help on vlookup

p9j123

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I have the following formula, but it is not working because column C from Database is also a formula.

=VLOOKUP(D4522,'T:\Version 10\[Backlog Template for v.10.0.xlsx]Database'!$C:$S,17,0)

For what its worth Column C in Database is formatted as number and needs to be retained that way.
 

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You should still be able to look up a value if there is a formula creating it. Can you check something for me? Tell me the two results of these two formulas:
=TYPE(D4522)
=TYPE('T:\Version 10\[Backlog Template for v.10.0.xlsx]Database'!$C2)

Change C2 to a cell that contains a value in column C in the database.

There may be an issue with the underlying data type of these values, causing the lookup function to fail.
 
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here you go


=TYPE(D4522)
~~~~ 1
=TYPE('T:\Version 10\[Backlog Template for v.10.0.xlsx]Database'!$C2) ~~~ 2
 
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I made it work, I know it is not he correct solution but this is what I did.

=VLOOKUP(value(D4522),'T:\Version 10\[Backlog Template for v.10.0.xlsx]Database'!$C:$S,17,0)

I also added value formula on column C
 
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You can always use this too:
=VLOOKUP(D4522+0,'T:\Version 10\[Backlog Template for v.10.0.xlsx]Database'!$C:$S,17,0)
 
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