Google Sheet - matching first and last names - google-sheets

On my Google sheet, I want to print the ID# matching associated with a first and last name of a member. One section of my Google sheet has rows with matching
first name, last name, and ID#s. Another subsection of this sheet has First name and Last name.
This is what I have done so far. It works for Last names.
=IFNA(INDEX($AC:$AC,MATCH($F2,$AA:$AA,0)))
Columns descriptions
First section:
A - ID# ,
D - First Name ,
F - Last name ,
second section of sheet (A subset of first section):
Z - First name ,
AA - Last name ,
AC - ID# ?

The easiest solution would be probably to make a column that combines First and Last name into one cell in both tables, so that you can use either IFNA-formula or a Vlookup.
Also, you can combine two criterias with "&". I tested the code below in google spreadsheets, should work.
=IFERROR(INDEX($AC:$AC,MATCH($D2&$F2,$Z:$Z&$AA:$AA,0),1),0)
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IF cell contains, THEN return certain value with more values and return possibilities

I have a sheet with the following columns:
Column 1: contains text of the form "TS001", "TS002", "DR001", "MS002" etc.
The 2 letter in the beginning are a code for the manufacturer name, so for example "MS=Microsoft".
For the second column, I would like to have a formula that goes through the first column and searches for those letters, in order to then return the complete name of the manufacturer.
For example, it should look something like this:
Column 1
Column 2
MS001
Microsoft
TS002
Tesco
DR001
DR. Pepper
TS003
Tesco
Is something like that possible?
Thank you very much!
When you say "MS=Microsoft" it implies somewhere you have a table with that reference. For the purposes of the following example I created a sheet named ReferenceTable where column A contains the two letter code, and column B contains the name of the company. So it looks like this:
A
B
MS
Microsoft
TS
Tesco
And now in the main sheet in column B you would write the following formula:
=ARRAYFORMULA(VLOOKUP(MID(A1:A,1,2),ReferenceTable!A1:B,2,FALSE))
This will give you the name of the company, looked up from the reference table.
The array formula is there so that you only have to put this formula in cell B1, and assumes you will use the ReferenceTable sheet as a list; that way as you add records to Column A Column B is populated by the arrayformula in B1.
I'd simply use a Reference Table and a VLOOKUP formula
If cell B7 contains "MS0001"
the following formula will attempt to match just the first two letters again a reference table located in cells O7:P9
=VLOOKUP(MID(B7,1,2),O7:P9,2,FALSE)
and will return "Microsoft" when it finds "MS"
In order to achieve what you want, somewhere you need to have a list of the two letter codes and the corresponding company name.
As with all vba, there’s any number of ways to do this, but I would probably put the two letter code and company data into an array, then iterate through col1 to create the desired output for col2.
E.g below assumes the two letter code and company names are in col3 and col4 respectively, but you can change it to wherever they’re located.
Sub CompName()
Dim Cmpname () as string
Dim col1 as range, rng as range
Cmpname = range(range(“C1”), range(“D1048576”).end(xlup))
Set col1 = range(range(“A1”), range(“A1048576”).end(xlup))
For each rng in col1
For i = lbound(Cmpname, 1) to ubound(Cmpname, 1)
If left(rng, 2) = Cmpname(i, lbound(Cmpname, 2)) then
rng.offset(0,1) = Cmpname(i, ubound(Cmpname, 2))
Exit For
End if
Next
Next
End Sub
I’ve admittedly just written this on my phone and have not tested it, but hopefully there’s minimal mistakes.
I just reread your question and realized that you may actually want a formula rather than vba code.
If this is correct, using an INDEX MATCH is probably your best bet.
In this example I’ll assume the same setup as described above - col3 has company codes and col4 has company name - and this formula can be inserted into cell B1:
=index(D:D,match(left(A1,2),C:C,0))
You can then just filldown for the rest of the entries in col2.
Again, done from memory without testing so hopefully got it right.

is it possible to lookup a cell value and populate a drop down box with the results in a separate cell

I have a google sheet with all current staff information. I have a second sheet for when some piece of data needs changed. Last name, Location, job ect.
on second sheet I am looking to have someone:
Enter the user's first name in column B,
and or Last name in Column C,
I would like a drop down box generated in column D from the given info to contain all usernames found in the sheet with current information for all staff that have the given first and or last names provided.
Once a username has been selected, I can get all the pertinent data from that user with a vlookup from the sheet containing all staff info. For example if someone typed Scott in column B, I would like a drop down generated in column D with all staff that have a first name of Scott. Likewise if the last name was supplied and of course if both first and last was supplied.
Validation need to be done that's it,
1) Go to Staff Changes'!B2 and Data Validation> List from range & choose range from 'Staff Info'!B2:B
2) Select cell'Staff Changes'!D2 and Data Validation> List from range & range will be filter formula i.e 'Staffing Changes'N2:N.
Result
Few tweaks in vlookup:
I am not sure if you need username column twice if you don't need then change your vlookup formula from =vlookup(D2,'Staff Info'!A:K,10,0) to =VLOOKUP(D2,'Staff Info'!$G$1:$K,2,0)
Please provide access to trix in future so that changes & result can be shown in it.
UPDATE:
Use data validation as before & hide filter colum or use seperate sheet for filter formula & use query function in cell A3 =QUERY('Staff Info'!A:J,"select ' ',A,F,' ',' ',G,' ',I,' 'where A='"&A2&"' AND F = '"&B2&"' LABEL ' ''Date',' ''Current Last Name',' ''New Last Name',' ''New Building',' ''New Classification'",1) result wil be something like this
QUERY

