VLOOKUP based on cell id or keywords?

Kelsey Ciarrocca

Hello,

I'm trying to see if there's a better way to do something. I'm trying to pull an Employee status based on the staff "calendar" (It's not a calendar - it's a grid sheet). Right now, I'm using a VLOOKUP to extract each employee's status for the day. However, my main concern with the VLOOKUP, is that is calls on column #, which will become a problem if there's a new employee added, and the order changes. Is there a way to reference the column unique id, or maybe even a different formula to use? I'm open to any suggestions! I tried doing a Join & collect, but am having trouble adding a second criteria to look for the date and then the employee name.

Andrée Starå

Hi @Kelsey Ciarrocca

You can use an INDEX/MATCH combination instead, and then it's locked to the columns.

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Andrée Starå

Hi @Kelsey Ciarrocca

You can use an INDEX/MATCH combination instead, and then it's locked to the columns.

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Kelsey Ciarrocca

@Andrée Starå That's a great suggestion, thank you! Would match still be able to work even with the dates all in a column and I need it to find TODAY()?

So is this what it would look like? "N, Tim" is my column name that I want to pull the status from. "Date" is where my dates are.

=INDEX([N, Tim]:[N, Tim], MATCH(TODAY(), [Date]:[Date], 0))

Andrée Starå

@Kelsey Ciarrocca

Thanks!

I hope you're well and safe!

Excuse the late response.

Did you get it working, or do you still need help?

Be safe and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD