Help again

I have tried a variety of formulas, but I haven't been able to get
anything to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have a
worksheet as below.

EMPLOYEE Bump MACH Month
3001656 N Y Oct 04

There are rows for every employee for every month, I.e. Nov 04, Dec 04
etc. the way data is retrieved it is added to the bottom of the
worksheet so there will be entries for the same employee for every
month. Bump and MACH will be either y or N.

On another worksheet in the same workbook I need to fill in the same
information. This worksheet is structured differently. In this case
the data for each month is arranged horizontally with only one line for
each employee as below.

EMPLOYEE Oct 04 Mach Oct 04 Bump Nov 04 Mach Nov 04 Bump
3002376 y n n y

This will repeat for every month through December. The workbook tallies
the information for import to a database. Unfortunately the source is
only able to output the data as either a spreadsheet or in other forms
that I can't import into the database.

I have a feeling that the solution is probably straightforward, but I
can't figure it out.

Thanks,

Luke

See Help for VLOOKUP()

Jerry

Luke Dallman wrote:

> I have tried a variety of formulas, but I haven't been able to get
> anything to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have a
> worksheet as below.
>
> EMPLOYEE Bump MACH Month
> 3001656 N Y Oct 04
>
> There are rows for every employee for every month, I.e. Nov 04, Dec 04
> etc. the way data is retrieved it is added to the bottom of the
> worksheet so there will be entries for the same employee for every
> month. Bump and MACH will be either y or N.
>
> On another worksheet in the same workbook I need to fill in the same
> information. This worksheet is structured differently. In this case
> the data for each month is arranged horizontally with only one line for
> each employee as below.
>
> EMPLOYEE Oct 04 Mach Oct 04 Bump Nov 04 Mach Nov 04 Bump
> 3002376 y n n y
>
> This will repeat for every month through December. The workbook tallies
> the information for import to a database. Unfortunately the source is
> only able to output the data as either a spreadsheet or in other forms
> that I can't import into the database.
>
> I have a feeling that the solution is probably straightforward, but I
> can't figure it out.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luke

I have tried VLOOKUP several ways, but with limited success.
Unfortunately the employee list isn't static and with VLOOKUP the
information is filling in on the second sheet sequentially, rather than
by only matching the numbers so it will misalign at times.

Regards and thanks,

Luke.

In article <42038038.6010402@no_e-mail.com>, post_a_reply@no_e-mail.com
says...
> See Help for VLOOKUP()
>
> Jerry
>
> Luke Dallman wrote:
>
> > I have tried a variety of formulas, but I haven't been able to get
> > anything to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have a
> > worksheet as below.
> >
> > EMPLOYEE Bump MACH Month
> > 3001656 N Y Oct 04
> >
> > There are rows for every employee for every month, I.e. Nov 04, Dec 04
> > etc. the way data is retrieved it is added to the bottom of the
> > worksheet so there will be entries for the same employee for every
> > month. Bump and MACH will be either y or N.
> >
> > On another worksheet in the same workbook I need to fill in the same
> > information. This worksheet is structured differently. In this case
> > the data for each month is arranged horizontally with only one line for
> > each employee as below.
> >
> > EMPLOYEE Oct 04 Mach Oct 04 Bump Nov 04 Mach Nov 04 Bump
> > 3002376 y n n y
> >
> > This will repeat for every month through December. The workbook tallies
> > the information for import to a database. Unfortunately the source is
> > only able to output the data as either a spreadsheet or in other forms
> > that I can't import into the database.
> >
> > I have a feeling that the solution is probably straightforward, but I
> > can't figure it out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Luke
>
>

Hi Luke

i've created a sample workbook that does what i think you're after - using a
combination of an array entered index / match formula and dynamic range
names - if you'ld like to email me direct (julied_ng at hcts dot net dot
au) i'll be happy to send it to you and then when you've got it in front of
you - you can see if it meets your needs - and then i can explain how to
replicate it on your workbook.

Cheers
JulieD



"Luke Dallman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have tried a variety of formulas, but I haven't been able to get
> anything to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have a
> worksheet as below.
>
> EMPLOYEE Bump MACH Month
> 3001656 N Y Oct 04
>
> There are rows for every employee for every month, I.e. Nov 04, Dec 04
> etc. the way data is retrieved it is added to the bottom of the
> worksheet so there will be entries for the same employee for every
> month. Bump and MACH will be either y or N.
>
> On another worksheet in the same workbook I need to fill in the same
> information. This worksheet is structured differently. In this case
> the data for each month is arranged horizontally with only one line for
> each employee as below.
>
> EMPLOYEE Oct 04 Mach Oct 04 Bump Nov 04 Mach Nov 04 Bump
> 3002376 y n n y
>
> This will repeat for every month through December. The workbook tallies
> the information for import to a database. Unfortunately the source is
> only able to output the data as either a spreadsheet or in other forms
> that I can't import into the database.
>
> I have a feeling that the solution is probably straightforward, but I
> can't figure it out.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luke
>
>