Need Help with If, Index, Collect

Please help, I have a few of these to do.

I have a nested IF formula. The first part is an INDEX/MATCH and works as a standalone. The next few are INDEX/COLLECT. These are not working as standalone or in the nested version (Unparsable Error). Any ideas?

=IF(CONTAINS(“A/V”, [Vendor Type]@row ), INDEX(COLLECT({Date Secured V}, {Vendor Type}, "A/V", {Meeting ID V}, [Meeting ID]@row ), 1))

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DKazatsky2

Hi @L. Barrett,

When you double-click the formula, do you see your referenced columns in color? If not, it means the @row references need to be retyped. Additionally, I believe the "A/V" criteria you have inside the COLLECT function should actually be a reference to the Vendor Type row. Give this a try.

=IF(CONTAINS("A/V", [Vendor Type]@row ), INDEX(COLLECT({Date Secured V}, {Vendor Type}, [Vendor Type]@row , {Meeting ID V}, [Meeting ID]@row ), 1))

Hope this helps,

Dave

Leibel S

@L. Barrett

Seems like you have a typo in your formula with the wrong quotation marks around the first A/V

Fix those and it should be fine

L. Barrett

Dave,

That worked, thanks!

Adjacent question - in this case. The Vendor Type on Spreadsheet A is Other. On Spreadsheet B the Vendor Type is Translator, Caterer, Shredding, Other.

This is what I have - I am getting an Invalid Operation Error but there is definitely a date that it should return.

=IF(CONTAINS("Other", [Vendor Type]@row ), INDEX(COLLECT({Date Secured V}, {Vendor Type}, OR({Vendor Type} = "Translator", {Vendor Type} = "Caterer", {Vendor Type} = "Shredding", {Vendor Type} = "Other"), {Meeting ID V}, [Meeting ID]@row ), 1))

What am I missing?

DKazatsky2

Hi L. Barrett,

I think the issue is inside the OR section. See what happens if you change that section to the following.

OR(@cell = "Translator", @cell = "Caterer", @cell = "Shredding", @cell = "Other")

L. Barrett

I swear I tried that and it didn't work. But it worked just now so I am going to go with it.

Thanks!

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