VLOOKUP and replace

[pattih]

I have a formula that looks up a project id and returns values "very high", "high", medium, low.

I want the formula to look up the project id and when the value is Very High, display VH in the cell instead of Very High, H instead of High, M instead of Medium and L instead of L. Is that possible all in one formula?

=IF(VLOOKUP('Template'!$E7,PM!$A$2:$AD$16000,18)="",VLOOKUP('Template'!$E7,PM!$A$2:$AD$16000,21),VLOOKUP('Template'!$E7,PM!$A$2:$AD$16000,18)

 

[Marcílio_Lobão]

pattih, Good evening.

I'm not sure what you want exactly.

A) You want the search result to be modified in the cell where the formula is.

or

B) You want to change the original cell of your data where you already have the status information putting in the place of the word only the initial ones.

In case A) try using this formula:

=IF(VLOOKUP('Template'!$E7,PM!$A$2:$AD$16000,18)="",VLOOKUP('Template'!$E7,PM!$A$2:$AD$16000,21),[B][COLOR=#ff0000]LOOKUP([/COLOR][/B]VLOOKUP('Template'!$E7,PM!$A$2:$AD$16000,18)[B][COLOR=#ff0000],{"High","Low","Medium","Very High"}, {"H","L","M","VH"})[/COLOR][/B]

In case B) I suggest that you can use the Find and Replace function or even use Excel VBA to do this task.

Was that what you wanted?

I hope I've helped.