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Extracting data from one WS to another WS


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dBuster2007

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I have a spread sheet that has multiple sheets.

I am looking to find a way to on one worksheet to get data from another worksheet based on criteria.

IE.

On worksheet 1
I have columns A thru D and multiple rows varying each time used.

On worksheet 2 I want to be able to pull and display the contents from Worksheet 1 Column A when the data in column D matches a criteria...

So if WS 1 has

A B C D
abc 1 2 3
cde 1 2 1
efg 1 2 4
ghi 1 2 2

I would like WS2 to display the contents of Column A when the value in Column D is greater than one. Which would then be

WS2
abc
efg
ghi

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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dsenette

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you would put this into the cell you want the info to appear in

=IF(Sheet1!C1>1,Sheet1!A1,0)
where Sheet1 is the sheet you want to test against
C1 is the cell in that sheet that you want to have to be greater than 1
then A1 is the cell that has the contents that you have show up in sheet2
the 0 at the end is what the cell will be if the criteria ISN"T matched

what that does is it checks column C in sheet1 to see if it's greater than 1, if it is then it makes any cell that i put that formula in display the contents of the corresponding cell in column A from sheet1 depending on the row (so if on WS2 you put this formula in cell A3 and cell C3 is greater than one...then WS2:A3 will display the contents of WS1:A3)

is this what you want?
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dBuster2007

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Sort of...

I want the data from WS1 to be displayed on WS2 after other data that is already on WS2

So on WS2 I would have a list of items and then at the bottom of that list would be the data from WS1... I know about the If statement to get the data and that would work if I wanted it spaced out like that... But I want it to list only those fields from column A where they meet the criteria and not when they do not and to have them put beneath other data already on WS2...

If you dont understand I can try to post an image here of what it looks like...
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ok...know what you're looking for...but right off teh bat i've got no idea how to do it hehe
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I know I can do it with Macros but they are disabled on most of the pc's here at work... Wish there was a way around the macros being disabled.

Want to automate the process as much as possible eliminating the human error factor as we have too much of that going on....
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Vino Rosso

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Yes, it would be relatively easy to do with a macro. Not so sure otherwise. Will have to have a think......
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