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Index Match to bring back the latest date for a persons contract end (where numerous exist

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    Index Match to bring back the latest date for a persons contract end (where numerous exist

    Hi there,

    So I have a database of contracts, but some appear more than once, ie they may have more than one contract period, so they would have numerous lines in my spreadsheet with differing start and finish dates.

    I'm doing a bit of a purge on our Purchase orders linked to these contracts and was wanting to pull in the names of the individuals and their latest contract end dates. Issue is mainly down to the fact that the same PO is extended when a new contract period starts, if a new PO was raised I wouldn't have this issue.....whahay to internal process...

    I'm using Index Match, Parameter 0 Exact, but this is bringing back the first occurrence it finds, which for some contracts is incorrect.

    Can anyone help me with a way to add more criteria to bring back the latest date?

    Thanks
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    Re: Index Match to bring back the latest date for a persons contract end (where numerous e

    1 way to do this would be to use LARGE(IF()) combo, but I would need to see some sample data to put that together.

    Another option to consider would be to use filters, filter on name and you will have a list of just that name - you can pick your dates from that (very manual process though)
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    Re: Index Match to bring back the latest date for a persons contract end (where numerous e

    Sample.xlsx

    Sample file attached, hopefully makes sense

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    Re: Index Match to bring back the latest date for a persons contract end (where numerous e

    Try this ARRAY formula...
    =LARGE(IF(Database!$J$5:$J$6=Summary!D4,Database!$O$5:$O$6,0),1)
    ...confirmed by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to activate the array, not just ENTER. You will know the array is active when you see curly braces { } appear around your formula. If you do not CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER you will get an error or a clearly incorrect answer.

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    Re: Index Match to bring back the latest date for a persons contract end (where numerous e

    Works a treat, thanks

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    Re: Index Match to bring back the latest date for a persons contract end (where numerous e

    Happy to help, thanks for the feedback

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