Excel Newbie - Need help on a formula - Thank you!

[tirk82]

Hi all,

Thanks for taking a minute to help. I'm new to excel formulas, and hope I can learn from the expertise of this community!

The logic of the formula like this....

TAB X, Column A contains a data set, each row is a unique value. In column B of TAB X, I want to input a formula that performs the following logic: Search TAB Z, Column C, for an exact match of data contained in TAB X, Column A....and if found, look in TAB Z, Column D...if a blank cell is contained there, then in TAB X, Column A, say "Unsettled" ; however, if there does exist any character (not-blank) in TAB Z Column D, then in TAB X, COlumn A, say "Settled".....but, if the data ID listed in TAB X, column A is not found whatsoever in TAB Z, Column C, then say "NOT FOUND". So for example, within TAB X, Column A there is a unique ID in one of the rows "ABC123", then searches "ABC123" in TAB Z, Column C. If found, it looks in TAB Z, Column D and that cell is blank, so TAB X, Column B, same row that contains ABC123, the result is "Unsettled".

I hope that makes sense. Thanks again !

[gsnidow]

What you are describing is a good use of the VLOOKUP function. However, you don't say what you want to do if there are more than one instance of each unique id found on Z column C. VLOOKUP will return the first match it finds. Anyhow, this assumes your data starts in row 2, and you will have to change the range, as I am only looking at 5 rows I made up. Let us know if you need help.

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Greg

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