Issue 24846 - Spreadsheet created with Excel lookup wizard causes error
Summary: Spreadsheet created with Excel lookup wizard causes error
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1
Hardware: All Windows XP
: P4 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2004-01-27 06:28 UTC by stuarta
Modified: 2013-08-07 15:12 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Lookup problem (13.50 KB, application/vnd.ms-excel)
2004-01-27 06:29 UTC, stuarta 		no flags Details
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Description stuarta 2004-01-27 06:28:04 UTC 
A simple file created with the Excel 2000 lookup wizard gives an error when 
opened in OO 1.1.0

The formula

=INDEX(Data!$A$3:$B$7, MATCH(A3,Data!$A$3:$A$7,), MATCH("Fruit",Data!
$A$3:$B$3,))

shows as #NA in OOo although in Excel it works fine. 

Stuart Aberdein
Comment 1 stuarta 2004-01-27 06:29:13 UTC 
Created attachment 12746 [details]
Lookup problem
Comment 2 frank 2004-01-27 14:13:37 UTC 
Hi,

this is not a bug from OOo Calc.

The match function in Excel as you've used it assumes that the last parameter is
a zero. If you erase the last ',' in the match function parameter list Excel
will work in the same way as Calc do. So writing the function with the full set
of parameters will solve the problem.

@Falko

as discussed this is an enhancement to check what missing/not set parameters
should trigger on import.

Frank
Comment 3 falko.tesch 2005-10-20 21:03:57 UTC 
FT: I'm leaving so I will re-assign this issue to requirement default user
Comment 4 ace_dent 2008-05-16 01:41:17 UTC 
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request.

The Issue you raised is currently assigned to 'Requirements' pending review, but
has not been updated within the last 2+ years. Please consider re-testing with
one of the latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been
addressed. Either use the recent stable version:
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