Hi
- table headings are always converted to text
- once again, formatting has nothing to do with the underlying values, it is the way XL shows us the data
- while building your sheets DO NOT use manual column alignment. It looks nice but hides the fact that the cell content is text or number . Apply this at the finishing stage
And the other approach would be =INDEX(Table2_Salary;MATCH([@[SALARY GRADE]];Table2_SG);MATCH([@[SALARY STEP]]
&"";Table2_Step))