New Guy with Formula Question - 2 values return a third

[mister3d]

Howdy all. New guy here. This has likely been asked before, but I don't know what to ask for.

I have been using Excel for decades, but am only now trying to use conditional formulas. I hope this is simple for you experts.

I have 3 columns on my attached example.

'A' is a dropdown list of UPS models (separate tab of DD tables "DropDowns")

'B' is corresponding External Battery Cabinet models (EBC) for extended runtime

'C' is the quantity of EBCs needed.

What I want to have happen:

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1) Choose a UPS model from dropdown in 'A'
2) IF an EBC is needed for more runtime, chose a quantity from dropdown in 'C'
3) IF 'C' is greater than 0 (zero), populate 'B' with appropriate EBC model matched with UPS model (eg: DropDowns!B10)

I don't want 'B' populated unless 'C' is greater than zero

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OBSERVE that the UPS part numbers have a dash ("-") in them, minus to excel, likely causing at least some of my formula barfs. (eg: GXT5-5000MVRT4UXLN )

I started my dropdown tables with a blank cell to ensure I can have a blank, no value cell. Will that cause problems?




I have been looking around for about a week, off and on as time permits, and don't know what to search for..at least for a result that works.

Thanks!

[Adtxc]

Maybe this...

In B2: =IFERROR(IF(C2>0,VLOOKUP(A2,DropDowns!B:C,2,0),""),"")

[Gregb11]

In B2 try:

=IF(C2>0,XLOOKUP(A2,DropDowns!$B$3:$B$23,DropDowns!$C$3:$C$23,"None Found",0),"")

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