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Alternative for #N/A in an offset and match formula?

  1. 03-16-2011, 06:41 AM #1
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    Alternative for #N/A in an offset and match formula?

    Hi guys,

    When no data can be returned in the below formula i get a nasty looking #N/A, is there a way of getting a blank instead or something else? I'd like to keep the formula the same apart from that addition.

    =OFFSET('Broker Received'!$A$1,MATCH($I$9,'Broker Received'!$B:$B,0)-1,MATCH(DATE($S$9,$P$9,"01"),'Broker Received'!$4:$4,0)-1,1,1)

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    Re: Alternative for #N/A in an offset and match formula?

    =IFERROR(OFFSET('Broker Received'!$A$1,MATCH($I$9,'Broker Received'!$B:$B,0)-1,MATCH(DATE($S$9,$P$9,"01"),'Broker Received'!$4:$4,0)-1,1,1),"")
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    Re: Alternative for #N/A in an offset and match formula?

    Quote Originally Posted by Blake 7 View Post
    =IFERROR(OFFSET('Broker Received'!$A$1,MATCH($I$9,'Broker Received'!$B:$B,0)-1,MATCH(DATE($S$9,$P$9,"01"),'Broker Received'!$4:$4,0)-1,1,1),"")
    Doh..simple as that! Thanks mate..my brain is fried today.
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    Re: Alternative for #N/A in an offset and match formula?

    FWIW you could avoid Volatile OFFSET with INDEX if preferred:

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    Re: Alternative for #N/A in an offset and match formula?

    Cheers for the very quick replies..excellent
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    Re: Alternative for #N/A in an offset and match formula?

    I'm getting a #NAME? for some reason. The formula looks at a drop down list, which the user would select the broker and the data would be returned. Any ideas why that's happening?

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    Re: Alternative for #N/A in an offset and match formula?

    If you're using XL2003 then IFERROR is not available to you (new to XL2007)

    Can you advise the data type of the value being returned - is it always a text string, a number of mix thereof ?

    If it's consistent you can avoid double evaluation via a LOOKUP construct else you will need to double evaluate via ISNA test on the MATCH elements.

    Let us know... incidentally if number can you confirm if 0 is ever a valid result ?
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    Re: Alternative for #N/A in an offset and match formula?

    Hi,

    Yeah it's 2003. The data returning is a mix of numbers (financial, percentages and standard numeric). I'm using the formula on a series of cells, it's matching names of brokers and returning the info from other workbooks.

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    Re: Alternative for #N/A in an offset and match formula?

    You didn't stipulate if 0 was valid or not ... perhaps safest to use:

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    If 0 isn't valid you might consider reverting to SUMIF or using a LOOKUP construct.
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