How to Look up Based on Multiple Conditions

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Situation

Not always we want to lookup values based on one search parameter. For eg. Imagine you have data like below and you want to find how much sales Joseph made in January 2007 in North region for product “Fast car”?

Data:

Data for this Example -Looing up Based on More than One Value

Solution

Simple, use your index finger to scan the list and find the match 😉

Of course, that wouldn’t be scalable. Plus, you may want to put your index finger to better use, like typing . So, lets come up with some formulas that do this for us.

You can extract items from a table that match multiple criteria in multiple ways. See the examples to understand the techniques:

Using SUMIFS Formula [help]
Formula =SUMIFS(lstSales, lstSalesman,valSalesman, lstMonths,valMonth, lstRegion,valRegion, lstProduct,valProduct)
Result 1592
Using SUMPRODUCT Formula [help]
Formula =SUMPRODUCT(lstSales,(lstSalesman=valSalesman)*(lstMonths=valMonth)*(lstRegion=valRegion)* (lstProduct=valProduct))
Result 1592
Using INDEX & Match Formulas (Array Formula) [help]
Formula {=INDEX(lstSales,MATCH(valSalesman&valMonth&valRegion&valProduct, lstSalesman&lstMonths&lstRegion&lstProduct,0))}
Result 1592
Using VLOOKUP Formula [help]
Formula =VLOOKUP(valMonth&valSalesman&valRegion&valProduct,tblData2,7,FALSE)
Result 1592
Conditions: A helper column that concatenates month, salesman, region & product in the left most column of tblData2
Using SUM (Array Formula) [help]
Formula {=SUM(lstSales*(lstSalesman=valSalesman)*(lstMonths=valMonth)* (lstRegion=valRegion)*(lstProduct=valProduct))}
Result 1592

Sample File

Download Example File – Looking up Based on More than One Value

Go ahead and download the file. It also has some homework for you to practice these formula tricks.

Also checkout the examples Vinod has prepared.

Special Thanks to

Rohit1409, dan l, John, Godzilla, Vinod

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