Using Index and Match to Lookup Pictures

ambfas

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Hey everyone,

Hope everyone is having a great day :)

So I am trying to create a sales dashboard using pivot tables and charts. I have a pivot table in the dashboard that shows the top 10 selling items in the selected category, then I had a great idea to add a section next to it that would show the pictures of these items.
After some research I used index and match and name manager using this tutorial and it worked perfectly. Then I had a problem my database has 2256 items and only 1254 have pictures in the database.
So when I change the filter on the pivot table to show a certain category and some items on the list don't have pictures the picture doesn't change and still shows the picture from the previous filter. Then I designed a "No Image Found" picture to replace the static picture of the item in case of it not having a picture in the database.

I have tried using IFERROR but it didn't work. The pictures would only show the picture of No Image Found and stopped responding to the linked pivot table.

Code:
=IFERROR(INDEX(MasterPics!$G:$G,MATCH('Category Dashboard Data'!$O$5,MasterPics!$F:$F,0)),NO_IMAGE_FOUND)

So to highlight the objective here is: IF the item doesn't have a picture in the database THEN show "No Image Found" picture.

This is a snapshot of the dashboard to give you an idea: Dashboard, in the first picture I used the regular index and match and it worked the others are with the nested IFERROR and INDEX and MATCH.

and is there is a better way to implement this idea of dynamic pictures in a dashboard if it doesn't work with index and match?

Thank You,

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Given that the image does not change when a match is not found, one approach would be to make the image your "No Image Found" BEFORE trying to find a match using your original code
In other words...
....make your code force the default image to be "No Image Found" and then change it if the correct image exists
 
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