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    I'm trying to show the most recent communication for vans in the shop.

    The vans worksheet has a cell in column M for the most recent communication

    There is a communication worksheet that has the unit number (which would relate to the vans worksheet), the date, and the summary of the discussion. One unit number could have many rows if communication is frequent or if we need to create a detailed "diary" of communication over time. But, generally speaking we just need to report the most recent communication. So, I'd like column M to capture the most recent summary of discussion for the unit number in that row.

    Right now I am leaning towards a vlookup. If the communication worksheet were sorted by unit number ascending then date of communication decending the most recent will be the first one the vlookup hits when drilling down thru the unit numbers.

    Anyone have an idea that might be better than that?

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    Re: Showing the most recent entry

    Will you please attach a sample Excel workbook? We are not able to work with or manipulate a picture of one and nobody wants to have to recreate your data from scratch.

    1. Make sure that your sample data are REPRESENTATIVE of your real data. The use of unrepresentative data is very frustrating and can lead to long delays in reaching a solution.

    2. Make sure that your desired solution is also shown (mock up the results manually).

    3. Make sure that all confidential data is removed or replaced with dummy data first (e.g. names, addresses, E-mails, etc.).

    4. Try to avoid using merged cells as they cause lots of problems.

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    Re: Showing the most recent entry

    Take a look at using something like MAX(if()) ARRAY-entered

    =MAX(if(range-with-vans=selected-van,range-with-dates/time))
    ...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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