksheet get the data from elsewhere and i just need to type in the employee ID number and the rest will be filled in from the linking excel sheets or workbook? Is this possibble...thanks..

Jayman

[Chip Pearson]

See the VLOOKUP function.


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> Hi there...I wonder how can I get excel to autofill the next
> column
> if....my sheet is like below...
>
> employee ID employee name employee dept.
> 00001 john doe training
> 00002 funny gal engineering
>
> etc etc
>
> can my worksheet get the data from elsewhere and i just need to
> type in
> the employee ID number and the rest will be filled in from the
> linking
> excel sheets or workbook? Is this possibble...thanks..
>
> Jayman
>
>
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[Ron Coderre]

Jayman

Try this:

Build your lookup table just the way you posted your example.

Assuming that table is located on a sheet named LISTS in A1:C100, with column titles in Row_1 (Employee_ID, Employee_Name, etc)

Then....on another sheet....where
A1: Emp_Id
A2: (an Employee_ID)
B1: Name
B2: =VLOOKUP(A1,'LISTS'!$A:$C,2,0)
C1: Dept
C2: =VLOOKUP(A1,'LISTS'!$A:$C,3,0)

(Note: instead of typing the table location, you can just use the mouse to switch sheets and select it. Excel will build the reference for you)

Copy the formulas in A2:C2 down as far as you need.

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron