The dates are sorted so the match is looking for the LAST matching date. Look in the help index for MATCH.
Don Guillett SalesAid Software dguille...@gmail.com From: John A. Smith Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:34 AM To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need Formula for Lookup Based on a Matrix of Data Don, How is it picking up only the "Total" number? What part of the formula does that? I understand all but that... Thank you. John On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:49 AM, dguillett1 <dguille...@gmail.com> wrote: Simpler with no CSE '=INDEX(Data!$A$1:$L$37,MATCH($E3,Data!$A:$A),MATCH(F$2,Data!$1:$1,0)) Don Guillett SalesAid Software dguille...@gmail.com From: NOORAIN ANSARI Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:22 AM To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need Formula for Lookup Based on a Matrix of Data Dear John, You can also use in F3............... =INDEX(Data!$C$2:$C$37,MATCH(1,(Data!$A$2:$A$37=E3)*(Data!$B$2:$B$37="Total"),0)) with ctrl+Shift+enter See attached sheet. -- Thanks & regards, Noorain Ansari http://excelmacroworld.blogspot.com/ http://noorain-ansari.blogspot.com/ On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 8:48 PM, John A. Smith <johnasmit...@gmail.com> wrote: Thank you for your valuable help. I need a formula that will lookup a value based on a column heading, a date column/row and a row qualifier (the word "Total"). Please see the attached spreadsheet. Thank you. 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