Looking up dependent values in a list

[John D O'Connor]

I am trying to right a formula that will An example may explain better:

I have a table with the (Products) following in Row order, say A1 through
A4. Each one of these has its own code depending on where they are purchased
from

Apples
Oranges
Bananas
Pears

These can be purchased from a large number of Location. For simple example
purposes I will just have 2 locations:

New York - the code for which can either be NY01X or NY01 depending on the
product selected
London - the code for which can either be LN01X or NY01 depending on the
product selected

I have a Drop down list with the products listed. I choose one of the 4
products above and that should produce a code for me. It does to a point. I
can't get it to return a either **01 or **01X but not both using a set
formula in the cell. This is required because any product can be selected.

Apples in New York should have the code 2000-NY01
Oranges in New York should have the code 2050-NY01X
Pears in London should have the code 2100-LN01
Pears in New York should have the code 2100-LN01X

My attempt at the fomula was the following: - please ignore actual
references in this formula as its from actual data:

=IF(C11=0," ",INDEX(Misc!$I$47:$K$75,MATCH($C11,Misc!$I$47:$I$75),MATCH("Sub
Account",Misc!$I$47:$K$47,)))


In this C11 is the location where 'Sub Account' lists all the codes with
**01. I47:K47 is the whole array where all codes are displayed

My second attempt was to try and combine both 'SubAccount' list and the list
the details the values **01X by the following-

=IF(K10=14100,(INDEX(Misc!$I$47:$L$75,MATCH($C10,Misc!$I$47:$I$75),MATCH("Su
b L3",Misc!$I$47:$L$47,)))),IF(C10=0,"
",INDEX(Misc!$I$47:$K$75,MATCH($C10,Misc!$I$47:$I$75),MATCH("Sub
Account",Misc!$I$47:$K$47,)))

But this only produces a #value. I tried to put an @if statement at the
start, this returns the correct value but only if the second @if statement
that is in the formula shown is not put in.

Sorry if this seems rather complicated

Thanks

John

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
looks like you're wanting to create dependent listboxes for your
product entry. You may have a look at the following site for an
explanation how to create this kind of dependent listboxes:
http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html

 

[John]

Thanks again Frank

I may have explained it incorrectly as a dependent list. All my values are
in lists but once a certain "value" is selected I want it to produce a value
in another cell, thats why I was trying to use the MATCH function - if that
makes any sense

Rgds

John

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi John
as I understood it your problem arises then you have more than one
match in your product list. e.g. Apples from NY and London. What is
your espected result in this case for your target cell? (a combination
of both entires). And what should happen if you have more than one
match (e.g. 4 different locations)

 

[John]

Thats correct Frank, apples can be sourced from any location. I can write
the formula that returns the correct value (code) for the combination
apples/location. My problem starts when the "products" that are selected are
different from apples as they have a different product/location code
combination.

I have lists set up with locations and codes associated with those
locations. I have also a list set-up with Products and there associated
codes. Problem is that if it is a certain 'product' the location detailed in
the list is different. I can set up a list of these codes but can't seem to
combine both together in a formula

Thanks

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi John
if you like, mail me your spreadsheet and I'll look if I can setup your
formula