Help with intricate search and results display

Question

Hi All,
I am looking for help with a problem I have, my knowledge on Numbers is limited, I have learnt a lot by trial and error but I do not know where to start on this problem.
What I am trying to do is display result from sheet 1 onto sheet 2 when I enter the letters of the REFERENCE into cell C3. Below is an example of the result I am tring to achieve -
SHEET 2
Reference
AB
Reference
SZone
Parts
LZone
Parts
AB10
3
75
2
100
AB10
3
75
2
100
AB10
3
75
2
100
AB10
3
75
2
100
AB11
3
75
2
100
AB11
3
75
2
100
AB11
3
75
2
100
AB11
3
75
2
100
AB12
3
75
2
100
AB12
3
75
2
100
AB13
3
75
3
75
AB13
3
75
3
75
AB14
3
75
3
75
AB14
3
75
3
75
AB15
3
75
1
200
AB15
3
75
1
200
AB16
3
75
3
75
AB16
3
75
3
75
AB21
3
75
3
75
AB21
3
75
3
75
AB22
3
75
3
75
I have searched for AB by entering it in cell B3 on Sheet 2, an auotmatic search has been carried out on Sheet 1 and all the columns have been brought into sheet 2 with the corresponding data and placed under the COLUMN HEADERS. I have over 4000 lines on Sheet 1, although the most result that will ever be pulled through will be 150.
When the data is pulled in I will need to do other calculation in the COLUMNS F, G and H so the data need to only be mapped to COLUMNS A to E.
Also I want to be able to use this spreadsheet on my iPad.
Has anybody got an idea/solution that will help.
Thanks in advance.
Ian

Answer 1

Ian,
We've had a recent report of troubles with large tables in the iOS version of Numbers, so you may want to consider ways to accomplish your goals without the full 4000-row set of data.
I re-read the problem statement in your original post and see that I should have known that you were needing a solution for both platforms. But, I'm still not clear on what part you have figured out and what part you still need help with. We often refer to your second table as a "Breakout Table". There are different ways to program it. My favorite is to add a column to the main table that identifies rows that meet the transfer criteria and assigns them a serial number to help determine where they should go in the second table.
Here's an example:
In the new column on the right edge of the table T1, the expression is:
=IF(ISERROR(FIND(T2 :: $A$1, A)), "", COUNT($F$1:F1))
Note that the first cell in the Aux column is seeded with a zero.
The expression in the body cells of the second table, T2, is:
=INDEX(T1, MATCH(ROW()-1, T1 :: $F, 0), COLUMN())
Note that the search term is to be entered into Cell A1 of table T2.
Does this give you a start?
Jerry