index and match multiple columns

[aoife]

Hello,
I am wanting to index and match with multiple criteria.
I have three column on 2 spreadsheets.

I want to index and match if the product descriptions are the same. If true retrieve the information that is in column 1 of the last spreadsheet.

I can do the index and match bit, but feel I need to add an If statment in and possible make it an array formula.
Could somebody help please I've been trying for 2 days!!!!

 

[Comfy]

You say that you want to match multiple criteria but only list description as one of them.

<b>Excel 2007</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style=";">Description</td><td style=";">Result</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style=";">A</td><td style="text-align: right;;">5</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style=";">B</td><td style="text-align: right;;">#N/A</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style=";">C</td><td style="text-align: right;;">#N/A</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</td><td style=";">D</td><td style="text-align: right;;">#N/A</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B2</th><td style="text-align:left">=INDEX(<font color="Blue">Sheet2!$B$2:$B$6,MATCH(<font color="Red">Sheet1!A2,Sheet2!$A$2:$A$6,0</font>)</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B3</th><td style="text-align:left">=INDEX(<font color="Blue">Sheet2!$B$2:$B$6,MATCH(<font color="Red">Sheet1!A3,Sheet2!$A$2:$A$6,0</font>)</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B4</th><td style="text-align:left">=INDEX(<font color="Blue">Sheet2!$B$2:$B$6,MATCH(<font color="Red">Sheet1!A4,Sheet2!$A$2:$A$6,0</font>)</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B5</th><td style="text-align:left">=INDEX(<font color="Blue">Sheet2!$B$2:$B$6,MATCH(<font color="Red">Sheet1!A5,Sheet2!$A$2:$A$6,0</font>)</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

<b>Excel 2007</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style=";">Description</td><td style=";">Result</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style=";">W</td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style=";">X</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style=";">T</td><td style="text-align: right;;">3</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</td><td style=";">Z</td><td style="text-align: right;;">4</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">6</td><td style=";">A</td><td style="text-align: right;;">5</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet2</p><br /><br />

If you want to match by more criteria please let me know how many and what they are.

 

[aoife]

This is the formula I have so far, I think it's very close:


=IF(INDEX('[Final Stock Write Down.xlsx]Jul11 SKUs with Provision'!$C$1:$C$8268,MATCH(C1:C8461,'[Final Stock Write Down.xlsx]Jul11 SKUs with Provision'!$D$1:$D$8268,0),1),'[Final Stock Write Down.xlsx]Jul11 SKUs with Provision'!$A$2,"nothing")

But it's not working

 

[Comfy]

Sorry, I don't understand the

MATCH(C1:C8461

Do your products start in C1 and do you copy the formula down to C8461?

=IF(ISNA(INDEX('[Final Stock Write Down.xlsx]Jul11 SKUs with Provision'!$C$1:$C$8268,MATCH(C1,'[Final Stock Write Down.xlsx]Jul11 SKUs with Provision'!$D$1:$D$8268,0))),"nothing", INDEX('[Final Stock Write Down.xlsx]Jul11 SKUs with Provision'!$C$1:$C$8268,MATCH(C1,'[Final Stock Write Down.xlsx]Jul11 SKUs with Provision'!$D$1:$D$8268,0)))

 

[aoife]

The MATCH(c1:C8461 is the spreadsheet I am trying to pull the information onto and yes it's the list of products I am checking against to see if last months appear on this months.

I have tried your equation and it only returns the false situation

Also what does the INSA mean?

Thanks for your help so far, I am very close I feel jsut need this tweeking a bit