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    Excel 2007 - Formula to return value based on matching of two separate text values

    Hi All - I am an experienced but not expert user of Excel 2007. I am working on a report for my job and can't seem to come up with the correct formula to accomplish my goal. Here's what I'm trying to do: I need to return a text value based on two separate criteria matching (also text). For example:

    Company A Sales Joe Smith
    Company B Finance Mike Jones
    Company C HR Jane Doe
    Company D Accounting Rich Joseph


    What I'm trying to accomplish is create a formula that will return the person's name to a table on a separate sheet based on the matching of the Company name and the department. The sample above has roughly 300 lines of data and 13 different company names so they all repeat 13 times. Is this possible through a formula or can it only be done via Macro?

    Thanks so much for any help that you may be able to provide!

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Formula to return value based on matching of two separate text value

    To best describe or illustrate your problem you would be better off attaching a dummy workbook, the workbook should contain the same structure and some dummy data of the same type as the type you have in your real workbook - so, if a cell contains numbers & letters in this format abc-123 then that should be reflected in the dummy workbook. Don't upload a picture when you have a workbook question. None of us is inclined to recreate your data. Upload the workbook and manually add an 'after' situation so that we can see what you expect. In addition clearly explain how you get the results..
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    Re: Excel 2007 - Formula to return value based on matching of two separate text value

    Please see my attachment.

    In the before tab, I've listed a smaller sample size of the data I'm working with. What I'm looking to do is to pull the employee name in the list into the table at the top, based on the Company name and Dept. In the after tab, it shows the data pulled from the list successfully into the table.

    I've tried to do this using MATCH INDEX AND VLOOKUP but haven't been able to get the data to pull based on first company name and then dept. Since the companies will appear in this list repeatedly, I need to match the company, then look to match the department and then return the corresponding employee to the table above.

    Thanks so much for any help you can provide - it is much appreciated!
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    Re: Excel 2007 - Formula to return value based on matching of two separate text value

    All - has anyone had any luck with this one? If you could point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated. Please let me know if you need any more details.

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Formula to return value based on matching of two separate text value

    Hi
    You could do this with array formulas to match both Company and Department. These are entered with Ctr+Shift+Enter. See attached workbook to see if it returns the correct Employee on the After sheet.
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    Re: Excel 2007 - Formula to return value based on matching of two separate text value

    Thanks, this works perfectly. Appreciate your time and help very much!

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Formula to return value based on matching of two separate text value

    Thanks again!

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