Index, Match expert help needed.

[barham]

I used the below formula to get an exact match but it keeps returning a #N/A result:

=INDEX($C$10:$L$21,MATCH(C3,$B$10:$B$21,0),MATCH(C1,$C$9:$L$9,0))

Based on the information on table 1 and 2, I need a value on cell C4. In looking at the table the answer should be 15 but the formula is not returning a valid number. Please help.

Thank you

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[Jonmo1]

Need to isolate which (if not both) of the Match functions is returning #N/A

Put the 2 matches into seperate cells
=MATCH(C3,$B$10:$B$21,0)
and
=MATCH(C1,$C$9:$L$9,0)

Which one (or both) returns #N/A ?

 

[barham]

They both return the #N/A. I think I have to use both Matches in order to find the value but do not understand why it returns an error.

 

[Jonmo1]

The only reason for MATCH to return N/A is because a match wasn't found...

Sounds like 1 of your tables is actually Dates, but formatted as either mmmm or dd, while the other is just text strings "January" or numbers 10 11 12 ect..

Take the first match
=MATCH(C3,$B$10:$B$21,0)

What EXACTLY is in C3, a TEXT string "January", or a DATE formatted as "mmmm" ?
Whichever it is, the values in B10:B21 are the opposite.

Same for the 2nd match
=MATCH(C1,$C$9:$L$9,0)

What exactly is in C1, a Date formatted as dd to show only the number, or just an actual number 10 11 12 ?
Whichver it is, the values in C9:L9 are the opposite.

 

[barham]

For C3, I used the date 2/19/15 and the Formula =Text(C2,"mmmm") and used the =text(c2,"D") for to come up with the 19 in C1.

 

[Jonmo1]

OK, that's half of it..

How did the January February values get into B10:B20, and the Day values into C9:L9 ?

 

[barham]

Those values are from a linked pivot table.

 

[Jonmo1]

What I mean is, what are their actual values.
My guess is that they are DATES like 1/1/2015, but the cells are only formatted to show mmmm and/or d

Let's take the 2 matches one at a time.

Take the first match
=MATCH(C3,$B$10:$B$21,0)
Try changing that to
=MATCH(C2,$B$10:$B$21)

What do you get?

 

[barham]

For the purpose of my table, I cannot reference 2/19/15 but instead 19, 20, 21 etc because the table changes daily.

The january is in General and the figures are in numbers. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[barham]

If you don't mind, Providing me an email and I can send you the spreadsheet of what I'm actually dealing with. Thanks