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    Fill missing data using vlookup.

    I have two sheets with same data but the 2nd sheet has some data missing. How do I fill those missing data using the data in sheet1, in the appropriate position on sheet2 using vlookup?

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    Sheet1 and Sheet2 should look identical.

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    Re: Fill missing data using vlookup.

    If you want two identical sheets, why don't you delete Sheet2 then Ctrl-drag the tab for Sheet1 to create a copy, and then rename the copy as Sheet2?

    Hope this helps.

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    Re: Fill missing data using vlookup.

    No, that is not what I meant exactly, I want to search the missing Row ID's in sheet2 and fetch those data from sheet1 to sheet2 and sheet1 may contain more data than sheet2 but I don't want to add those extra data in sheet2, e.x. sheet1 may contain data from Row ID's 1 to 50 but say in sheet2 there are only 30 rows from Row ID's 1 to 30, I don't want to add rows 31 to 50 in sheet2, I just want the missing rows from row 1 to 30.

    Hope this makes a bit more sense

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    Re: Fill missing data using vlookup.

    It would help if you attached a sample Excel workbook.

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    Hope this helps.

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    Re: Fill missing data using vlookup.

    Hi Pete,

    I've attached a sample workbook. Hope it helps
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    Re: Fill missing data using vlookup.

    You can use this formula in A4 of Sheet2:

    =ROW()-1

    and this one in B4:

    =VLOOKUP($A4,Sheet1!$A:$N,COLUMN(),0)

    Copy the formula from B4 across into C4:N4. You will also need to format cells C4 and D4 as dates. Then you can just copy that row of formulae into the other balnk rows.

    Hope this helps.

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    Re: Fill missing data using vlookup.

    Thanks Pete.

    But can this be done in one go...like using the go to special option to select all the blank cells and then typing a formula and that will fill all the missing data..something like that.

    I did something like this:

    Added a column after Product ID in sheet1 and used the formula =VLOOKUP([Row ID],Sheet2!$A$1:$A$31,1,0) to find the missing data (the missing values came as #N/A) then added the filter to show only #N/A values and in sheet2 selected the blank cells using goto special and used the formula =VLOOKUP(Sheet1!$A$4:$A$23,Sheet1!$A$4:$N$23,COLUMNS(Sheet1!$A$4:A4),0), which works but feels a bit messy and error prone, can something similar to this be done in a better way like more efficient and less complicated?

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    Re: Fill missing data using vlookup.

    Okay, remove the formula from cell A4, then apply autofilter to column A and select blanks from the drop-down. Then put the formula in A4 (which will be the first visible row) and in B4. Copy the formula from B4 across into C4:N4, as previously advised. Then you can copy that row down over the visible rows in one operation, and then Select All in the filter drop-down.

    Hope this helps.

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    Re: Fill missing data using vlookup.

    Hi Pete,

    Your formula won't work if column A had alphanumeric values like say C001, C002, C003 ... etc or A-101, A-102, A-103 and so on. The sample file was just a simple example to illustrate what I was trying to do.

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    Re: Fill missing data using vlookup.

    Well, I'm not a mind-reader - only you know what is really in column A.

    If it is a simple a code as C001, C002 etc., then you could use this:

    ="C"&TEXT(ROW()-1,"000")

    assuming it starts with C001 in cell A2.

    If it is of the form A-101, A-102 etc., then you can use this:

    ="A-"&TEXT(ROW()+99,"000")

    assuming A-101 is in A2.

    Hope this helps.

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