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    Vlookup with nested if functions

    Hey all,

    I am new to excel and this forum, so sorry for the clumsiness.

    So, I am trying to use Vlookup to 'grab' a date from one sheet and place it in another. It is important that if the value cannot be found then the cell is left blank (no #N/A).

    I built the following and it works well:

    IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(B17,Sheet1!A32:M94,11,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(B17,Sheet1!A32:M94,11,FALSE))

    Next, I want the Vlookup to deal with three IF functions. So, if the first cell is blank it checks the previous, and if that cell is blank then it checks the previous and finally if that cell is blank does not return any value (including #N/A).

    I tried this:

    =IF(ISBLANK(VLOOKUP(B17,Sheet1!A32:M94,13,FALSE)),IF(ISBLANK(VLOOKUP(B17,Sheet1!A32:M94,12,FALSE)),IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(B17,Sheet1!A32:M94,11,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(B17,Sheet1!A32:M94,11,FALSE)),VLOOKUP(B17,Sheet1!A32:M94,12,FALSE)),VLOOKUP(B17,Sheet1!A32:M94,13,FALSE))

    This does everything all the way to if the last cell is blank it places #N/A instead of leaving the target cell blank.

    I have attached my sheets, if that helps.

    Any thoughts?

    If I need to clarify my question just let me know.

    Thanks!
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    Re: Vlookup with nested if functions

    Check that you have a match in Column A of Sheet1 first:

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    Re: Vlookup with nested if functions

    This looks like it should work, but I keep getting this error "Formula refers to empty cell". Not sure what I am doing wrong.

    Thank you very much for your help!




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    Re: Vlookup with nested if functions

    I am not sure what you mean by that error... but I did note that I have incorrectly stated the range in the initial Match() function.


    Try:

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    Re: Vlookup with nested if functions

    Perfect! Thank you!

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