Formula to extract one piece of information from multiple lines of data

jodeyes

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Hi Excel gurus!

I receive a report that has mixed data in that some users have one row of data and some have two. I'm trying to extract one piece of data from multiple lines for a user.

For example - this is the "lookup" report:

User ID Outcome Date Assigned
1234 COMPLETE 10/22/2018 13:23:47
1234 APPROVE 10/22/2018 13:17:28

This is my core report:
I want to use formulas to lookup against User ID on the lookup report:
--Col B - If Outcome contains "Approve," put "Approve"
--Col C - If Outcome contains "Approve," put the Date info from Date Assigned

I hope that makes sense - and thank you in advance for the help!
 

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