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Re: [ms_excel] Lookup Text using Multiple Criteria

As long as it's a unique combination, you could array-enter something
like to find out which row the data is in:

=SUM((Month="January")*(SalesRep="Smith")*(Amount=2000)*ROW(Amount))

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:16 PM, smbyrne69 <smbyrne69@...> wrote:
> I can lookup up a number using the sumproduct function but I cannot
> seem to return anything if it is text.
>
> I have the following array formula:
> {=sum(Month="January")*(SalesRep="Smith")*(Amount=2000))}
>
> This only works with numbers. I need to modify this formula to return
> the row reference because I want to use it with an index function. The
> amount is necessary in order to lookup the text in column d. Is there
> any way to do this without using the CONCATENATE to return the match?



Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:40 am

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I can lookup up a number using the sumproduct function but I cannot seem to return anything if it is text. I have the following array formula: ...
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Jan 14, 2009
4:16 am

As long as it's a unique combination, you could array-enter something like to find out which row the data is in: ...
Randy Harmelink
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Jan 14, 2009
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Randy- I tried this at work. It works great with the index function Beats using the CONCATENATE function. Thanks for your help....
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