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    Question VLOOKUP function not working :/

    G'day All,

    I am having issues using a VLOOKUP function to produce a summary table as you will see in the spreadsheet below. I have a gut feeling its the fact that my lookup value is not situated in the first column of my lookup table array, rather midway through it. I hope this is not the case as I am not able to change the position or arrangement of data in the 'Data' sheet. Or alternatively maybe I have made some dumb mistake that I cant find.

    This is the spreadsheet;
    VLOOKUP.xlsx

    Alternatively, I would have liked to create the same table using pivot tables, as this is more user friendly in allowing the date to be selected, however for the life of me I cannot work out how to get pivot tables to display text rather and numbers, I dont want a count of the XX comments etc, I want to display them like the above spreadsheet is meant to. So if any genius' have ideas on that, let me know.

    Cheers in advance.

    Spicey

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    Re: VLOOKUP function not working :/

    I have a gut feeling its the fact that my lookup value is not situated in the first column of my lookup table array, rather midway through it
    Go with the gut generally teh search criteria (L4 in your case) needs to be in the 1st column of the vlookup range. If it is not in the 1st column, and you cant change your layount, you need to go with the INDEX/MATCH combo...

    =INDEX(Data!$A$2:$S$44,MATCH('Prod Summary'!$L4,Data!$P$2:$P$25,0),MATCH('Prod Summary'!E$3,Data!$A$1:$S$1,0))
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    Re: VLOOKUP function not working :/

    Awesome,

    Do i need to do this as an array?

    I get one row of data fill in with #N/A for some reason
    INDEX NA.xlsx

    Is this just an issue with the function not working on occasion?

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    Re: VLOOKUP function not working :/

    double check cell D6 on 'Prod Summary' sheet... you've a space after day which is mucking up the index function

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    Re: VLOOKUP function not working :/

    Good catch Q&A

    Also, you can do away with that helper column, and just use this...
    =INDEX(Data!$A$2:$S$44, MATCH($D$1&"/"&$C4&"/"&$D4,Data!$P$2:$P$25,0),MATCH(E$3,Data!$A$1:$S$1,0))

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    Re: VLOOKUP function not working :/

    Ahh awesome,

    Nice pick-up. Applied it to my actual master workbook, works a charm. Thanks for help!

    Spicey

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    Re: VLOOKUP function not working :/

    Happy to help and thanks for the feedback

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