V Lookup Help

[Edgie]

Hi,

I have an issue with a Vlookup - i think it's complicated

Currently i have data in this form:

Task (which is a drop down) Description (which vlookups from the task selection) Activity (either hi or low) and then proposed time.

The data is in a table in another tab,

Basically if you select the task the description populates using a vlookup, then the activity is either high or low, i want to then populate the proposed time by looking at the task and then the activity.

I could do an if statement but it would take ages to write as there are 20 different tasks and every proposed time is different, is there a way to do it?

I have googled it and seen vlookup with a match or a nested if but not sure...

Any help would be great

 

[MikeWx]

Since I can't see your data, this is just a guess.

Can you put your tasks with their low and high activity times in a table, as shown in F1:H4? If so, then you can use a VLOOKUP, as I have in Column D. Column D is formatted with a Time format.

Sheet1

<TABLE style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 2pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 30px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 78px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 101px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"></COLGROUP><TBODY><TR style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><TD> </TD><TD>A</TD><TD>B</TD><TD>C</TD><TD>D</TD><TD>E</TD><TD>F</TD><TD>G</TD><TD>H</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">1</TD><TD>Task</TD><TD>Description</TD><TD>Activity</TD><TD>Proposed Time</TD><TD> </TD><TD>Task</TD><TD>Low</TD><TD>High</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">2</TD><TD>Task1</TD><TD> </TD><TD>Low</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0:10</TD><TD> </TD><TD>Task1</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0:10</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0:20</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">3</TD><TD>Task2</TD><TD> </TD><TD>High</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0:45</TD><TD> </TD><TD>Task2</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0:30</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0:45</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">4</TD><TD>Task3</TD><TD> </TD><TD>Low</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0:40</TD><TD> </TD><TD>Task3</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0:40</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">1:15</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: groove; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #00ff00; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: groove; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffcf9; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: groove; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: groove; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #00ff00"><TBODY><TR><TD>Spreadsheet Formulas</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt" border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2><TBODY><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><TD>Cell</TD><TD>Formula</TD></TR><TR><TD>D2</TD><TD>=VLOOKUP(A2,$F$2:$H$4,IF(C2="Low",2,3),0)</TD></TR><TR><TD>D3</TD><TD>=VLOOKUP(A3,$F$2:$H$4,IF(C3="Low",2,3),0)</TD></TR><TR><TD>D4</TD><TD>=VLOOKUP(A4,$F$2:$H$4,IF(C4="Low",2,3),0)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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[Edgie]

Thanks for the quick response....how do i put that table in the response so i can show you my data table

 

[Edgie]

hi,

Is it possible to do this without the Task Data high low times in the same table, so i can put that in another sheet so it isnt showing? Like i did with the description, it's all in the background??

 

[Edgie]

Say if i named the f2:h4 "Data" and put it in another tab could that work?

I'm having problems with the forumla...

d2=VLOOKUP(A2,Data,IF(C2="Low",2,3),0)

It keeps pulling an answer of 0??? Any ideas please?

Thanks for your help

 

[R Pelle]

=VLOOKUP(A3,Sheet2!$F$2:$H$4,IF(C3="Low",2,3),0)
or using a Defined Range
=VLOOKUP(A2,TaskData,IF(C2="Low",2,3),0)
Taskdata refers to Sheet2 Range $F$:$H$4

To create a post with a table look at the last sentence in Mike's post.

Rob