i don't think vlookup can do what you want, if i'm reading you correctly.

i think you need to combine it with an IF statement:

=IF(N1109=12200-235-16SS0101-CIP-1,vlookup(cell,'[3148001 rev.E K-home-BEH.xls]Sheet1'!$G:$O,9,FALSE),"")

cell would be wherever 12200-235-16SS0101-CIP is located. i always use FALSE with vlookups too.

i think the formula should like something like the above, but it's tough to know for sure without seeing the sheet.

let me know if this doesn't work.

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