Help make this formula more elegant

[ireland87]

Hi

I've got this formula which works correctly but is a bit long winded and has a few nested IF statements;

=IF(G7="eombh",INDEX(E2:E22,MATCH(1,(G2=A2:A22)*(G3=B2:B22),0)),IF(G7="eom",INDEX(D2:D22,MATCH(1,(G2=A2:A22)*(G3=B2:B22),0)),(INDEX(C2:C22,MATCH(1,(G2=A2:A22)*(G3=B2:B22),0)))))

G2= system
G3 = Day
G7="eombh etc"


[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]System A
[/TD]
[TD]Monday[/TD]
[TD]08:00[/TD]
[TD]08:15[/TD]
[TD]09:00[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]System A[/TD]
[TD]Tuesday[/TD]
[TD]08:30[/TD]
[TD]08:45[/TD]
[TD]09:15[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]System B[/TD]
[TD]Monday[/TD]
[TD]07:00[/TD]
[TD]07:15[/TD]
[TD]08:15[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]System B[/TD]
[TD]Tuesday[/TD]
[TD]07:30[/TD]
[TD]07:45[/TD]
[TD]08:50[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

can anyone help with simplify it?

many thanks

 

[FormR]

can anyone help with simplify it?

Hi, if you put the possible values of G7 into the appropiate columns header of your lookup table you can use something like this.

Excel 2013/2016
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
1			other	eom	eombh
2	System A	Monday	08:00	08:15	09:00		System A		08:45:00
3	System A	Tuesday	08:30	08:45	09:15		Tuesday
4	System B	Monday	07:00	07:15	08:15
5	System B	Tuesday	07:30	07:45	08:50
6
7							eom
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
I2	{=INDEX($C$2:$E$5,MATCH(1,(A2:A22=G2)*(B2:B22=G3),0),MATCH(G7,C1:E1,0))}
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter array formulas.

 

[steve the fish]

Maybe this?

=INDEX(C2:E22,MATCH(1,INDEX((A2:A22=G2)*(B2:B22=G3),0),0),IFERROR(VLOOKUP(G7,{"eombh",3;"eom",2},2,0),1))

 

[ireland87]

Hi, if you put the possible values of G7 into the appropiate columns header of your lookup table you can use something like this.

Excel 2013/2016

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
other	eom	eombh
System A	Monday	System A
System A	Tuesday	Tuesday
System B	Monday
System B	Tuesday
eom

<tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]08:00[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]08:15[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]09:00[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFF00]#FFFF00[/URL] , align: right"]08:45:00[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]08:30[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]08:45[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]09:15[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]07:00[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]07:15[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]08:15[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]07:30[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]07:45[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]08:50[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

</tbody>

Sheet1​

[TABLE="width: 85%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Array Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
<tbody>[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]
[TH]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]I2[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]{=INDEX($C$2:$E$5,MATCH(1,(A2:A22=G2)*(B2:B22=G3),0),MATCH(G7,C1:E1,0))}[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
Note: Do not try and enter the {} manually yourself[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Yeah that did the job nicely, many thanks

 

[ireland87]

I wonder if anyone could simplify the first part of the formula which determines what is in cell G7

=IF(AND(ISNUMBER(MATCH(I2,M2:M7,0)),ISNUMBER(MATCH(I2,J2,0))),"eombh",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(I2,J2,0)),"eom",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(I2,M2:M7,0)),"bh","normal")))

[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Date[/TD]
[TD]EOM[/TD]
[TD]Bank Holiday Dates[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]26/02/2019[/TD]
[TD]28/02/2019[/TD]
[TD]02/03/2019[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]04/03/2019[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[FormR]

=IF(AND(ISNUMBER(MATCH(I2,M2:M7,0)),ISNUMBER(MATCH(I2,J2,0))),"eombh",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(I2,J2,0)),"eom",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(I2,M2:M7,0)),"bh","normal")))

Hi, I think this is equivalent.

=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(I2,M2:M7,0)),IF(I2=J2,"eombh","bh"),IF(I2=J2,"eom","normal"))

 

[ireland87]

Hi, I think this is equivalent.

=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(I2,M2:M7,0)),IF(I2=J2,"eombh","bh"),IF(I2=J2,"eom","normal"))

Thank you very much! works a treat

 

[ireland87]

can i somehow get another query in front of;

=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(J2,N2:N7,0)),IF(J2=K2,"eombh","bh"),IF(J2=K2,"eom","normal"))

to first look at system H2 then compare the possible bank holiday dates in N2:P7

=IF(MATCH(H2,N1:P1,0),IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(J2,$N$2:$P$7,0)),IF(J2=K2,"eombh","bh"),IF(J2=K2,"eom","normal")))

but this is not returning the correct result like the first formula

any ideas?

 

[FormR]

to first look at system H2 then compare the possible bank holiday dates in N2:P7

Hi, what should be returned when there is a match to the bank holiday dates - what should be returned when there isn't?