• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer

My Online Training Hub

Learn Dashboards, Excel, Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot

  • Courses
  • Pricing
    • Free Courses
    • Power BI Course
    • Excel Power Query Course
    • Power Pivot and DAX Course
    • Excel Dashboard Course
    • Excel PivotTable Course – Quick Start
    • Advanced Excel Formulas Course
    • Excel Expert Advanced Excel Training
    • Excel Tables Course
    • Excel, Word, Outlook
    • Financial Modelling Course
    • Excel PivotTable Course
    • Excel for Customer Service Professionals
    • Excel for Operations Management Course
    • Excel for Decision Making Under Uncertainty Course
    • Excel for Finance Course
    • Excel Analysis ToolPak Course
    • Multi-User Pricing
  • Resources
    • Free Downloads
    • Excel Functions Explained
    • Excel Formulas
    • Excel Add-ins
    • IF Function
      • Excel IF Statement Explained
      • Excel IF AND OR Functions
      • IF Formula Builder
    • Time & Dates in Excel
      • Excel Date & Time
      • Calculating Time in Excel
      • Excel Time Calculation Tricks
      • Excel Date and Time Formatting
    • Excel Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Excel Custom Number Format Guide
    • Pivot Tables Guide
    • VLOOKUP Guide
    • ALT Codes
    • Excel VBA & Macros
    • Excel User Forms
    • VBA String Functions
  • Members
    • Login
  • Blog
  • Excel Webinars
  • Excel Forum
    • Register as Forum Member
  • Login

Vlookup problems|General Excel Questions & Answers|Excel Forum|My Online Training Hub

You are here: Home / Vlookup problems|General Excel Questions & Answers|Excel Forum|My Online Training Hub
Avatar
sp_LogInOut Log In sp_Registration Register
sp_Search Search
Advanced Search|Last Search Results
Search
Forum Scope




Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
sp_Search Search
sp_RankInfo
Lost password?
sp_CrumbsHome HomeExcel ForumGeneral Excel Questions & Answe…Vlookup problems
sp_PrintTopic sp_TopicIcon
Vlookup problems
Avatar
Greg Keith

New Member
Members
Level 0
Forum Posts: 2
Member Since:
April 8, 2020
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
1
April 8, 2020 - 1:13 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print

I'm having a problem with a vlookup formula, and maybe vlookup isn't even what I want.

I have two tables on one sheet. Table 1, named Data, has a data range A2:H85. Table 2, named Daily, has a data range K2:M70.

Table Data has column D called Name, containing county names. It also has column G called Num. Table Daily has column K called Name, also containing county names, and column L, also called Num.

The county names in Daily are a subset of county names in Data, e.g. 100 unique county names in Data and 60 in Daily.

I want to fill column G in Data with values from column K in Daily where the tables have matching county names, essentially left joining the tables. I thought that would be a vlookup formula, but what happens is that column G gets populated row by row, rather than only matching by county name. That is, if the first county name in Data is Colter, it matches the first county name in Daily, which could be something like Adams. Or, changing the formula gives me all #N/A's.

Example formula is =VLOOKUP([@NAME], K4:M71, 2, FALSE)

Any clues as to how to accomplish this? Thanks.

Avatar
Purfleet
England
Member
Members


Trusted Members
Level 4
Forum Posts: 414
Member Since:
December 20, 2019
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
2
April 8, 2020 - 6:11 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print

Can you please add an example workbook so we do not have to recreate the data?

Purfleet

Avatar
Greg Keith

New Member
Members
Level 0
Forum Posts: 2
Member Since:
April 8, 2020
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
3
April 8, 2020 - 9:54 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

I can't post actual data due to legal privacy concerns.

At some point, the formula started working. I don't know why. Thanks anyway!

Avatar
Purfleet
England
Member
Members


Trusted Members
Level 4
Forum Posts: 414
Member Since:
December 20, 2019
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
4
April 9, 2020 - 5:45 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print

you only need to post an example, mix up names and numbers?

Purfleet

sp_Feed
Go to top
Forum Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
Most Users Ever Online: 245
Currently Online: Edson Lima, Peter Venkatrao, Ted Eggleston, Ronald White
Guest(s) 10
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)
Top Posters:
SunnyKow: 1432
Anders Sehlstedt: 880
Purfleet: 414
Frans Visser: 346
David_Ng: 306
lea cohen: 237
Jessica Stewart: 219
A.Maurizio: 213
Aye Mu: 201
Hans Hallebeek: 185
Newest Members:
thong nguyen
Appiagyei Kofi Frimpong
Hilary Burchfield
Richie Wright
Adel Kock
Barbara Murray
Doug Milne
Siobhan Stringer
Rob Rooth
Tom Lewis
Forum Stats:
Groups: 3
Forums: 24
Topics: 6542
Posts: 28644

 

Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 49
Members: 32830
Moderators: 2
Admins: 4
Administrators: Mynda Treacy, Philip Treacy, Catalin Bombea, FT
Moderators: Velouria, Riny van Eekelen
© Simple:Press —sp_Information

Sidebar

Blog Categories

  • Excel
  • Excel Charts
  • Excel Dashboard
  • Excel Formulas
  • Excel Office Scripts
  • Excel PivotTables
  • Excel Shortcuts
  • Excel VBA
  • General Tips
  • Online Training
  • Outlook
  • Power Apps
  • Power Automate
  • Power BI
  • Power Pivot
  • Power Query
microsoft mvp logo
trustpilot excellent rating
Secured by Sucuri Badge
MyOnlineTrainingHub on YouTube Mynda Treacy on Linked In Mynda Treacy on Instagram Mynda Treacy on Twitter Mynda Treacy on Pinterest MyOnlineTrainingHub on Facebook

Sign up to our newsletter and join over 400,000
others who learn Excel and Power BI with us.

 

Company

  • About My Online Training Hub
  • Disclosure Statement
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Guarantee
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Testimonials
  • Become an Affiliate
  • Sponsor Our Newsletter

Support

  • Contact
  • Forum
  • Helpdesk - For Technical Issues

Copyright © 2023 · My Online Training Hub · All Rights Reserved. Microsoft and the Microsoft Office logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Product names, logos, brands, and other trademarks featured or referred to within this website are the property of their respective trademark holders.