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# **Catch only "not found" with IFNA**

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E-109 is a new hire who isn't in the list yet. In E2, look up the department for D2 with VLOOKUP and wrap it in IFNA to show "Not listed" instead of #N/A.

E2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Employee ID | Department |  | Employee ID | Department | |
| 2 | E-101 | Sales |  | E-109 |  | |
| 3 | E-102 | Finance |  |  |  | |
| 4 | E-103 | IT |  |  |  | |
| 5 | E-104 | HR |  |  |  | |
| 6 | E-105 | Sales |  |  |  | |
| 7 |  |  |  |  |  | |
| 8 |  |  |  |  |  | |

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