Hello,
I'm running Excel 2013 and I have one workbook with two sheets - sheet1 and sheet2. Sheet1 has 24 columns and 26K rows. Column "A" is titled "id" and contains
id numbers that are also, some, found in column "A" of Sheet2 - which is also titled "id".

Sheet1 has no "description" column. Sheet 2 only has 2 columns - "A" is the "id" column and "b" is the "description" column.

A B

ID Description

58749651 a bunch of text


How can I create a description column on sheet1 (it would be column "U") and populate it with the description from sheet2 only where the "id" values from column "A" match?

Thanks!
Rob

Hi Rob,

Utilize the VLOOKUP function and this should resolve it. 

For example, in a new column on sheet 1 (Y) a formula like this should suffice assuming ID is in column A:

=VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!A:B,2,FALSE)

Or more elegant:

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!A:B,2,FALSE),"")

More information on VLOOKUP can be found here: VLOOKUP Function

• Proposed as answer by Robert McQuaig Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:25 PM

Hi Rob,

Utilize the VLOOKUP function and this should resolve it. 

For example, in a new column on sheet 1 (Y) a formula like this should suffice assuming ID is in column A:

=VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!A:B,2,FALSE)

Or more elegant:

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!A:B,2,FALSE),"")

More information on VLOOKUP can be found here: VLOOKUP Function

• Proposed as answer by Robert McQuaig Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:25 PM
• Marked as answer by George.Zhao CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator 4 hours 6 minutes ago

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