I'm trying to nest an IF function inside a vlookup to filter data based on a cell in another sheet.
The ideal functionality would be for the cell to return data if it meets a specific criteria otherwise leave it blank.
This is what I have so far:
=IFERROR(vlookup(E2,IF('internal_all[Paste Here]'!H3="Indexable",'internal_all[Paste Here]'!A:AB,""),28,0))
Currently, it doesn't work but instead I get an error "VLOOKUP equates to an out of bounds range".
Any help would be much appreciated.
Here's a copy of my gsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13mcOOHIP6-YQKOhE_LHnmu3-7bSNKzvCSTVZ5BnTxPA/edit#gid=0
Here's an example of the error I'm running into:
If I understand your question correctly...Then all you would need to change is where you put the if. Including it in the Vlookup will mess with the size of range ie. A:AB has a size of 28 but "" has a size of 0. I would also change your formula to an array so you don't have 6000+ formulas calculating. Finally, I would add an array_constrain to stop the array at the end of your dataset. Here is a working example:
=Array_Constrain(ArrayFormula(IF('internal_all [Paste Here]'!B2:B="Indexable",vlookup(E2:E,'internal_all [Paste Here]'!A2:AB,28,0),"")),CountIf(A2:A,"<>"),1)
I also included that formula in H2 of your "internal links point to canonicalised URLs" tab. Good luck!
Edit:
After looking at the setup again, this updated formula should work.
=Array_Constrain(ArrayFormula(if(VLOOKUP(E2:E,'internal_all [Paste Here]'!A:B,2)="Indexable",vlookup(E2:E,'internal_all [Paste Here]'!A2:AB,28,0),)),CountIf(A2:A,"<>"),1)
Also, here is an updated Indexability formula for column G
=Array_Constrain(ArrayFormula(IFERROR(vlookup(G2:G,'internal_all [Paste Here]'!A:B,2,0))),CountIf(A2:A,"<>"),1)
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I help a small business with an application which is entirely run from google sheets and google forms. The issue is that from time to time the business owner will go into the sheet and delete rows of old data. I've noticed that as a result, some of the formulas will change the row which they are looking at. This is despite me using explicit cell references such as $A$1 for example.
So what I would like to do, is use somehow compare the cell which contains the formula, with a string of what the formula should be, then return a value if the formula matches. I had thought an =If function would solve this but so far I am not having any luck.
This is what I have used so far:
Lets say cell A1 contains the formula I want to check and the formula is (this works fine): =FILTER(Dashboard!A2:A, Dashboard!C2:C1 = TODAY())*
I am using =IF(A1="=FILTER(Dashboard!A2:A, Dashboard!C2:C*1 = TODAY())",True,False)
I am expecting the function to compare the value of A1 with my string and return the value True. If the formula does not match the string it should return the value False.
I currently am returning the value of False despite the formula and string being an exact match. I assume this is because my =If statement is looking at the value returned by the =Filter function rather than the formula itself.
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
You could just use INDIRECT() in the place of explicit cell ($A$1) reference you mentioned and that should solve the problem of formulas going haywire due to rows deletion in Form Responses tab. Please do test it out.
INDIRECT("Sheet!"&A1)
INDIRECT("A1")
I have a couple of rather large nested if functions in my spreadsheet. It sure would be nice to have an alternative method. Problem is I'm using a wildcard (*) in my lookup because the source text has slight variations (date for example).
For example, if my list of data contains:
VENMO PAYMENT 220828 1022093447487 BRENDA HOSPY
VENMO PAYMENT 220813 1031323447487 BRENDA HOSPY
I want these to show in an adjacent column of cells as just Venmo
Currently my if function in that second column of cells is:
=IF(COUNTIF($F10,"*APPLE.COM/BILL*"),"AP",
IF(COUNTIF($F10,"IIA VOYA*"),"VOYA",
IF(COUNTIF($F10,"VENMO PAYMENT*"),"Venmo",
IF(COUNTIF($F10,etc...
