My formula works fine with no errors, but no value appears. What is the issue?

Fatema Ali

I am using another sheet for the lookup_table. The other sheets basically has the currencies and the rates of each currency. What I want to do in the sheet where the function is; basically once a row is added and the currency has been selected, I want it to generate the value of the currency from the other sheet. Therefore, once this formula works I want it to multiply it by the value of the PI. (Table below).

=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP([Currency (PI)]1, {currency rates Range 3}, {currency rates Range 4}, false)) = true, "", VLOOKUP([Currency (PI)]1, {currency rates Range 3}, {currency rates Range 4}, false))

This is the other sheet that I'm referencing from to get the rates.

As you can see from the first table.. it is linking fine without any errors but no value appears.

Thank you,

Fatema

Paul Newcome

There is an error with your VLOOKUP syntax, but the ISERROR function is replacing it with a blank cell. Where you are establishing a second range in the VLOOKUP, you need to replace that with an actual number. Your first range should cover all columns needed with the lookup value being in the leftmost column (column #1 of the range) and extend across your sheet to include the column you want to pull from.

In the examples you provided, the first range should be both the Currency and the Rates columns from your other sheet and then where you have the second range should be the number 2.

Give this a try...

=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP([Currency (PI)]1, {currency rates both columns range}, 2, false)) = true, "", VLOOKUP([Currency (PI)]1, {currency rates Range 3}, {currency rates both columns range}, 2, false))

Paul Newcome

There is an error with your VLOOKUP syntax, but the ISERROR function is replacing it with a blank cell. Where you are establishing a second range in the VLOOKUP, you need to replace that with an actual number. Your first range should cover all columns needed with the lookup value being in the leftmost column (column #1 of the range) and extend across your sheet to include the column you want to pull from.

In the examples you provided, the first range should be both the Currency and the Rates columns from your other sheet and then where you have the second range should be the number 2.

Give this a try...

=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP([Currency (PI)]1, {currency rates both columns range}, 2, false)) = true, "", VLOOKUP([Currency (PI)]1, {currency rates Range 3}, {currency rates both columns range}, 2, false))

Fatema Ali

Thanks a lot Paul. It worked!

Paul Newcome

Happy to help! 👍️