Need to lookup across multiple columns and return a value in a column

Hi Everyone,

Long time lurker and reader here. I'm working in healthcare and needed help with a lookup function. I tried searching on google and youtube for tutorials but couldn't find quite exactly what I need.

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I'm trying to create a formula for cells E9 to F11. Essentially I want to lookup the codes in D9 to D11, which may be in any one of the Code1 to Code4 columns (4 columns), I then I want to return the TicketID and Date.

I don't know how to search in multiple columns like this. Can someone please help point me in the right direction?

thank you kindly,

A Power Query Solution
1. Load your Data Table to Power query/Get and Transform
2. Unpivot your data as shown below

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3. Close and Load to a Connection Only
4. Load your lookup data to PQ
5. Join the two queries on the common lookup field.

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Close and Load to your workbook.

See all the steps in the attached file.



Power Query is a free AddIn for Excel 2010 and 2013, and is built-in functionality from Excel 2016 onwards (where it is referred to as "Get & Transform Data").

It is a powerful yet simple way of getting, changing and using data from a broad variety of sources, creating steps which may be easily repeated and refreshed. I strongly recommend learning how to use Power Query - it's among the most powerful functionalities of Excel.

- Follow this link to learn how to install Power Query in Excel 2010 / 2013.

- Follow this link for an introduction to Power Query functionality.

- Follow this link for a video which demonstrates how to use Power Query code provided.

In E2

Formula:

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In F2

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