Help working IF(COUNTIF round a bug

Sam_Daniels

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Hi all.

I have tried using formula =IF(COUNTIF(WorkingsOut!I4:I40,'Drop Down Data'!E3),'Drop Down Data'!H3,IF(COUNTIF(WorkingsOut!I4:I40,'Drop Down Data'!E4),'Drop Down Data'!H3,'Drop Down Data'!H2)) which links to a different workbook (Via a macro). However, I am led to believe there is a bug in excel that makes the link come up as #VALUE !

Is there a formula I can use instead of this to work around it?

Many thanks
 

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COUNTIF won't work if it references a closed workbook. In that scenario you can switch to SUMPRODUCT, something like

=IF(SUMPRODUCT((WorkingsOut!I4:I40='Drop Down Data'!E3)+0),'Drop Down Data'!H3,IF(SUMPRODUCT((WorkingsOut!I4:I40='Drop Down Data'!E4)+0),'Drop Down Data'!H3,'Drop Down Data'!H2))
 
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Just to actually answer the question,
Here's an alternate formula

=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(MATCH('Drop Down Data'!E3,WorkingsOut!I4:I40,0)),ISNUMBER(MATCH('Drop Down Data'!E4,WorkingsOut!I4:I40,0))),'Drop Down Data'!H3,'Drop Down Data'!H2)
 
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