VLookup

[CCD]

How do you set up your formula to account for additional records automatically?

For example, my current formula might read: =VLOOKUP(A16,A1:D8,2,FALSE)
But now I want to add a record to the search area...

What must I do to this formula to take additional records into account automatically?

Thanks-

 

[Brian from Maui]

How do you set up your formula to account for additional records automatically?

For example, my current formula might read: =VLOOKUP(A16,A1:D8,2,FALSE)
But now I want to add a record to the search area...

What must I do to this formula to take additional records into account automatically?

Thanks-

Care to elaborate? Are you wanting to add to your lookup table?

 

[cherria]

Assuming your lookup table was not going to expand below row 14 as yuo have data in A16 then the following would allow your lookup table to expand down to A14 and automatically update

=VLOOKUP(A16,OFFSET($A$1,0,0,COUNTA($A$1:$A$14),4),2,FALSE)

 

[CCD]

OK - I goofed. First, yes I want to expand my lookup table. Second, let me change the scenario...I have Workbook1 open and my lookup table is in Workbook2. My new formula would read like this:

=VLOOKUP("watts",[Workbook2]Sheet1!$A$1:$D$12,2,FALSE)

Would I expand the formula in the same manner as cherria has advised? Again, I would like to be able to add records to my lookup table and have the formula written so it would automatically pick that up.

Thanks again for all your help.

 

[Mark W.]

Why dont' you simply use a Named range?

 

[cherria]

=VLOOKUP("watts",OFFSET([Workbook2]Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA([Workbook2]Sheet1!A:A),4),2,FALSE)

should do the trick!