Formula for refering a cell upto particular number of columns

**laansesu** · 11-19-2015, 03:26 AM

Dear All,

Good Afternoon!!!!

I'm using a formula to lookup a value in which I'm refering a cell upto 38 rows & then cell to be refered the next cell after these 38 cells

Ex: A4 has Delhi, A5:A38 has some values, A39 has Faridabad, A40:A73 has some values

Formula is being populated in B column in which I want to refer the Delhi from B5:B38 & then from B40:B73 to refer the Faridabad

Is it possible? Please confirm.

**Pepe Le Mokko** · 11-19-2015, 03:49 AM

Attach a sample workbook. Make sure there is just enough data to demonstrate your need. Include a BEFORE sheet and an AFTER sheet in the workbook if needed to show the process you're trying to complete or automate. Make sure your desired results are shown, mock them up manually if necessary.

Remember to desensitize the data.

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**FDibbins** · 11-19-2015, 03:52 AM

You could probably do this with INDEX, something like...
=INDEX(A:A,A1*38)

However, to get a better answer, can you upload a small (clean) sample workbook (not a pic) of what you are working with, and what your expected outcome would look like.

**laansesu** · 11-19-2015, 05:04 AM

Dear Pepe,

Please find the attached sheet in which Sheet1 is our company format, Sheet3 is client's format, Sheet2 is for resolving the naming convention issue between Sheet1 & Sheet3

My goal is to retrieve the balance of a location per model from clients sheet (Sheet3) to company sheet (Sheet1)

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(VLOOKUP(A6,Sheet2!A:B,2,0),Sheet3!$A$5:$GS$125,MATCH(A$4&"BAL",Sheet3!$B$7:$GS$7,0),0),0)

Above formula is used to retrieve the data from clients format to company format. There is no issue in that

But in formula I'm using A$4 after match which is the only thing I'm refering manually which I want to do with any function so dat single formula can be populated on overall data to retrieve the data without refering manually

Please check and confirm the same.