VLOOKUP problem

[Kim]

I'm using VLOOKUP in Sheet1 to pull in column C from Sheet2 containing
percentage variances from columns A and B.

The problem is that for yesterday's date, which is =TODAY()-1, it's not
pulling the correct percentage. Very weird. It's pulling in 0% variance,
which is not what I see on Sheet2, Column C.

The odd thing is that the variances for all other days before yesterday are
being pulled in correctly.

Any suggestions?


-- Thanks,
-Kim

 

[Bernard Liengme]

Show us the formula you are using, please

 

[Kim]

Formulas in Sheet1 (referring to dates in column Q):

=VLOOKUP(Q16,data!$C:$BM,9,FALSE)
=VLOOKUP(Q17,data!$C:$BM,9,FALSE)

Formulas in Sheet2 (calculating % variance between H and F):
=H315/F315-1
=H316/F316-1

 

[Bernard Liengme]

If I type =TODAY()-1 in A1 and 21/10/2008 in B1 then the formula =A1=B1
returns TRUE
So your method looks OK

If you look in column C of worksheet Data do you see a date fro yesterday?
Suppose it is in C45
On the other sheet try =(TODAY()-1) = Data!C45
Do you get TRUE?

I would be happy to look at the file - use my private email not the
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