Using partial match with filter and vstack

[corey338]

All:

With help from some of this site's suggestions, I've got the following formula to pull from several worksheets:

=FILTER(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!G3:M200),(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!K3:K200)<>"")*(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!K3:K200)="ABC XXXX"))

Instead of looking for an exact match to "ABC XXXX", Is there a way to filter for a partial match to just "ABC"? Think of "ABC" as a location, and "XXXX" as a job/position at that location. In the columns across my 10 worksheets "ABC" is constant, but there are multiple variations to the "XXXX" in all the cells and these designations cannot be altered at this point. I would like to be able to pull everyone assigned to "ABC" to a new worksheet then filter by "XXXX" job/position. Is that possible?

I appreciate any help you all can provide.

Thanks!

 

[etaf]

how about

=FILTER(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!G3:M200),(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!K3:K200)<>"")*(VSTACK(Left(FRR:SOD!K3:K200,3))="ABC"))

 

[Fluff]

Hi & welcome to MrExcel.
Another option

=FILTER(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!G3:M200),left(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!K3:K200),3)="ABC")

 

[corey338]

how about

=FILTER(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!G3:M200),(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!K3:K200)<>"")*(VSTACK(Left(FRR:SOD!K3:K200,3))="ABC"))

Thanks for the suggestion, but I couldn't get this to work. Kept getting the #CALC! error message.

 

[etaf]

did you try Fluff function ?
calc usually means the criteria is not met

 

[corey338]

Hi & welcome to MrExcel.
Another option

=FILTER(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!G3:M200),left(VSTACK(FRR:SOD!K3:K200),3)="ABC")

This one worked! It's giving me exactly what I need to filter. For my education, what is the purpose of the "3" in the formula? Just so I can have a better insight in the future. Thanks for your help!

 

[etaf]

take the 3 characters starting from the left
LEFT( Cell, Number of characters from left)
HENCE in your case its ABC

 

[corey338]

take the 3 characters starting from the left
LEFT( Cell, Number of characters from left)
HENCE in your case its ABC

Great, that's what I was thinking. So if I have similar cell structure where I need to isolate "ABCD", I would use "4" instead...

 

[Fluff]

I'm surprised mine worked, but etaf's didn't. The only difference is the (VSTACK(FRR:SOD!K3:K200)<>"") portion which isn't needed.

 

[Fluff]

So if I have similar cell structure where I need to isolate "ABCD", I would use "4" instead...

That's right.