This works fine but quickly gets unruly as more things get added.
I've spent a great deal of time searching for functions and processes that would make this easier, or at least more compact, but I can't find a way with typical functions like vlookup or index/match.
If I've explained this in a comprehensible fashion perhaps you've seen or experienced a similar situation and could offer a suggestion. It would be appreciated!
I'm not opposed to using a programming function.
I've looked at, and for, various Excel functions or combinations with no luck on my own or online.
I have created a structure as below
Formula present in B2 is as below
=IFERROR(INDEX($F$2:$F$9,MIN(IF(COUNTIF(A2,"*"&$E$2:$E$9&"*")>0,ROW($E$2:$E$9),9999999)-1)),"---")
Enter it as an Array Formula using Ctrl+Shift+Enter
It will search all the strings present in column E in A2 when found will return all the row numbers of column E where there is a match, i have then used min to get the first one, and if not found it will return 9999999, and as the data is starting from row 2 i have added -1 to make it equal to the data index. after that i have called the index to search value present at that index in column F. and at the end used the if error function to show --- where no match was found and 999999 was returned.
I'm working on a Google Sheet Project that will move data from one page to another. I need the formula to search a range ( 'Booth Placement'!O2:O1000=133), if a cell is equal to the set value it will then write the data from the same row 'Booth Placement'!A2:A1000.
I know the IF can only work for one column and not a range spanning multiple columns. What should I switch the formula below?
=IF('Booth Placement'!O2:O1000=133,'Booth Placement'!A2:A1000,"")
I am trying to keep this formula as simple as possible since I will have to change the value it is searching for on each cell on the second page. I've googled this for two days and I'm pretty sure I'm just missing the obvious. Any/All Help is appreciated.
try:
=FILTER('Booth Placement'!A2:A1000; 'Booth Placement'!O2:O1000=133)
or:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IF('Booth Placement'!O2:O1000=133; 'Booth Placement'!A2:A1000; ))
I have a formula which worked quite well to obtain information in order to link a reference contained in column B with information in T column of Sheet 2.
I have a formula which checks if 'Sheet2'!B:B=B2. However, now I want the formula to only return information where the corresponding line also has "yes" in Column A.
For example, if B2=1001, I only want to return CAT in the example below:
Is it possible to have two criteria like this?
I have tried various AND formulas alongside the main formula I have but this brings back errors:
=IF(ISBLANK(A4),"",ARRAYFORMULA(TEXTJOIN(" ⦿",TRUE,IF('Sheet2'!B:B=B2,'Sheet2'!T:T,""))))
I need to put somewhere in this formula to check if A2="Yes"
=IF(ISBLANK(A4),, ARRAYFORMULA(TEXTJOIN(" ⦿", 1 ,
IF((Sheet2!A:A="yes")*(Sheet2!B:B=B2), Sheet2!T:T, ))))
I'm trying to add a spreadsheet editing function in my iOS app. I am using a gridview to display (not relevant to the question) and I am using LibXL to load the data into the view. That part all works very well but I have no way to calculate the formulas after a cell has been modified.
It appears that when I write a formula with LibXL it is not calculating the new value, just setting the formula value (a string). So when I try to read the number value from that cell it is still set to the last computed number (from excel).
Likewise, if I create cells with numbers and a formula cell to SUM them, it is never actually computed which reads a 0 number value until it's opened in Excel.
I was hoping LibXL was the silver bullet to my problem, but now I'm stuck with just the formula string value (i.e. "SUM(A1:b2)" ) and the last computed value.
I would love it if LibXL simply DID compute values and I just have it all wrong, but I can't see any documentation that says otherwise. If that's not the case are there any Obj-C, C, or C++ libraries that I can use to match the Excel Formula syntax and compute these values?
Just adding my previous comment as an answer:
Dave Delong's DDMathParser has the option to add custom functions, check it out here: http://github.com/davedelong/DDMathParser