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Is it possible to use index match with named ranges? I keep getting #value! or #N/A.
My named ranges are: Data_Table, Year_Range, Column_Range.
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Is it possible to use index match with named ranges? I keep getting #value! or #N/A.
My named ranges are: Data_Table, Year_Range, Column_Range.Please Login or Register to view this content.
Yes, but the ranges must be of the same dimensions and the data in them must match your lookup values exactly.
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What do you mean of the same dimensions?
The look up cell is titled the same as one of the cells in the look up range.
OK - so the INDEX array will match the ROW array in the number of cells it is deep, and the COLUMN array with the number of cells it is wide.
The lookup cells may look the same, but are they? Is one test and the other a number? Does one have leading or trailing spaces?
Upload the workbook as Glenn suggested and we'll take a look.
If the first MATCH function is looking at 10 rows... and the second match function is looking at 3 columns, then the INDEX part must be looking at 10 rows by 3 columns = 30 cells.
I've uploaded my example spread. I hope this helps to clarify things!
You can't call named ranges like that. use this instead:
=INDEX(INDIRECT(CONCATENATE(C16 & "_" & "Data")),MATCH(B20,INDIRECT(CONCATENATE(C16&"_"&"year")),0),MATCH(C17,INDIRECT(CONCATENATE(C16&"_"&B17)),0))
... and you don't need CONCATENATE. Just use:
=INDEX(INDIRECT(C16 & "_" & "Data"),MATCH(B20,INDIRECT(C16&"_"&"year"),0),MATCH(C17,INDIRECT(C16&"_"&B17),0))
Ohhhhh. So the problem was using concatenate instead of indirect...
Thanks for the help! It works now!
No, the problem was not using INDIRECT - you still need either CONCATENATE or & (both do the same job - & is quicker and easier, and is available in your version of Excel).Originally Posted by russwongg
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