Feeding through to a Summary Tab

[Excel_77]

Hi All,

I have a "Summary" tab that records a list of subject in column B2 onwards, in Column C1-E1 there are heading with peoples names that relate to my three sub tabs, the sub are named "David," "Mike" and "Susan".

So in C2 of the "Summary" tab, I want to look at the subject in column B, then go to the tab called "David", match the subject in column G and return the corresponding value in column H of tab "David".

Is this possible and if so how?

Thanks in advance

 

[Excel_77]

If you remove the IFERROR() wrapper what is the error that is being returned?

EDIT: Maybe if you wait until tomorrow it will start working

Haha I think I have found the problem but I don't think there is a solution. I stated originally that I wanted to return column C which is the "Comments" column, however in various tabs this appears in different locations, for example in one tab it is within column Q. I presume there is no solution to this?

 

[FormR]

Does the "Comments" column have a common header that is the same across all the sheets and in the same row of all the sheets?

 

[Excel_77]

Does the "Comments" column have a common header that is the same across all the sheets and in the same row of all the sheets?

Always called "Comments" and always within row 1 of the sub tabs.

 

[FormR]

Always called "Comments" and always within row 1 of the sub tabs.

Is the lookup column (column B) always the same column or does that change as well?

I'm asking because after thinking about it the comments column not being in column C wouldn't necessarily be the cause of the error as you'd just end up returning the value from column C rather than the value from the comments column.

 

[Excel_77]

Is the lookup column (column B) always the same column or does that change as well?

I'm asking because after thinking about it the comments column not being in column C wouldn't necessarily be the cause of the error as you'd just end up returning the value from column C rather than the value from the comments column.

Good point and no the look-up column is not always in B, but it's always called "Subject".

 

[FormR]

it's always called "Subject".

- I'm assuming it's always in row 1 as well.

Try this, note that it returns a blank instead of "No" if there is a match but the comments column doesn't contain a value.

=IFERROR(T(INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A:ZZ"),MATCH($B3,INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A:ZZ"),0,MATCH("Subject",INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A1:ZZ1"),0)),0),MATCH("Comments",INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A1:ZZ1"),0))),"Error")

 

[Excel_77]

- I'm assuming it's always in row 1 as well.

Try this, note that it returns a blank instead of "No" if there is a match but the comments column doesn't contain a value.

=IFERROR(T(INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A:ZZ"),MATCH($B3,INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A:ZZ"),0,MATCH("Subject",INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A1:ZZ1"),0)),0),MATCH("Comments",INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A1:ZZ1"),0))),"Error")

Perfect, for instances where the comment column doesn't contain a value can "NA" be returned instead of a blank?

 

[FormR]

instances where the comment column doesn't contain a value can "NA" be returned instead of a blank?

If you want the NA to be physically in the cell you would need to do the same IF() type test we did before which gets a bit cumbersome - but you could achieve the same look by trying this:

=IFERROR(INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A:ZZ"),MATCH($B3,INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A:ZZ"),0,MATCH("Subject",INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A1:ZZ1"),0)),0),MATCH("Comments",INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A1:ZZ1"),0)),"Error")

And then custom formatting the cells that contain the formula with:

;;"NA"

 

[Excel_77]

If you want the NA to be physically in the cell you would need to do the same IF() type test we did before which gets a bit cumbersome - but you could achieve the same look by trying this:

=IFERROR(INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A:ZZ"),MATCH($B3,INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A:ZZ"),0,MATCH("Subject",INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A1:ZZ1"),0)),0),MATCH("Comments",INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A1:ZZ1"),0)),"Error")

And then custom formatting the cells that contain the formula with:

;;"NA"

I tried

=IFERROR(INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A:ZZ"),MATCH($B3,INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A:ZZ"),0,MATCH("Subject",INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A1:ZZ1"),0)),0),MATCH("Comments",INDIRECT("'"&F$2&"'!A1:ZZ1"),0)),"Error")

It works but returns 0 where I want "NA". I am not certain on how this can be made custom. We are painfully close to finishing this at present.

 

[FormR]

It works but returns 0 where I want "NA". I am not certain on how this can be made custom. We are painfully close to finishing this at present.

Highlight the cells that contain the formula | press CTRL+1 | Select "Custom" from the "Category" list on the "Number" tab | in the "Type" text box enter ;;"NA" | Click OK