#VALUE! Error on Index Function

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I am using an Index/Match Function on a named range lookup, and I am getting a Value error, but in the Function Arguments tool, it returns everything correctly, other than the result.

My Function is: =INDEX(VLOOKUP($D$2,Section,2,FALSE),MATCH(B10,Duration,0),5)

The Array VLookup correctly returns Sec_5
The Row_num Match correctly returns 5
The Column_num shows as 5 (4-MO)
Thus, I would expect the result to be: 1.67

But, I get the #VALUE! error.

In range (named Sec_5) I have the following values:
[TABLE="width: 806"]
<colgroup><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col span="7"></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Section[/TD]
[TD]Duration[/TD]
[TD]2-MO[/TD]
[TD]3-MO[/TD]
[TD]4-MO[/TD]
[TD]6-MO[/TD]
[TD]9-MO[/TD]
[TD]1-YR[/TD]
[TD]2-YR[/TD]
[TD]5-YR[/TD]
[TD]10-YR[/TD]
[TD]25-YR[/TD]
[TD]50-YR[/TD]
[TD]100-YR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]10-DAY[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.64[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.05[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.58[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.12[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.48[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5.2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6.22[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7.22[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]8.61[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9.66[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]10.88[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5-DAY[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.76[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.39[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.77[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.18[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.46[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.05[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.94[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5.72[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6.92[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7.98[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9.18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]72-HR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.51[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.77[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.32[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.67[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.47[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.41[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5.16[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6.22[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7.06[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]8.12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]48-HR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.64[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.82[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.43[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.64[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.13[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.93[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.67[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5.75[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6.52[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7.33[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]24-HR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.31[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.52[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.67[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.93[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.19[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.38[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.91[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.64[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.27[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5.15[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5.87[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6.61[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]18-HR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.23[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.43[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.57[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.81[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.06[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.24[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.74[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.42[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.01[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.84[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5.52[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6.21[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]12-HR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.32[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.45[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.68[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.07[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.53[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.17[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.71[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.48[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5.11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5.75[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6-HR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.98[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.15[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.25[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.45[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.65[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.79[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.18[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.73[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.86[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.96[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3-HR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.84[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.97[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.06[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.23[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.52[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.86[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.33[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.73[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.76[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4.23[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2-HR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.76[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.88[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.97[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.12[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.27[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.38[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.69[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.48[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.99[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.83[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1-HR[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.62[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.72[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.78[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.91[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.03[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.12[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.37[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.71[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.01[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.42[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.76[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3.11[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]30-MIN[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.48[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.56[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.62[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.71[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.81[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.88[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.08[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.35[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.58[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.91[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.17[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2.45[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]15-MIN[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.35[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.41[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.45[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.52[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.59[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.64[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.79[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.98[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.15[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.39[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.58[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.78[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]10-MIN[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.28[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.32[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.35[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.41[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.46[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.61[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.76[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.08[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.23[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1.39[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5-MIN[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.16[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.19[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.23[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.27[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.29[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.35[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.44[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.51[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.62[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0.79[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
A bit late, but...if there aren't too many named section ranges...

Using this list in I1:J6
Code:
Ref      SecRef
Alpha     Sec_1
Bravo     Sec_2
Charlie   Sec_3
Delta     Sec_4
Echo      Sec_5

Note: the SecRef is just for illustration purposes. The real driver is the Ref column, which, when matched in the CHOOSE function, selects the correct section.

This regular, non-volatile formula seems to work:
Code:
=INDEX(CHOOSE(MATCH($D$2,$I$2:$I$6,0),Sec_1,Sec_2,Sec_3,Sec_4,Sec_5),MATCH(B10,Duration,0),5)

Is that something you can work with?
 
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Sorry, that's not what I meant.
No worries, I think I misunderstood.

That's actually even simpler..
No need for the INDIRECT(VLOOKUP

Try
=LOOKUP(1.72,OFFSET(INDEX(Duration,MATCH(B10,Duration,0)),0,1,1,12))

That doesn't seem to be working, as the value "1.72" is not present in the row referenced.

