How to Use Nested VLOOKUP in Excel: 3 Methods

Method 1 – Using Nested VLOOKUP in Excel to Extract Product Price

Steps:

• Click on the cell that you want the Price of the ID (e.g. cell beside ID A101 in the Result Table, I5)
• Write the following formula,

Here,

H5 = A101, the ID that we stored in the Result Table as the lookup value
$B$5:$C$9 = Data range in Table 1 to search the lookup value
$E$5:$F$9 = Data range in Table 2 to search the lookup value
2 = Column index number to search the lookup value
FALSE = Want an exact match, so we put the argument as FALSE.

• Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter on your keyboard.

You will get the Price ($50) of ID A101 in the result cell (I5).

• Drag the row down by the Fill Handle to apply the formula to the rest of the rows and get the Prices of all the product IDs in the Result Table.

Look at the above picture, we got the Price of all the product IDs in the Result Table by running a Nested VLOOKUP formula.

Method 2 – Applying Nested VLOOKUP to Get Sales Value

Steps:

• Click on the cell that you want the Sales value of the Product (e.g. cell beside Product Football in the Result Table, J5)
• Write the following formula,

I5 = Football, the Product name that we stored in the Result Table as the lookup value
$B$5:$C$9 = Data range in Table 1 to search the lookup value
$E$5:$G$9 = Data range in Table 2 to search the lookup value
2 = Column index number to search the lookup value
0 = As we want an exact match, we put the argument as 0 or FALSE.

• Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter on your keyboard.

You will get the Sales value ($1,000) of Football in the result cell (J5).

• Drag the row down by Fill Handle to apply the formula to the rest of the rows to get the Sales value of all the Products in the Result Table.

Look at the above picture, we got the Sales value of all the Products in the Result Table by running a Nested VLOOKUP formula.

Method 3 – Combining Nested VLOOKUP and IFERROR Function in Excel

In this section, we will see how to combine Nested VLOOKUP and IFERROR functions to extract a certain result from multiple tables based on one single lookup value.

Look at the following dataset where Products are distributed in 3 different tables. We will search for a specific Product based on the ID (A106) among those 3 tables and display the result in the Product column of the Result Table.

Steps:

• Click on the cell that you want the Product name (e.g. cell beside ID A106 in the Result Table, L5)
• Write the following formula,

Here,

K5 = A106, the ID that we stored in the Result Table as the lookup value
$B$5:$C$7 = Data range in Table 1 to search the lookup value
$E$5:$F$7 = Data range in Table 2 to search the lookup value
$H$5:$I$7 = Data range in Table 3 to search the lookup value
2 = Column index number to search the lookup value
0 = As we want an exact match, we put the argument as 0 or FALSE.

• Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter on your keyboard.

You will get the Product name (Cricket Bat) of lookup ID A106 in the result cell (L5).

Keep in Mind

• As the range of the data table array to search for the value is fixed, don’t forget to put the dollar ($) sign in front of the cell reference number of the array table.
• When working with array values, don’t forget to press Ctrl + Shift + Enter on your keyboard while extracting results. Pressing Enter will work only when you are using Microsoft 365.

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