Nested lookup formula

Ruth_O

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Hi,

I am trying to lookup a table array and if the value is not found, replace the selected cell with a certain value:

=VLOOKUP(B392,Lookup!$A$2:$B$19,2,FALSE) – Replace B392

The above is not working, any suggestions on how I can do this?

Thanks,

Ruth
 

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=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(B392,Lookup!$A$2:$B$19,2,FALSE),"A value")
 
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=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(B392,Lookup!$A$2:$B$19,2,FALSE),"A value")


Sorry, it's not liking that, still brining up an error with the formula:

Example of table here:

29/07/2019Quick Links Results0.939
29/07/2019Documents Results0.921
29/07/2019Media / Video0.818
30/07/2019Media / Video1
30/07/2019People Results1
30/07/2019Quick Links Results0.939
30/07/2019Documents Results0.916
31/08/2019xrdPortalQuickLinks0.94
31/08/2019xEnterpriseSearch0.934
01/09/2019xrdPortalQuickLinks0.936
01/09/2019xrdPortalMedia0.926

I'm trying to look up this value: xrdPortalQuickLinks in this section of the table: A1:B7, if the exact value is not found replace xrdPortalQuickLinks with the aligned value in A1:B7 - so for example xrdPortalQuickLinks would be replaced by Quick Link Results. Is this possible?

Thanks,

Ruth
 
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A formula can only affect the cell that it's in, it cannot change other cells, if that's what your asking for.
If not please explain, as it's not clear to me.
 
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I think it's probably easier to just do a find and replace, I just want to find anything from column B and update with a new value.

So from this: xrdPortalQuickLinks to this: Quick Links Results

Every time I add new monthly data into the table, I need to update the profile name before I upload the data to a new source

Hope that makes sense,

Thanks for your help!
 
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Do you have a list of the the values & there replacement?
If so where is it?
 
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I've just asked the very question, they guy who has created the formula hasn't mentioned the lookup list, it may be down to access permissions and I can't access it.

Thanks for your help

:)
 
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Without knowing all the values & their replacement values, there's not much I can do.
 
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