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Formula IF Help. Want to be able to pull in data to new column but needs to look above row

Tjillett
7 - Meteor

Thank you in advance for whoever helps

So I have a file that a vendor is sending us that is ugly. 

I need to help in creating a formula that will do the following as seen in below.

I've already created two new columns we'll call them A & B

 

What I have in Excel is the following two formulas to get the data I need.

=IF(D2="",C2,B1)

 

=IF(B2="","",IF(LEFT(B2,2)="**","15766",IF(LEFT(B2,4)="ISLH",MID(B2,6,5),LEFT(B2,5)))) 

 

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GiuseppeC
Alteryx
Alteryx

Hi @Tjillett,

 

can you please add a sample data spreadsheet with some desired results? It'd make it much easier to help you on this!

 

Thanks,

Giuseppe

afv2688
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Hi @Tjillett 

 

Regarding your formulas

 

1)     IF IsEmpty([D2]) THEN [C2] ELSE [B1] ENDIF

 

2)     IF IsEmpty([B2]) THEN "" ELSE
        IF Left([B2], 2)="**" THEN "15776" ELSE
        IF Left([B2], 4)="ISLH" THEN Substring([B2],6,5)
        ELSE Left([B2], 5) ENDIF ENDIF ENDIF

 

cheers

Tjillett
7 - Meteor

We're getting there thank you, but need the table to be complete. The other rows are not being populated

 

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afv2688
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Hi @Tjillett ,

 

you have to use the multi row formula for that, and only change in the first formula [Part] for [Row-1:Part].

 

Since you are updating two fileds you will need to use the multi row formula twice.

 

cheers

Tjillett
7 - Meteor

Beautiful - Thank You for all of your help.

Ted Jillett

Insulet Corporation

 

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