Excel 2007 : Match 2 columns to return the value of the third column

**anansc89** · 03-01-2011, 03:38 PM

I have 3 columns in the first sheet: department, position and salary and i want in the second sheet to insert a formula that returns the salary of the manager from the financial department.

**NBVC** · 03-01-2011, 03:43 PM

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**NBVC** · 03-01-2011, 03:55 PM

Try:

=Sumproduct(--(DeptRange=Dept),--(PositionRange=Position),SalaryRange)

where you can apply the references to named ranges or change to the actual ranges containing the information.

**anansc89** · 03-01-2011, 05:52 PM

ok, this formula worked partially for me
=INDEX('sheet1'!$I:$I,MATCH(1,('sheet1'!$D:$D=sheet2!$E$3)*('sheet1'!$E:$E=sheet2!$I$2)*('sheet1'!$M:$M=sheet2!$I$4),0))/F$5

but the problem that i still have is that in the sheet1 column I:I are the salaries of 16 workers that are in the same department and i need the sum of those salaries

please help with the formula?

**NBVC** · 03-01-2011, 05:57 PM

Did you see/try using the formula I gave above and adapting to your ranges?

Not sure what is in F$5 but you can divide the result of the Sumproduct by that too...

and you can add a 3rd condition to the Sumproduct, as I see you now have 3 conditions to meet.

**anansc89** · 03-01-2011, 06:15 PM

i've tried with sumproduct but it didn't work

I'll explain the formula:
=INDEX('sheet1'!$I:$I,MATCH(1,('sheet1'!$D:$D=sheet2!$E$3)*('sheet1'!$E:$E=sheet2!$I$2)*('sheet1'!$M:$M=sheet2!$I$4),0))/F$5

sheet1'!$I:$I = the column with the salaries
sheet1'!$D:$D = the column with the departments
sheet2!$E$3 = the name of the department
sheet2!$I$2 = the name of the position
sheet1'!$E:$E = the column with the position of the worker
sheet1'!$M:$M = the column with the month of the salary
sheet2!$I$4 = the number of the month
F$5 = the number of workers (in my case there are 16 workers with the same position and in the same department)

I want that the formula will : 1. match the department, position and month
2. sum up the salaries of workers found within the criteria
3. divide the sumby the number of workers found (16)

Thank you so much for your help