VLOOKUP together with MATCH

Question

I have the below lookup condition but can't seem to get it working.

=VLOOKUP(A1,'Raw Data'!A1:A3,MATCH('Submitted Data'!B1,'Submitted Data'!A1:B1))

I'm trying to pull in the B column value from Submitted Data into the B column in Raw Data based of a match on A columns, I just keep getting an error.

Raw Data

     A      B      C
1   L1             23
2   L2             17
3   L7             31

Submitted Data

     A      B
1   L1      Complete
2   L7      Pending
3   L2      Complete

Answer 1

vlookup does the match for you so you don't need that function. This should work for you:

=VLOOKUP(A1, 'Submitted Data'!A1:B3,2,FALSE)

Where

A1 is the cell with the value you want to find in a different range of cells (i.e, the data on the other sheet.

Submitted Data'!A1:B3 is the range of cells containing the data you want to find your A1 in, and then return the value that's a defined number of columns away from it (see the next sentence).

2 is the column from the range Submitted Data'!A1:B3 (i.e. column B) that has the value you want to return.

FALSE means you want an exact match for your A1 value.