Hi Hilary, Can we do it through VBA as i tried to make this formula work fast but did not get success. So i think VBA would be the best option in case.
regards prince On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 7:11:56 PM UTC+5:30, hilary lomotey wrote: > > Hello Experts, > > i am working with a lot of data and am using this formula > > +IFERROR(INDEX(Sheet1!$B$1:$B$10061,SMALL(IF(Sheet1!$B$1:$B$10061=Sheet1!$H$1,ROW(Sheet1!$B$1:$B$10061)-ROW(Sheet1!$B$1)+1,""),ROW(A1))),"") > > to retrieve items in list b1:b10000 that corresponds to item in h1 . i > have however realised that due to the large data, this formula forces excel > reprocesses and that slows down the work book. is there a better or an > alternative formula to this. option to set calculation to manual doesnt > work well for this purpose,. thanks > -- Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel FORUM RULES 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
