ok here is the full table of sheet 1 to show you.

Reject counter for Zone 0, Station 18 (Vaccum) 276 363 231 146 54 175 172
180 208 238  Station 12 Height Measure out of range 69 116 85 107 48 60 52
59 96 74  Station 12 Inspection part fails 59 112 47 66 21 61 28 24 27
25 Station
17 (InsertPad) 8 20 14 12 5 16 15 27 21 22 Station 8 (CheckPresence) 87 133
91 77 19 65 34 37 22 38 Station 10 ()  + St 16 Solvent too long 28 12 22 10
12 24 17 24 23 25 Station 16 (Manage Solvent) 23 15 26 10 17 31 17 30
29 29 Station
9 (DispensingSolvent) + St 16 Solvent too long 26 10 22 9 10 21 12 25 21 25 ,
Station 15 (DispensingSolvent) + St 16 Solvent too long 24 16 24 9 17 25 16
29 31 27 Station 13 (TubeOrientation) 3 5 4 3 2 1 1 4 Station 1
(LoadLumenTube) 19 25 21 23 9 23 17 22 22 23  Station 5 (LoadTubeClamp) 23
21 43 23 19 32 30 24 36 31 Transport (KSL) 50 119 94 42 88 97 45 110
173 127 Station
6 (CtrlPresPosClamp) 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 13 24 St12: Connector not detected by
Sensor 382 107 85 112 56 49 2 9 23 26 Station 12 (CheckPresence) 2 1 0 0 0 2
82 61 115 3

The example I showed was just showing 2 rows.


On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Paul Schreiner <schreiner_p...@att.net>
wrote:

> Still trying to match up you narrative description with your example.
>
> "list of reject descriptions"
> Is that the column titled "Station Name"?
>
> then: the SQL query returns the rejects in "descending order".
> that's descending order by COUNT, not description?
>
> If so, I get that for Station 18, count 172 is found on Thursday, Day
> shift.
> But I don't find the Station 12 count of 82 in your example... so perhaps
> I'm not interpreting it correctly.
>
>
> and, what is it you're trying to look up?
>
>
> *Paul*
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> *From:* Alan Walsh <alandeswa...@gmail.com>
> *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 1, 2015 1:25 PM
> *Subject:* Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Excel lookup function
>
> ok as simple as I can make it.
>
> On the first sheet I have a list of reject descriptions, across which is
> populated the number of rejects per shift.(see above)
>
> The second sheet is is from a sql query that returns the rejects in
> descending order. (so the second sheet is not in the same order as the
> first sheet).
>
> hence the example I showed shows the second highest reject count from the
> second sheet is not in the same position as the second highest of the first
> sheet.
>
> So as the days move on the positions of the reject stations will be
> different on the second sheet.
> but the first sheet will remain the same.
>
> i thought this would be simple to do.
>
> I thought all i had to do was look for the station name from the first
> sheet and find that text within the array of the second sheet
> (lookup_vector) and the result_vector would give me the number of rejects
> for that shift.
>
> Sounds easy no?
>
> Alan
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Paul Schreiner <schreiner_p...@att.net>
> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what you're "looking up"??
>
> Your sample data is:
> Station NameMon DayMon NightTue DayTue NightWed DayWed NightThur DayThur
> NightFriday DayFriday NightStation 18 (Vaccum)27636323114654175172180208
> 238Station 12 Height Measure out of range6911685107486052599674
>
> and you said you're looking up:
> Reject counter for Zone 0, Station 18 (Vaccum)        172
> Reject counter for Zone 0, Station 12 (CheckPresence)  82
>
> but why would it return 172 and 82?
> I see a 172 for Thursday Day shift,
> but I don't see a value for 82
>
>
> As for your wildcards in your vlookup...
>
> vlookup syntax is:
> VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, [range_lookup])
>
> If you use Range_Lookup as "true", it will allow "approximate" matches
> but if you use this, your list must be in "ascending" order.
>
> so Station 12 must come before Station 18.
>
> but.. I'm not sure at all that I understand what you're trying to
> accomplish.
>
> you said you "pull these faults every 12 hours from the database into an
> excel sheet"
>
> then you "manually update these"
>
> update what?
>
> do you mean you READ the values from the database and update the excel
> sheet manually?
> then what does the VLookup have to do with anything?
>
> Could you share a file showing what you START with, the steps you do
> manually, and what you want to end up with?
>
> What is your database? msAccess? something else?
>
> how do you read from it?
> Do you generate a report electronically?
>
> I think we need more detail to help properly.
>
>
> *Paul*
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> *From:* Alan Walsh <alandeswa...@gmail.com>
> *To:* MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS <excel-macros@googlegroups.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 1, 2015 10:23 AM
> *Subject:* $$Excel-Macros$$ Excel lookup function
>
> Hi All
>
> problem description. I have an excel sheet that i update manually. I want
> to update automatically.
>
> Here is what I have, A list of faults in a column, across each row is the
> day and night shift, Monday to Friday.
> see below.
>
> Sheet 1
> Station NameMon DayMon NightTue DayTue NightWed DayWed NightThur DayThur
> NightFriday DayFriday NightStation 18 (Vaccum)27636323114654175172180208
> 238 Station 12 Height Measure out of range6911685107486052599674
> I pull these faults every 12 hours from the database into an excel sheet.
> i then manually update these.
>
> Sheet 2
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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>
>
> Reject counter for Zone 0, Station 18
> (Vaccum)                                172
> Reject counter for Zone 0, Station 12 (CheckPresence)
> 82
>
> I want to set up the lookup function in the first sheet, for each shift
> and query the new data, I know this could be done in VB, but I am not that
> well up on VB.
>
> even now when i run the lookup function i set my lookup value to
> "*Station 18 (Vaccum)*" It did not work. the Astrix is for wild card yes?
> any help on this would be deadly....
>
> Alan
>
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