Vlookup Function That Searches The Entire Workbook - UDF

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This UDF is a Vlookup function that searches the entire workbook in Excel. The syntax and usage of the function is exactly the same as the regular Vlookup function in Excel. The only difference is that this function will search through all of the worksheets in the workbook and return the associated value of the first match that it finds. This Vlookup function only searches the table_array (specified in the function by the user) for the specified values on each worksheet in the workbook in Excel. It does not search the entire worksheet. The function searches the table_array on the first worksheet and, if no match is found, the function moves to the second worksheet and searches the same table_array on that sheet. This cycle continues through all of the worksheets in the active workbook until Excel has found a match or finished searching all of the worksheets in the workbook.

Where to install the macro: Module

UDF to Perform a Vlookup That Searches The Entire Workbook - All Worksheets in The Workbook


					
					Function VLOOKUPWORKBOOK(Look_Value As Variant, Tble_Array As Range, Col_num As Integer, Optional Range_look As Boolean)

  'Vlookup function that will search all worksheets in the workbook - however, the data table that is being searched must be in the same

  'location on every worksheet.
Dim wSheet As Worksheet

  Dim vFound
On Error Resume Next
 For Each wSheet In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
 With wSheet
 Set Tble_Array = .Range(Tble_Array.Address)
 vFound = WorksheetFunction.VLookup(Look_Value, Tble_Array, Col_num, Range_look)
 End With
 If Not IsEmpty(vFound) Then Exit For
 Next wSheet


 Set Tble_Array = Nothing
 VLOOKUPWORKBOOK = vFound
End Function

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How to Install the Macro

Select and copy the text from within the grey box above.

Open the Microsoft Excel file in which you would like the Macro to function.

Press "Alt + F11" - This will open the Visual Basic Editor - Works for all Excel Versions. Or For other ways to get there, Click Here.

On the new window that opens up, go to the left side where the vertical pane is located. Locate your Excel file; it will be called VBAProject (YOUR FILE'S NAME HERE) and click this.

If the Macro goes in a Module, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
1. Go to the menu at the top of the window and click Insert > Module
2. Another window should have opened within the Visual Basic Editor's window. Within this new window, paste the macro code. Make sure to paste the code underneath the last line of anything else that is in the window.
3. Go to Step 8.

If the Macro goes in the Workbook or ThisWorkbook, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
1. Directly underneath your excel file called VBAProject(your file's name here), click the Microsoft Excel Objects folder icon to open that drop-down list.
2. Then, at the bottom of the list that appears, double-click the ThisWorkbook text.
3. A new window inside the Visual Basic Editor's window will appear. In this new window, paste the code for the macro. Make sure to paste this code underneath the last line of any other code which is already in the window.
4. Go to Step 8.

If the Macro goes in the Worksheet Code, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
1. Directly underneath your excel file called VBAProject(your file's name here), click the Microsoft Excel Objects folder icon to open that drop-down list.
2. Within the list that appears you will see every worksheet that is in that excel file. They will be listed as such: Sheet1(NAME OF SHEET HERE) and under that will be Sheet2(NAME OF SHEET HERE). Select the sheet in which you want the macro to run and double-click that sheet.
3. A new window inside the Visual Basic Editor's window will appear. In this new window, paste the code for the macro. Make sure to paste this code underneath the last line of any other code which is already in the window.
4. Repeat steps b and c for every sheet you want the macro to work in. Putting the macro in one sheet will not enable it for any other sheets in the workbook.
5. Go to Step 8.

Close the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor window and save the Excel file. When you close the Visual Basic Editor window, the regular Excel window will not close.

You are now ready to run the macro.