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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
MATCHCOMPOSITE

MATCHCOMPOSITE

Description

A common use case for MATCHCOMPOSITE is to consolidate column data from different sheets. Example: If there are 2 sheets, where you have data on a sheet, along with notes about that same data in a column on a different sheet, you can use MATCHCOMPOSITE to consolidate the column data from those 2 sheets into 1 sheet. MATCHCOMPOSITE copies values in one or more columns from the location to the right of a source array, and returns values to the right of a destination array. You use a composite key of columns to match copied data to the correct rows in the destination.

Syntax

MATCHCOMPOSITE(
destination_matrix
,
destination_column_indexes
,
source_matrix
,
source_column_indexes
,
return_column_indexes
, [
ifNA
])
  • destination_matrix
    : The area of data in the destination.
  • destination_column_indexes
    : The position of the columns that make up the composite key in the destination.
  • source_matrix
    : The array of the data in the source. You can specify only a cell range, not a column range.
  • source_column_indexes
    : The position of the columns that make up the composite key in the source.
  • return_column_indexes
    : The position of the columns in the source that you want the formula to return.
  • ifNA
    : The default value to return if the function doesn't find a match. The default is an empty string.

Related Functions

MATCH
GROUPBY