I have a drop down list (data validation) that populates other cells using vlookup that pulls data from a separate worksheet. I'd like to include an error message if the field is blank like "No data entered". However, I am getting "0" instead. Here is the formula I used:
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(ChildName,Children,6,FALSE),"No data entered")
I then changed this to an ISERROR:
=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(ChildName,Children,5,FALSE))=FALSE,"No data entered", VLOOKUP(ChildName,Children,5,FALSE))
This gives the error message appropriately but now my drop down list does not populate the other cells! What am I doing wrong? Thank you!