IF returns certain value if cell contains a certain phrase, but no blanks/N/A in between

I've tried looking for an answer to this online for a few hours now, but I just can't work out how you'd describe it, or find an appropriate answer.
I have a spreadsheet where I'm wanting to pull out an ID in Column A into a separate tab, but only if it contains a certain phrase that's contained in Column E. In this separate tab, I then don't want there to be any gaps in between the IF statements.
So for example I want the next tab to pull through the Action ID if column E contains 'Client'. If it doesn't, it searches the next row and so on until it finds one that does contain 'Client'. Row 2 on the separate tab would then continue the search, but it wouldn't be filled with something if it doesn't find the word 'Client' - it instead would continue searching down until it found one that has the word in.
So for example - if the first ID that contains the right phrase is in Row 5, I want it to appear on the separate tab in Row 2, underneath the heading. Then, if the second ID with the correct phrase in column F is in Row 11 for example on the main tab, I then want it to be pulled through to Row 3 on the separate tab. And so on..
This will then allow me to do lookups for the rest of the values I want to input on the separate tab.
I've tried as many different IF statements as I can, but it's just not having it.
Any advice would be really appreciated.
You can use INDEX and AGGREGATE combination:
=IFERROR(INDEX($A$2:$A$6,AGGREGATE(15,6,1/($E$2:$E$6="Client")*ROW($E$2:$E$6)-1,ROW()-1)),"")
In Google Sheets you can use FILTER (docs) for that. Place it in the top cell of your column.
={
"Your Header";
IFNA(FILTER(A2:A, B2:B = "Client"))
}
If A2:A and B2:B are from other tab named My Tab it will be 'My Tab'!A2:A and 'My Tab'!B2:B.

Google sheet formula that finds row name and returns column headers based on marked cells

I'm trying to return the column headers for a row that is marked with an x. The row is selected from a name in the left column. I'm stuck here.
I can illustrate what I want to do by showing these images:
Start table
The result I want is this:
Outputs of the possibilities for the first sheet
I have put more information in my Example Sheet.
Link to editable example sheet
This formula should create a table (with a single formula) with the months in one column and the headers in the second column.
=ArrayFormula({A4:A15\ substitute(transpose(query(transpose(if(B4:G15="x";B3:G3&char(10);));;rows(A4:A15)));" ";)})
If you'd want to 'lookup' the months you manually type in you can wrap the above in a vlookup. Example:
=ArrayFormula(if(len(L4:L); vlookup(L4:L; {A4:A15\ substitute(transpose(query(transpose(if(B4:G15="x";B3:G3&char(10);));;rows(A4:A15)));" ";)}; 2; 0);))
You can check out both formulas in the copy of the sheet I've made in the spreadsheet you shared.

partial google sheets string cell comparison

The Primary Sheet has basic info ( narrowed here ), including
Column B - a flag to say "Yes" or "No/Stop"
Column C - a Company Name
A Second sheet "stopphrases" will have a growing list of words and phrases in it. If one of these words match first sheet called "data" > Column C (Company Name), Column B will updated to a "No"
IE -
1) If stopphrases!sheet, range A1:A25 contains "UPS"
2) And the Primary Sheet has "UPS Shipping"
This "partial" match should catch it and insert flag into data.Column B
=MATCH(""&stopphrases!A1:A10&"", C6,0)
I seem to be able to check a partial from a single cell and check the range, but not got the other way - get the partial words from multiple cells and check against a single cell.
I also tried
(If Statement)
=IF(COUNTA(IFERROR(FILTER(stopphrases!$A$1:$A$25,stopphrases!$A$1:$A$25=C2))),"Yes","No")
The results I am looking for are
So again -
IF StopPhrases!A1:A25 Range has a phrase "UPS"
THen any entry in first sheet, Company Name, Column B that CONTAINS "UPS" - IE "UPS Shipping" should flag - this way I can run a condition.
The end result is if a match occurs a "stop" happens and that record doesn't get processed in other spreadsheets that are connected.
You can use regexmatch or regexextract to do this:
first to make the dynamic list of stopphrases you use a JOIN function, an INDIRECT function so you can use COUNTA to allow for it to automatically add the correct number of phrases,
=JOIN("|",INDIRECT("E2:E"&COUNTA(E2:E)+1))
Then you use arrayformula and regexmatch to dynamically match your list of stop words:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IF(ISTEXT(B1:B),if(REGEXMATCH(B1:B,$D$1),"STOP","GO"),))
=ARRAYFORMULA(IF(ISTEXT(B1:B),if(REGEXMATCH(LOWER(B1:B),$D$1),"STOP","GO"),))

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