Sorry Michelle...you are going to have to be way more specific...I am lost First you say each year has 23 discounts...then you say you want to determine a year and that will give you the discount amount...what determines the year? What determines which discount for that year you want? The rep's name? Sorry...I can't do this without specifics I need to know EXACTLY what info you will be starting with. You open the workbook and type in WHAT? The rep's name? The year? Then, how do you determine which discount applies to that rep and that year?? If you are just going to manually type in a year and a discount, then you can use a vlookup to return the commission for that discount Or...if you are typing in a year and SOME CRITERIA that determines the discount for that rep, you can use a vlookup if you have a table setup that tells what discount each rep gets. But, unless I know this stuff, I'm no good to you...sorry Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michele Wong Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 8:11 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Performing Calculations Using IF or VLOOKUP I want to check an entry in a spreadsheet that will tell me what year, then another cell will contain the discount amount. Those two, together would determine the commission and then I would do a calculation with the commission value that is returned. Thanks, Michele B. Wong Reliable Cyber Solutions, LLC "We're only a click away!" http://www.reliablecyber.com michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 425.488.8078 phone 206.683.0624 mobile 775.245.3291 fax -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 5:11 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Performing Calculations Using IF or VLOOKUP So..what info will you be starting with? Just a sales rep's name? Or the year? Sorry, but I'm confused. What info will you be typing in and what info do you want Excel to return to you? EXACTLY Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michele Wong Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 7:56 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Performing Calculations Using IF or VLOOKUP There are 3 years, Year 1 has 23 discounts and for each discount there's a commission Year 2 has same, etc for Year 3 I can change the format of the data if I need to. I thought of making 3 tables (one for each year) and each table would have discounts and commissions. Thanks, Michele B. 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