Vlookup

[datadummy]

I have the following VLOOKUP formula that is returning #REF and am not sure why.

=VLOOKUP($B15,Case_Form!$B$2:$B$186,7,FALSE)

For reference the number in B15 is present on the Case_Form tab.

 

[datadummy]

my initial formula was on the other tab (Demographics) and now I am trying to apply the same formula onto a different tab (Case_Form). So initially I was wanting to pull from column E over on the Case_Form tab and now I'm wanting to pull from column G over on the Demographics tab.

 

[Fluff]

Then simply replace the E with G

 

[datadummy]

So to clarify if I have my formula on the "Case_Form" tab in cell AH7 and I want to reference the number that is in B7 and then locate that same number on the "Demographics" tab and bring over all additional information from the row where the number is located would my formula look like this?

VLOOKUP($B7,Demographics!$A$2:E$156,COLUMN(G15),FALSE)

 

[Fluff]

You need to change the lookup range to G as well.

 

[datadummy]

So I made the change and updated my range, but for some reason its still returning #N/A. Any thoughts on why this is occurring?

 

[Fluff]

Maybe it can't find the value of B7 in col A of the Demographics sheet.

 

[datadummy]

Good call, I changed it from A to B, but now its returning #REF !. This is quite the battle lol.

 

[Fluff]

In that case you need to make this change

COLUMN(F1)

because you are now returning a value from the 6th column not the 7th as the lookup range starts from column B