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    Looking for a value using multiple criteria then....

    Fairly new to this, hoping you guys/gals can help, struggling to work out how to do this.

    I want to look for a value in a column using multiple criteria and if it exists the do something if not do something else.

    For example, does the value "XYZ" exist in column C where the value in column B is 01/01/2019 and the value in column A is 12345, if yes then say 'complete' otherwise lookup an alternative value using vlookup.

    Hope that makes some sense to someone and appreciate the feedback.

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    Re: Looking for a value using multiple criteria then....

    from your limited description, this would work for at least the first part of your "multiple criteria ... if it exists" but you don't define your lookup OR vlookup, so that is left for you to fill in...
    =IF(COUNTIF(A:A,12345)+COUNTIF(C:C,"xyz")+COUNTIF(B:B,DATE(2019,1,1))>=3,"complete",vlookup(…))

    IF however, your 12345 AND xyz AND date 1/1/2019 are all in the same row then this shorter version of the countifS would work.
    =if(COUNTIFS(B:B,DATE(2019,1,1),A:A,12345,C:C,"xyz")>=3,"complete",vlookup(…)

    AND, you may need to change out the commas to semicolons depending on your settings.
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    Re: Looking for a value using multiple criteria then....

    Thx for your response. Apologies if it was a bit vague. I have inserted some sample date to see if the answer is any different.

    Starting with 01/01/2019, if the value BH exists in column B for that date using the multiple criteria of A & C the result should be 'some text' otherwise lookup another value. So, for the ID C0953746 for the 01/01/2019 there is a value of BH in column B therefore the output should simply be 'some string text', for the 02/01/2019 for the ID C0953746 where there is no value of BH present in column B the output should be the value in column D for the item SHIFT, therefore C0953746 for the 02/01/2019 would be 08:15.

    A B C D
    C0953746 SHIFT 01/01/2019 08:15
    C0953746 FB 01/01/2019 00:15
    C0953746 LN 01/01/2019 00:45
    C0953746 LB 01/01/2019 00:15
    C0953746 BH 01/01/2019
    C0953746 SHIFT 02/01/2019 08:15
    C0953746 MISC 02/01/2019 00:30
    C0953746 LB 02/01/2019 00:20
    C0953746 EF 02/01/2019 02:15
    C0953746 MISC 02/01/2019 00:30
    C0953746 CO 02/01/2019 00:15
    C0953746 MISC 03/01/2019 00:30
    C0953746 SHIFT 03/01/2019 08:15
    C0953746 LB 03/01/2019 00:20
    C0953746 CO 03/01/2019 00:15
    C0953746 EF 03/01/2019 02:15

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    Re: Looking for a value using multiple criteria then....

    Hello Steve and Welcome to Excel Forum.
    The formula I am proposing is:
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    Note the lookup ID is in column F and the lookup date is in column G.
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