To be a little more clear, I am looking to add a match to the original function, in order to also look up the Column Reference based on another value... maybe I should start another thread, since I am deviating from the original question?

Anyway, I am looking to fill out the following function:

=INDEX(INDIRECT(VLOOKUP($D$2,Section,2,FALSE)),MATCH($B$10,Duration,0),MATCH($B$9,)

OR (Evaluated to the point I'm asking about):

=INDEX(INDIRECT(Sec_5),5,MATCH($B$9,...)

Where- B9 = 1.72
 
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Works for me, formua in D10
B10 = 24-HR
C10 = 1.72

Excel Workbook
BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
1SectionDuration2-MO3-MO4-MO6-MO9-MO1-YR2-YR5-YR10-YR25-YR50-YR100-YR
2510-DAY2.22.643.053.584.124.485.26.227.228.619.6610.88
355-DAY1.762.112.392.773.183.464.054.945.726.927.989.18
4572-HR1.511.7722.322.672.93.474.415.166.227.068.12
5548-HR1.41.641.822.112.432.643.133.934.675.756.527.33
6524-HR1.311.521.671.932.192.382.913.644.275.155.876.61
7518-HR1.231.431.571.812.062.242.743.424.014.845.526.21
8512-HR1.141.321.451.681.92.072.533.173.714.485.115.75
956-HR0.981.151.251.451.651.792.182.733.23.864.44.96
1024-HR1.721.6753-HR0.840.971.061.231.41.521.862.332.733.33.764.23
1152-HR0.760.880.971.121.271.381.692.112.482.993.43.83
1251-HR0.620.720.780.911.031.121.371.712.012.422.763.11
13530-MIN0.480.560.620.710.810.881.081.351.581.912.172.45
14515-MIN0.350.410.450.520.590.640.790.981.151.391.581.78
15510-MIN0.280.320.350.410.460.50.610.760.91.081.231.39
1655-MIN0.160.190.20.230.270.290.350.440.510.620.70.79
Sheet1
#VALUE!
</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
 
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That's close, but I think the confusion may be the named ranges.

The data you are calling "Duration" I am calling "Sec_5", and looking up with the indirect VLookup because there are 9 sections in my current data.

What my sheet refers to with the named range "Duration" is simply the drop-down list:
[TABLE="width: 54"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Duration[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10-DAY[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5-DAY[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]72-HR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]48-HR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]24-HR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]18-HR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]12-HR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6-HR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3-HR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2-HR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1-HR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]30-MIN[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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The data you are calling "Duration" I am calling "Sec_5", and looking up with the indirect VLookup because there are 9 sections in my current data.
No, your original formula used the range named 'Duration' to find the row #.

My Function is: =INDEX(VLOOKUP($D$2,Section,2,FALSE),MATCH(B10,Duration,0),5)

Then the relevant numbers were directly to the right of the column named Duration...

is that not how it's set up?
 
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I think I get it now..

You have several Sections, all of the same dimensions.
But the Duration range you used to find the row# was not the one in Sec_5
You just used any one of them, because they're all the same...


Try this

=LOOKUP(C10,OFFSET(INDEX(INDIRECT(VLOOKUP($D$2,Section,2,FALSE)),MATCH(B10,Duration,0),3),,,1,12))

Again, C10 = 1.72, B10 = 24-HR
 
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I think I get it now..

You have several Sections, all of the same dimensions.
But the Duration range you used to find the row# was not the one in Sec_5
You just used any one of them, because they're all the same...


Try this

=LOOKUP(C10,OFFSET(INDEX(INDIRECT(VLOOKUP($D$2,Section,2,FALSE)),MATCH(B10,Duration,0),3),,,1,12))

Again, C10 = 1.72, B10 = 24-HR

Hey Jon, Thanks for your help. That still doesn't work, but I think it is because I am asking a simplified version of the bigger question.
We have answered the original question from this thread, so I'm going to start a new thread and try to be a little more clear.
 
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No problem.
Make sure to include a link to this thread in your new thread.
So that responders can see what has already been tried, so to avoid duplicating work.
 
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