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Formats of imported data-vlookup

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by - delegate Martin [9 posts] (2007 Mar 27 Tue, 11:09) replyReply

Imported data is formatted in a way that vlookup cannot recognise.
The data to be looked up looks identical but the vlookup doe not recognise it.
How can this problem be dealt with

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RE: Formats of imported data-vlookup

by - trainer Amanda diamond contributer[1240 posts] (2007 Mar 27 Tue, 13:59) replyReply

Hi Martin

Thanks for your question.

How/where is the data being imported into Excel?

thanks
Amanda

RE: Formats of imported data-vlookup

by - delegate Martin [9 posts] (2007 Mar 28 Wed, 10:42) replyReply

Hi amanda
The data is being imported from Oracle and WOMS through Discoverer and Monarch.
Thanks
Martin

RE: Formats of imported data-vlookup

by - trainer Amanda diamond contributer[1240 posts] (2007 Mar 28 Wed, 15:22) replyReply

Hi Martin

The only thing I can think of is even if the data looks the same visually it may be formatted in a different way as a result of being imported from another program. Or when the data is imported it is bringing in some additional characters which are causing the lookup not to recognise the data. Without seeing the spreadsheet I'm afraid I cannot be any more specific but these are things you could check/test to see if they are the root of your problem.

thanks
Amanda

RE: Formats of imported data-vlookup

by - delegate Martin [9 posts] (2007 Mar 28 Wed, 15:32) replyReply

Can I do a look up based on only part of the data in the cell?

RE: Formats of imported data-vlookup

by - trainer Amanda diamond contributer[1240 posts] (2007 Mar 28 Wed, 15:45) replyReply

Hi Martin

Not as far as I'm aware - what sort of thing were you thinking of?

RE: Formats of imported data-vlookup

by - delegate Martin [9 posts] (2007 Mar 28 Wed, 16:02) replyReply

For instance, looking up "abigail" but instead of looking for the whole word, look up middle 4 letters only!

RE: Formats of imported data-vlookup

by - trainer Amanda diamond contributer[1240 posts] (2007 Mar 28 Wed, 16:58) replyReply

Hi Martin

No, this wouldn't work for a vlookup - sorry :(

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