What is the best formula to use

Linsie

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Hi,
I have a sheet where I need to collect the completion dates of a training course per course title for each engineer.

What would be the best formula to match both the engineer name and the course title and return the completion date please.

Thanks in advance.

Training Tracker 2024.xlsx
ABCDEF
1Engineer NameCourse Name 1Course Name 2Course Name 3Course Name 4
2Joe Bloggs 1
3Joe Bloggs 2
4Joe Bloggs 3
5Joe Bloggs 4
6Joe Bloggs 5
7Joe Bloggs 6
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15Data Sheet
16Full NameCourseEnroll StatusEnrollment DateCompletion Date
17Joe Bloggs 1Course Name 2Completed01/01/202431/03/2024
18Joe Bloggs 2Course Name 1Started02/01/202405/04/2024
19Joe Bloggs 3Course Name 4Completed03/01/202403/04/2024
20Joe Bloggs 4Course Name 1Completed04/01/202401/01/2024
21Joe Bloggs 5Course Name 3Completed05/01/202429/02/2024
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Sheet2
 

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Fluff.xlsm
ABCDE
1Engineer NameCourse Name 1Course Name 2Course Name 3Course Name 4
2Joe Bloggs 1 31/03/2024  
3Joe Bloggs 205/04/2024   
4Joe Bloggs 3   03/04/2024
5Joe Bloggs 401/01/2024   
6Joe Bloggs 5  29/02/2024 
7Joe Bloggs 6    
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15Data Sheet
16Full NameCourseEnroll StatusEnrollment DateCompletion Date
17Joe Bloggs 1Course Name 2Completed01/01/202431/03/2024
18Joe Bloggs 2Course Name 1Started02/01/202405/04/2024
19Joe Bloggs 3Course Name 4Completed03/01/202403/04/2024
20Joe Bloggs 4Course Name 1Completed04/01/202401/01/2024
21Joe Bloggs 5Course Name 3Completed05/01/202429/02/2024
Sheet6
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:E7B2=IFERROR(1/(1/SUMIFS($E$17:$E$21,$A$17:$A$21,$A2,$B$17:$B$21,B$1)),"")
 
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Book1
ABCDE
1Engineer NameCourse Name 1Course Name 2Course Name 3Course Name 4
2Joe Bloggs 1 3/31/2024
3Joe Bloggs 24/5/2024
4Joe Bloggs 34/3/2024
5Joe Bloggs 41/1/2024
6Joe Bloggs 52/29/2024
7Joe Bloggs 6
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15Data Sheet
16Full NameCourseEnroll StatusEnrollment DateCompletion Date
17Joe Bloggs 1Course Name 2Completed1/1/20243/31/2024
18Joe Bloggs 2Course Name 1Started1/2/20244/5/2024
19Joe Bloggs 3Course Name 4Completed1/3/20244/3/2024
20Joe Bloggs 4Course Name 1Completed1/4/20241/1/2024
21Joe Bloggs 5Course Name 3Completed1/5/20242/29/2024
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:E7B2=IFERROR(INDEX(E17:E21,MATCH(A2:A7&B1:E1,A17:A21&B17:B21,0)),"")
Dynamic array formulas.
 
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Solution
Glad we could help & thanks for the feedback.
 
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