Excel - IF combined with Index Match

Question

Excel is giving me trouble. I'm currently using a vlookup, but since the lookup column contains strings and integers, I think it would be best to swap it out for an index match function.

What I want the formula to check for: I want the formula to see if column O contains a numeric value. If so, then check up the value in cell A2 and locate the appropriate value for sales on sheet 2 by looking up the value. The result of the formula is either a sales value or an empty value.

Below is the current VLOOKUP I'm using.

=IFERROR(IF(ISNUMBER(O2),VLOOKUP(A2,'Sheet2'!$C$2:$E$10,3,FALSE)),0)

Can someone kindly suggest how I might do the same using INDEX MATCH?

Answer 1

Try:

=IFERROR(IF(ISNUMBER(O2),VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!$C$2:$E$10,3,FALSE),""),"")

=IFERROR(IF(ISNUMBER(O2),INDEX(Sheet2!$E$2:$E$10,MATCH(A2,Sheet2!$C$2:$C$10,0)),""),"")

where the first "" means that O2 is not a number, while the second "" means there is no match (error).

If you meant that the 'resulting' column E contains text values that you don't want to show, try:

=IFERROR(IF(ISNUMBER(VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!$C$2:$E$10,3,FALSE)),VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!$C$2:$E$10,3,FALSE),""),"")

=IFERROR(IF(ISNUMBER(INDEX(Sheet2!$E$2:$E$10,MATCH(A2,Sheet2!$C$2:$C$10,0))),INDEX(Sheet2!$E$2:$E$10,MATCH(A2,Sheet2!$C$2:$C$10,0)),""),"")

The INDEX/MATCH is safer because it will still work correctly even if you insert or delete a column between C and E in Sheet2.