Assigning product ID's from one workbook sheet, to fields in another with a fomula.
I have been having the most trouble with this over the last week.
Here is the scenario.
I have a spreadsheet formatted like the following.
Column A | Column B
Company 1 | product number 1
Company 1 | product number 2
Company 1 | product number 3
Company 2 | product number 1
Company 2 | product number 3
Company 2 | product number 5
Company 3 | product number 3
Company 3 | product number 4
Company 3 | product number 7
We have over 800 product id numbers, all of which I have in workbook sheet number 2 listed A-Z.
Each company uses different products of the 800+ we have.
So as you can imagine, since there are around 300 companies, the list is quite long, since it is formatted
like i posted above.
Some companies use as many as 15-20 products.
What I need to do is somehow in a 3rd column, put the products individual number, being anywhere from 1-800 since that is how many unique products we use.
In my example it says "product number 1" in actuality it looks more like "A-1000" and similar, but in my second worksheet, in column A row 1 is the number 1, row 1 column 2 is A-1000, then row 2 the number 2 and in the 2nd column is "A-1001" and so on.
So what
I need is somehow to associate the actual name "A-1000" with its corresponding number of 1-800 in the other sheet.
Reason being, is we want to then have an access database.
Where if we type in product number A-1000 it will show all the companies that use that
product in a large box.
So the main sheet would look something like this.
Column A | Column B | Column C
Company 1 | A-1000 | 1
Company 1 | A-1002 | 2
Company 1 | A-1003 | 3
Company 2 | A-1001 | 1
Company 2 | A-1006 | 6
Company 2 | A-1007 | 7
Company 3 | A-1003 | 3
Company 3 | A-1005 | 5
Company 3 | A-1007 | 7
I am guessing I need a formula to somehow associate the number 1 with product "A-1000" (keep in mind those are not the actual product numbers, so it can not be based on the actual value of the product id number, but the 1-800 in row 1, that I can put in to
the first sheets column C, and as I drag it down, it will then see A-1000 and put a 1 there, and when theres an A-1001, put a 2 there.
The reason for that is so that when I make my access database somehow.
I will already know that company 1 uses products,
1,3,6,10,57, and then company 2 uses products 1,5,16,78,700 ect.
Again the main goal is to strictly make it so that in access, there is a form with 1 box, and a search field.
If you type in product number A-1000, it will show whatever company use that product.
So it could be company 1, company 4, company 60, all depending
on if that product ID number (1-800) is associated with that companys list of products they have / use.
If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it, I am sure it is probably just some simple formula, but I have no idea how they work.
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I have been having the most trouble with this over the last week.
Here is the scenario.
I have a spreadsheet formatted like the following.
Column A | Column B
Company 1 | product number 1
Company 1 | product number 2
Company 1 | product number 3
Company 2 | product number 1
Company 2 | product number 3
Company 2 | product number 5
Company 3 | product number 3
Company 3 | product number 4
Company 3 | product number 7
We have over 800 product id numbers, all of which I have in workbook sheet number 2 listed A-Z.
Each company uses different products of the 800+ we have.
So as you can imagine, since there are around 300 companies, the list is quite long, since it is formatted
like i posted above.
Some companies use as many as 15-20 products.
What I need to do is somehow in a 3rd column, put the products individual number, being anywhere from 1-800 since that is how many unique products we use.
In my example it says "product number 1" in actuality it looks more like "A-1000" and similar, but in my second worksheet, in column A row 1 is the number 1, row 1 column 2 is A-1000, then row 2 the number 2 and in the 2nd column is "A-1001" and so on.
So what
I need is somehow to associate the actual name "A-1000" with its corresponding number of 1-800 in the other sheet.
Reason being, is we want to then have an access database.
Where if we type in product number A-1000 it will show all the companies that use that
product in a large box.
So the main sheet would look something like this.
Column A | Column B | Column C
Company 1 | A-1000 | 1
Company 1 | A-1002 | 2
Company 1 | A-1003 | 3
Company 2 | A-1001 | 1
Company 2 | A-1006 | 6
Company 2 | A-1007 | 7
Company 3 | A-1003 | 3
Company 3 | A-1005 | 5
Company 3 | A-1007 | 7
I am guessing I need a formula to somehow associate the number 1 with product "A-1000" (keep in mind those are not the actual product numbers, so it can not be based on the actual value of the product id number, but the 1-800 in row 1, that I can put in to
the first sheets column C, and as I drag it down, it will then see A-1000 and put a 1 there, and when theres an A-1001, put a 2 there.
The reason for that is so that when I make my access database somehow.
I will already know that company 1 uses products,
1,3,6,10,57, and then company 2 uses products 1,5,16,78,700 ect.
Again the main goal is to strictly make it so that in access, there is a form with 1 box, and a search field.
If you type in product number A-1000, it will show whatever company use that product.
So it could be company 1, company 4, company 60, all depending
on if that product ID number (1-800) is associated with that companys list of products they have / use.
If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it, I am sure it is probably just some simple formula, but I have no idea how they work.
What you want is not difficult. For a specific answer it would help if you could use a consistent naming scheme. Otherwise, the best I can suggest is that you should be able to do what you want with the VLOOKUP function (or maybe a combination of INDEX and
MATCH).
By consistent naming I mean the following. First, you mention 'product number 1' etc. Then, you say, well it's not 'product number' but something like A-1000.
Then, a few paragraphs later you say well it's not actually A-1000.
To get the product code from col.
A of sheet 2 into the 3rd column you will have to look up the data in sheet 2 column B based on the value of column B in sheet1.
So, the product names will have to match.
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