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VLOOKUP Employee Example Tab

Employee ID
EMP001
EMP002
EMP003
Employee ID
EMP001
EMP002
EMP003
EMP004
EMP005
EMP006
EMP007
EMP008
EMP009
EMP010
EMP011
EMP012
EMP013
EMP014
EMP015
EMP016
EMP017
EMP018
EMP019
EMP020
EMP021
EMP022
EMP023
EMP024
EMP025
EMP026
EMP027
EMP028
EMP029
EMP030
EMP031
EMP032
EMP033

Full Name
Faith K. Macias
Lucian Q. Franklin
Blaze V. Bridges
Full Name
Faith K. Macias
Lucian Q. Franklin
Blaze V. Bridges
Denton Q. Dale
Blossom K. Fox
Kerry V. David
Melanie X. Baker
Adele M. Fulton
Justina O. Jensen
Yoshi J. England
Brooke Y. Mccarty
Kay G. Colon
Callie I. Forbes
Zachery O. Mann
Lydia W. Nielsen
Alika C. Crawford
Sheila D. Stephens
Phelan L. Stuart
Cora X. Hardy
Reece E. Gross
Casey T. Kim
Berk Y. Austin
Galvin G. Christian
Mohammad V. Cervantes
Dane M. Rios
Benjamin R. Russo
Charity O. Munoz
Eric L. Hendrix
Palmer V. Mitchell
Mason F. Higgins
Savannah S. Mcdaniel
Libby S. Oneill
Kimberley X. Ayers

SSN
845-04-3962
345-28-4935
503-53-8350

SSN
845-04-3962
345-28-4935
503-53-8350
858-39-7967
245-18-5890
873-45-8675
190-08-3679
352-36-9553
645-74-0451
558-53-1475
129-42-6148
796-50-4767
266-48-1339
663-00-3285
362-48-7035
608-45-0899
728-05-3317
606-53-6042
978-88-8706
577-84-8195
855-03-2966
247-24-0737
875-69-5292
427-11-4373
337-35-3169
448-36-7921
295-68-4790
202-73-2253
885-23-8208
943-45-0868
156-63-1813
615-31-7103
955-68-3859

EMP034
EMP035
EMP036
EMP037
EMP038
EMP039
EMP040
EMP041
EMP042
EMP043
EMP044
EMP045
EMP046
EMP047
EMP048
EMP049
EMP050

Note:

Ria B. Parsons
Lynn V. Ward
Beck Q. Barrera
Ray H. Davis
Georgia S. Lee
Regina I. England
Maggy T. Vasquez
Salvador I. Raymond
Keaton A. Gonzalez
Dean B. Tillman
Caldwell T. Parks
Claire S. Fuentes
Ali T. Herman
Melissa Z. Cook
Wesley M. Luna
Martina T. Gilmore
Yen R. Wilder

791-11-8439
881-82-9219
404-96-3404
267-33-7597
335-51-9127
945-52-5156
322-00-4294
671-72-4788
590-90-9394
149-06-0226
707-97-2664
291-51-5228
143-56-8793
875-53-6203
822-33-2521
861-73-6382
769-98-1072

All data was generated using a random data generator and any resemblan

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loyee Example Table

Department
Marketing
IT/IS
Marketing

Start Date

Department

Start Date

Marketing
IT/IS
Marketing
Marketing
Engineering
Finance
Finance
Engineering
Marketing
Marketing
IT/IS
Marketing
Human Resources
Marketing
Customer Support
Engineering
Engineering
Human Resources
Human Resources
IT/IS
Engineering
Engineering
Finance
Human Resources
Sales
Marketing
Customer Support
Finance
Marketing
Engineering
Human Resources
Human Resources
Customer Support

1/27/2008
3/1/2008
4/16/2008

1/27/2008
3/1/2008
4/16/2008
5/3/2008
7/11/2008
7/17/2008
10/5/2008
10/28/2008
11/5/2008
12/9/2008
2/12/2009
3/19/2009
4/13/2009
4/28/2009
5/13/2009
6/2/2009
7/18/2009
8/24/2009
9/5/2009
9/11/2009
9/25/2009
11/14/2009
11/14/2009
1/22/2010
2/17/2010
4/19/2010
5/29/2010
10/19/2010
10/20/2010
10/21/2010
11/17/2010
11/27/2010
12/9/2010

Earnings

$73,500.00 <- Method 1 (use numbers for column

$80,000.00 <- Method 2 (use COLUMNS function)
$95,000.00 <- Method 3 (use MATCH function)

Earnings
$73,500.00
$80,000.00
$95,000.00
$105,000.00
$90,000.00
$60,000.00
$87,000.00
$104,000.00
$380,050.00
$93,000.00
$180,000.00
$100,000.00
$136,000.00
$68,000.00
$100,000.00
$144,000.00
$84,000.00
$90,000.00
$62,000.00
$120,000.00
$110,000.00
$94,000.00
$250,500.00
$92,000.00
$84,000.00
$150,000.00
$106,000.00
$160,000.00
$130,000.00
$60,000.00
$70,000.00
$76,000.00
$65,000.00

Human Resources
Engineering
Customer Support
Customer Support
Sales
IT/IS
IT/IS
Customer Support
Marketing
Human Resources
Marketing
Finance
Engineering
Finance
Human Resources
Finance
Human Resources

12/12/2010
3/21/2011
3/22/2011
4/24/2011
7/17/2011
9/3/2011
9/25/2011
9/27/2011
10/5/2011
12/17/2011
1/30/2012
2/7/2012
2/27/2012
2/27/2012
7/6/2012
8/8/2012
9/20/2012

$105,000.00
$124,000.00
$75,000.00
$72,500.00
$150,200.00
$96,600.00
$78,000.00
$579,621.00
$519,354.00
$807,383.00
$567,399.00
$71,509.00
$337,522.00
$87,881.00
$191,860.00
$451,109.00
$881,612.00

ata generator and any resemblance to actual people is purely conincidental

use numbers for column-index)

use COLUMNS function)
use MATCH function)