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Table of Contents
1 Products 7 Orders
2 Text And Numbers 8 Orders_East
3 Invoice 9 Orders_West
4 Grades 10 Orders_Central
5 Report Card 11 Orders MATCH
6 ProductSize 12 OrdersList
13 MyLinks
 Code Product Price
A23 Paper 5.00
B14 Lamp 15.00
A27 Desk 75.00
C45 Pencil 0.50

A27 75.00 exact match

A27 5.00 approximate match

A28 #N/A VLookup -- not found

A28 IF and VLOOKUP

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 Code Product Price Code Product Price
123 Paper 5.00 123 Paper 5.00
124 Lamp 15.00 124 Lamp 15.00
125 Desk 75.00 00125 Desk 75.00
126 Pencil 0.50 126 Pencil 0.50

123 Paper 123 #N/A

123 Paper 123 Paper
123 Paper 123 Paper

00125 #N/A
00125 Desk
00125 Desk
Conditional formatting indicates which
cells contain text, and which contain numbers
Text Number
123 123

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Invoice # 2004-1101
Date
A VLOOKUP formula returns the product
Data validation is used to create name from the second column of the
a dropdown list of product codes lookup table

Code Product Unit Cost Quantity Total

A23 Paper $ 5.00 3 $ 15.00

A27 Desk $ 75.00 2 $ 150.00
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -

Subtotal $ 165.00
Tax 10% $ 16.50
Total $ 181.50

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 Score Grade
0 F
50 D
60 C
70 B
85 A

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Report Card

Subject Score Grade

English 77 B
Math 67
Physics 86

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 ProdSize Product Size Price Jacket Large 65.00
Shirt|Medium Shirt Medium 22.00
Shirt|Large Shirt Large 24.00
Jacket|MediumJacket Medium 60.00
Jacket|Large Jacket Large 65.00
View Current Orders From All Regions
Select an Order ID to see its details

OrderID Region OrderDate OrderAmt

11 Central March 31, 2017 $4,145.00 Multiple VLOOKUPs
OrderID Region OrderDate OrderAmt
1 East 1/10/2017 $1,122.00
7 East 3/6/2017 $4,453.00
9 East 3/28/2017 $1,305.00
13 East 4/8/2017 $2,708.00
16 East 5/5/2017 $1,502.00
OrderID Region OrderDate OrderAmt
2 West 1/18/2017 $4,796.00
3 West 2/9/2017 $1,526.00
5 West 2/19/2017 $1,523.00
10 West 2/21/2017 $2,068.00
14 West 4/21/2017 $1,597.00
OrderID Region OrderDate OrderAmt
4 Central 2/12/2017 $781.00
8 Central 3/14/2017 $2,976.00
11 Central 3/31/2017 $4,145.00
17 Central 5/15/2017 $3,979.00
18 Central 5/15/2017 $2,044.00
Use MATCH to Find Column Number
2 =MATCH(C5,Orders_ALL!$A$1:$D$1,0)

OrderID Region OrderDate OrderAmt <=== Headings in row 5 are linked to heading cells in lookup table
5 West 19-Feb $757.00 Simple VLOOKUP -- column numbers typed in formula

2 West 18-Jan $1,551.00 With Cell References

This can prevent problems if new columns

are added in the lookup table
or if the lookup columns are rearranged
d to heading cells in lookup table
umbers typed in formula
OrderID Region OrderDate OrderAmt Region
1 East 1/10/2017 $1,329.00 2
2 West 1/18/2017 $1,551.00
3 West 2/9/2017 $700.00
4 Central 2/12/2017 $1,377.00
5 West 2/19/2017 $757.00
7 East 3/6/2017 $1,465.00
8 Central 3/14/2017 $589.00
9 East 3/28/2017 $1,230.00
10 West 2/21/2017 $690.00
11 Central 3/31/2017 $1,317.00
13 East 4/8/2017 $988.00
14 West 4/21/2017 $189.00
16 East 5/5/2017 $1,333.00
17 Central 5/15/2017 $1,848.00
18 Central 5/15/2017 $1,594.00
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