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Asked: 2026-06-12T03:59:08+00:00

I am trying to come up with a formula that can be run in

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I am trying to come up with a formula that can be run in a different worksheet and references the data below.

Essentially for each cell in D, I want to check upwards and when I find the string “Invoice” I select the next row above and column B. Essentially I’d be finding the company name each time. As you can see, the number of rows of records for each company may vary.

More simply, the formula could just work on column B and return the string directly above the first occurrence of the string “Status”.

I dislike how complicated this is, but I have no control over the data format I am receiving and the source refuses to change it.

Original Data

    A               B               C               D
1                   ABC Widgets, Inc.
2   Account         Status          Date            Invoice
3   1423            Open            4/25/2011       123748
4   1423            Closed          5/1/2011        432741
5   1423            Open            5/2/2011        522211
6 
7                   XYZ Sprockets, Inc.
8   Account         Status          Date            Invoice
9   3222            Open            5/3/2011        529999
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Finished Data

    A               B               C               D            E
2   Account         Status          Date            Invoice      Client
3   1423            Open            4/25/2011       123748       ABC Widgets, Inc.
4   1423            Closed          5/1/2011        432741       ABC Widgets, Inc.
5   1423            Open            5/2/2011        522211       ABC Widgets, Inc.
9   3222            Open            5/3/2011        529999       XYZ Sprockets, Inc.

Nutch,

While I can’t get your VBA code to work properly (see comments) it did allow me to come up with this code that finds the first occurrence of “Status” and then offsets 1 cell above. This is essentially what I am trying for but in Formula format.

Sub findFirstStringAbove()
'
Cells.Find(What:="Status", After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt _
    :=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, MatchCase _
    :=False).Offset(-1, 0).Select
End Sub
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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this formula, entered as an array formula, i.e. with Ctrl+Shift+Enter, then copied down.

    =INDEX(B:B,IF(ROW()>COUNTIF(B:B,"Status"),"",SMALL(IF($B:$B="Status",ROW($B:$B),2000000000),ROW()))-1)

    To run it from another sheet, cut and paste it from your original sheet and it will adjust the reference automatically.

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