vlookup from Access db

Hey there,

I reckon the subject asks it all, but to explain further:

I have barcodes in Excel in a column. Next to each I need to put a sales
volume, which must be "vlooked"-up from an Access db. Is this possible?

E.G. in Excel

BarCode Volume
123456 20.00 (formula)

In Access

BarCode Volume
123456 20.00

Thank you for any help!

If the Access table is not large then I would use Data External Data
New Database Query to bring the table into Excel from Access.
(or equivalent; the naming has changed with different versions of Excel
- it always helps us to help you if you specify)

You can then do the VLOOKUP in Excel referencing the table.

Alternatively, if you have a large table but only need a small number
of lookups, you could make each lookup be a Query using the barcode as
a parameter.

Finally, if you have a very large table and quite a lot of lookups then
it might be better to use a macro to navigate a recordset based on the
Access table, and populate the Volume column.

If you need help with your chosen route, come back

Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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Hi Bill, thank you for your response.

I have many sheets with many lookups to many access tables (all within a
single db though), so I guess the last option would be best... can you
possible elaborate a bit more on this?

Thank you again!
W

"Bill Manville" wrote:

If the Access table is not large then I would use Data External Data
New Database Query to bring the table into Excel from Access.
(or equivalent; the naming has changed with different versions of Excel
- it always helps us to help you if you specify)

You can then do the VLOOKUP in Excel referencing the table.

Alternatively, if you have a large table but only need a small number
of lookups, you could make each lookup be a Query using the barcode as
a parameter.

Finally, if you have a very large table and quite a lot of lookups then
it might be better to use a macro to navigate a recordset based on the
Access table, and populate the Volume column.

If you need help with your chosen route, come back

Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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Many sheets with many lookups to many tables in a database suggests to
me that the design of your application may not be ideal for Excel, and
I would hesitate to promote the recordset idea in this case.

Try the QueryTable approach and see how you get on with it.

Have you considered doing it all in Access?

Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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