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  1. 06-15-2011, 08:11 AM #1
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    Hi,

    I have 2 worksheets, sheet1 and sheet2.

    On sheet 1, I have 3 columns:

    Document Type (2 numbers.... 01, 02, 10, 20, etc...)
    English Name (English description of the document type)
    French Name (French description of the document type)

    On sheet 2, also have those 3 columns... but, I'd like to be able to type 02, 10, 20 etc into the Document Type column and have excel retrieve the english and french name from sheet 1 so I don't have to type them all in manually, or copy them one by one.

    Just wondering if anyone can tell me what function to use?

    Thanks!
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    Re: Help with a function

    Hi,

    You can use IF or Vlookup function for the same.
    attach some sample file.
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    Re: Help with a function

    Assuming you have headers, on Sheet2!B2, use the following:

    =VLOOKUP($A2,Sheet1!$A:$C,2,false)

    In C2, use the same except using "3,false" instead of "2,false"

    Alternatively, a possibly better but more complex formula incorporates the INDEX and MATCH functions:

    B2:
    =INDEX(Sheet1!$A:$C,MATCH($A2,Sheet1!$A:$A,0),MATCH(B$1,Sheet1!$1:$1,0))

    This formula is better if you have a larger number of columns as you can drag this over a few columns without having to amend the formula. But this assumes that you have column headers which match on both sheets.

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    Re: Help with a function

    Assume your values are in column A,B&C (Doc Type, Eng & French) respectively in both sheets,
    then in sheet2 type the fomula;
    in cell B2 =VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet1!A:B,2,0)
    in cell C2 =VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet1!A:C,3,0)

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    Re: Help with a function

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    Re: VLOOKUP Function to retrieve values from another page

    I looked at my post again and I just wanted to add some more detail in case it helps

    I have one sheet called 'Sheet1'

    On this sheet, I have 3 columns: Document Type Code, English Description, French Description

    Example:

    Code English Name French Name

    01 Accounts Payable Comptes créditeurs
    12 Invoice Facture

    On sheet 2, I will need to manually type in the Document Type Code.. depending on what code I type in, it will retrieve the english and french description of that code from sheet 1 and populate it in sheet 2.

    I will need to type in the document code manually in sheet 2

    Thanks
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    Re: Help with VLOOKUP function to retrieve values from another page

    Thanks everyone for your help I really appreciate it, I got it to work.. it definitely was VLOOKUP.
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    Re: Help with VLOOKUP function to retrieve values from another page

    Quote Originally Posted by bagel View Post
    Hi,

    I have 2 worksheets, sheet1 and sheet2.

    On sheet 1, I have 3 columns:

    Document Type (2 numbers.... 01, 02, 10, 20, etc...)
    English Name (English description of the document type)
    French Name (French description of the document type)

    On sheet 2, also have those 3 columns... but, I'd like to be able to type 02, 10, 20 etc into the Document Type column and have excel retrieve the english and french name from sheet 1 so I don't have to type them all in manually, or copy them one by one.

    Just wondering if anyone can tell me what function to use?

    Thanks!

    Check this video out , I Made For you along with sample sheet

    video link

    http://www.how-videos.com/videos/vid...up-excel-2010/
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    Re: Help with VLOOKUP function to retrieve values from another page

    Hey hany_c_v,

    I can't believe you made a video with my question, it was really well done. I really appreciate it!!!!

    Thanks very much
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