vlookup help lookup and match

[cjcharger]

I need help with an inventory spreadsheet. We have thousands of products and I am looking for it to look at the inventory number and if it matches it should place a value in the threshold column for each inventory number.

Example
1st spreadsheet
item inventory number threshold
dogs 123
cats 345
mice 645

on another tab on the spreadsheet I have
dogs 123 5000
cats 345 4000
mice 645 0

for some reason I can't get it to work
any help would be appreciated!

 

[shemayisroel]

Hi & Welcome,

The below may help you to get the answer you want?

http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html

 

[shemayisroel]

Something Like this?

I just used it on the same sheet but feel free to change it as required.

<TABLE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2pt; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1><TBODY><TR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TD> </TD><TD>A</TD><TD>B</TD><TD>C</TD><TD>D</TD><TD>E</TD><TD>F</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center">1</TD><TD>Sheet 1</TD><TD> </TD><TD>RESULT</TD><TD>Sheet 2</TD><TD> </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center">2</TD><TD>dogs</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">123</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">5000</TD><TD>dogs</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">123</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">5000</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center">3</TD><TD>cats</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">456</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">4000</TD><TD>cats</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">456</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">4000</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center">4</TD><TD>mice</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">789</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0</TD><TD>mice</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">789</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #00ff00; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #00ff00; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: groove; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: groove; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: groove; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffcf9; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #00ff00; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: groove"><TBODY><TR><TD>Spreadsheet Formulas</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=1><TBODY><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca"><TD>Cell</TD><TD>Formula</TD></TR><TR><TD>C2</TD><TD>=VLOOKUP(B2,$E$2:$F$4,2,FALSE)</TD></TR><TR><TD>C3</TD><TD>=VLOOKUP(B3,$E$2:$F$4,2,FALSE)</TD></TR><TR><TD>C4</TD><TD>=VLOOKUP(B4,$E$2:$F$4,2,FALSE)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

[cjcharger]

Thanks so much I got it to work! and after reading the link I even understand it !

 

[shemayisroel]

Thanks so much I got it to work! and after reading the link I even understand it !

Thats great that the solution is working BUT even better that your now a VLOOKUP specialist.