VLookup Help

[Sorceressss]

I have been doing vlookups for years and now I am having problems with it,
can someone please look at this formula and see if anything sticks out as
being wrong? I am getting all #N/A's for results:
=VLOOKUP(A2,'[Talaris Account history by cust part no.
200711-200810.xls]Account History'!$E$8:$E$496,1,FALSE)

Thank you!

 

[Pete_UK]

The #N/A error means that you are not getting an exact match. You
might think that there is a match, but it might be that in one file
you have a proper number and in the other file you have a number which
is actually a text value. Here are two ways of getting round this
particular issue:

=VLOOKUP(A2*1, ... etc
or
=VLOOKUP(A2&"", ... etc

The first one converts a text number in A2 to a proper number, if you
have proper numbers in your other file, whereas the second approach
converts a number in A2 to a text value.

One other point is that the formula implies that the other file is
open, as you do not have the full-path before the filename.

I'm not sure why you are using VLOOKUP - if you find a match then it
will only return itself, as your table is only one column wide.

Hope this helps.

Pete

 

[Mike H]

Hi,

The formula is fine so the NA# indicates no match for the data in A2. Usual
culprits are rogue spaces.

Mike

 

[Sorceressss]

Thanks for the answers! I am using Vlookup to find common customer parts in
two different spreadsheets. Is there a better function to do this?

The #N/A error means that you are not getting an exact match. You
might think that there is a match, but it might be that in one file
you have a proper number and in the other file you have a number which
is actually a text value. Here are two ways of getting round this
particular issue:

=VLOOKUP(A2*1, ... etc
or
=VLOOKUP(A2&"", ... etc

The first one converts a text number in A2 to a proper number, if you
have proper numbers in your other file, whereas the second approach
converts a number in A2 to a text value.

One other point is that the formula implies that the other file is
open, as you do not have the full-path before the filename.

I'm not sure why you are using VLOOKUP - if you find a match then it
will only return itself, as your table is only one column wide.

Hope this helps.

Pete

I have been doing vlookups for years and now I am having problems with it,
can someone please look at this formula and see if anything sticks out as
being wrong? I am getting all #N/A's for results:
=VLOOKUP(A2,'[Talaris Account history by cust part no.
200711-200810.xls]Account History'!$E$8:$E$496,1,FALSE)

Thank you!

 

[Sorceressss]

You are right Mike! I hit F2 in a cell and there are a bunch of spaces after
the part number in one spreadsheet. How can I get rid of these? Thank you!

Hi,

The formula is fine so the NA# indicates no match for the data in A2. Usual
culprits are rogue spaces.

Mike

I have been doing vlookups for years and now I am having problems with it,
can someone please look at this formula and see if anything sticks out as
being wrong? I am getting all #N/A's for results:
=VLOOKUP(A2,'[Talaris Account history by cust part no.
200711-200810.xls]Account History'!$E$8:$E$496,1,FALSE)

Thank you!

 

[Sorceressss]

I used the TRIM Funtion, thank you gentlemen for your help!!!

Hi,

The formula is fine so the NA# indicates no match for the data in A2. Usual
culprits are rogue spaces.

Mike

I have been doing vlookups for years and now I am having problems with it,
can someone please look at this formula and see if anything sticks out as
being wrong? I am getting all #N/A's for results:
=VLOOKUP(A2,'[Talaris Account history by cust part no.
200711-200810.xls]Account History'!$E$8:$E$496,1,FALSE)

Thank you!

 

[Pete_UK]

Well, you could use a MATCH function.

Pete

Thanks for the answers!  I am using Vlookup to find common customer parts in
two different spreadsheets.  Is there a better function to do this?

The #N/A error means that you are not getting an exact match. You
might think that there is a match, but it might be that in one file
you have a proper number and in the other file you have a number which
is actually a text value. Here are two ways of getting round this
particular issue:

=VLOOKUP(A2*1, ... etc
or
=VLOOKUP(A2&"", ... etc

The first one converts a text number in A2 to a proper number, if you
have proper numbers in your other file, whereas the second approach
converts a number in A2 to a text value.

One other point is that the formula implies that the other file is
open, as you do not have the full-path before the filename.

I'm not sure why you are using VLOOKUP - if you find a match then it
will only return itself, as your table is only one column wide.

Hope this helps.

Pete

I have been doing vlookups for years and now I am having problems with it,
can someone please look at this formula and see if anything sticks out as
being wrong?  I am getting all #N/A's for results:
=VLOOKUP(A2,'[Talaris Account history by cust part no.
200711-200810.xls]Account History'!$E$8:$E$496,1,FALSE)
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