Dynamic formula to pull in column headers based on column values within a row

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Hello,

I'm looking to create a dynamic formula to capture an employee name if they have sales associated with a workflow. Some workflows have multiple employees with sales (some have none) and I would like to uniquely identify all employees with sales in each workflow in separate rows.

I've tried XLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, FILTER, etc but can't seem to get the right combination of formulas to grab the employee name and move to the next name with sales in a workflow once the first employee has been identified.

Referencing the mini-sheet below, the formula should produce the following results:
A2 = Michael
A3 = Stanley
A4 = Andy
A5 = Michael
A6 = Andy
A7 = Stanley
A8 = Angela

Allocation Example.xlsx
ABCDEFGHIJKLM
1EmployeeWorkflowWorkflowMichaelDwightJimAndyStanleyOscarAngela
2ABC123ABC1231090
3ABC123DEF456
4HIK789HIK789100
5JKL1011JKL101125252525
6JKL1011
7JKL1011
8JKL1011
Sheet1


Thank you!!
 

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How about this? The formula below does not depends on column B, but only the table to the right.
Book1
ABCDEFGHIJKLM
1EmployeeWorkflowWorkflowMichaelDwightJimAndyStanleyOscarAngela
2MichaelABC123ABC1231090
3StanleyABC123DEF456
4AndyHIK789HIK789100
5MichaelJKL1011JKL101125252525
6AndyJKL1011
7StanleyJKL1011
8AngelaJKL1011
Sheet4
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
A2:B8A2=HSTACK(TOCOL(IFS(G2:M5<>"",G1:M1),2),TOCOL(IFS(G2:M5<>"",F2:F5),2))
Dynamic array formulas.
 
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Solution
How about this? The formula below does not depends on column B, but only the table to the right.
Book1
ABCDEFGHIJKLM
1EmployeeWorkflowWorkflowMichaelDwightJimAndyStanleyOscarAngela
2MichaelABC123ABC1231090
3StanleyABC123DEF456
4AndyHIK789HIK789100
5MichaelJKL1011JKL101125252525
6AndyJKL1011
7StanleyJKL1011
8AngelaJKL1011
Sheet4
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
A2:B8A2=HSTACK(TOCOL(IFS(G2:M5<>"",G1:M1),2),TOCOL(IFS(G2:M5<>"",F2:F5),2))
Dynamic array formulas.
@Cubist - Yes, this works for me. Thank you so much!

I had created a formula for the workflow column but this solution negates the need for that. I was able to combine sales sets from multiple tables and use VSTACK to make one consolidated table.
 
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