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I have Table A and Table B in the attached spreadsheet, and I would like to return the unique values of Table A over to Table B under BAS column.
Table B has multiple instances of same employee id, whereas Table A has unique instances of employee id.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Is this what you want?
In I4 copied down:
=INDEX($D$4:$D$12,MATCH(F4,$A$4:$A$12,0))
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See post #3.
For each employee id in Table B, I only need to have the result of Table A returned once, only. This formula, like VLOOKUP, return the result for every instance of employee id in Table B, where I want same result brought over only once.
See my reply below.
In I4 copied down:
=IF(COUNTIF(F$4:F4,F4)=1,INDEX($D$4:$D$12,MATCH(F4,$A$4:$A$12,0)),"")
That did it, thanks!
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May I ask you to expound the COUNTIF in the formula, please. I think I understand what it does, but if you can explain, please...
Put this into J4 and copy it down:
=COUNTIF(F$4:F4,F4)
From the results it gives and the changes that happen to the formula as you drag down, you will be able to work it out.
COUNTIF(F$4:F4,F4)=1
Notice that the first reference row is fixed (absolute). So, the first occurrence will be COUNTIF(F4:F4,F4)=1 which will be TRUE.
The next occurrence will be COUNTIF(F4:F5,F5)=1 which will be FALSE. And so it will continue: F4:F6,F6; F4:F7,F7; F4:F8,F8.
So, does =1 mean that in case of multiple instances of same employee id, count same only once when it first appears and discard any following repeated instance?Originally Posted by TMS
In the first instance of the formula, the COUNTIF will return 1. So, 1=1 which is TRUE, and the IF returns the TRUE result which is the VLOOKUP. For subsequent instances, the COUNTIF will increase and return a value greater than 1. So then the IF will return the FALSE result which is the null value.
As Ali has suggested put the COUNTIF formula in a cell and drag it down to see what results you get.
See the updated sample workbook.
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