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Which look up formula(s) to use?

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    Which look up formula(s) to use?

    I have a raw financial data set that comes out with values staggered in multiple columns (Eg, the categories "revenue", "profit," etc. come out indented, so some are in Col A, B, C, D, etc.). I want to do a summary page that links these categories to the corresponding financials (these columns are aligned by date, ie, all July financials are in Column J).

    What is the best way to do a lookup given the formatting issue across multiple columns?

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    Re: Which look up formula(s) to use?

    Can you upload a sanitized sample file showing what you're trying to accomplish?

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    Re: Which look up formula(s) to use?

    The file is attached. Thanks

    Financial Dashboard.xlsx

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    Re: Which look up formula(s) to use?

    Can't you just reorganize the layout on the Current worksheet and remove the blanks between the title and the data?

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    Re: Which look up formula(s) to use?

    No, its an output that comes out that way monthly and need to automate the process

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    Re: Which look up formula(s) to use?

    Are you going to be summing multiple lines of data or is the idea just to line up the values in columns 1-8?
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