Extracting a List of Values Filtered by Criteria with Sub-Arrays

[elcommissioner]

Hi guys,

This is my first post on this forum so sorry if it's not clear but I'm hoping for some help with a formula.

I'm trying to design a formula that will present people with a list of holiday destinations based upon when they'd like to go. On the sheet 'Countries' there's data with each country listed as a separate row for every month that it's good to visit there, like so:

[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Country[/TD]
[TD]Continent[/TD]
[TD]Safe?[/TD]
[TD]Lang[/TD]
[TD]Cur[/TD]
[TD]Cost1[/TD]
[TD]Cost2[/TD]
[TD]Cost3[/TD]
[TD]Go[/TD]
[TD]Avoid[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Angola[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 368"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]September[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Benin[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 368"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]January[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Benin[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 368"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]February[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Botswana[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 368"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]April[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Botswana[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 368"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]May[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Botswana[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 368"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]June[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Botswana[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 368"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]July[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Botswana[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 368"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]August[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Burkina Faso[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]November[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

On a separate sheet 'Questions', I have a question with a drop-down list of months the person would like to travel then below a copy of the table template with the following formula pasted into the cells to generate a list based on the person's answer to the question 'When would you like to travel?':

IFERROR
(INDEX
('Master Sheet - Countries'!A$3:A$428,
SMALL
(IF
('Master Sheet - Countries'!$I$3:$I$428=Questions!$D$3,
ROW
('Master Sheet - Countries'!A$3:A$428)-
ROW
('Master Sheet - Countries'!A$3)+1),
ROWS
('Master Sheet - Countries'!A$3:'Master Sheet - Countries'!A3))),"")

The result is not an error message but in spite of the formula being posted to every row in the table, it only completes the first line of the empty table, usually with the wrong answer.

I constructed the formula based on something I found online but I don't have the expertise to identify where I have gone wrong.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm running Excel version 15.31 for mac.

regards,

Elcommissioner

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Would you post the output that you want which goes with the input you show? (A non-working formula does not help much; on the contrary, it can be a hindrance.)

 

[elcommissioner]

Thanks for responding.

For example, I would want the following:

[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]When would you like to go?[/TD]
[TD]September[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Country[/TD]
[TD]Continent[/TD]
[TD]Safe?[/TD]
[TD]Lang[/TD]
[TD]Cur[/TD]
[TD]Cost1[/TD]
[TD]Cost2[/TD]
[TD]Cost3[/TD]
[TD]Go[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Angola[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]September[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Burundi[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]September[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cabo Verde[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]September[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Equitorial Guinea[/TD]
[TD]Africa[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]September[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


Let me know if you require more information.

Regards,