Show the column header to a row if there is value in cells of that columns without VBA

Question

Update 1:

Because my question is not clear, so I post second example

Because row 2, there is value 1 at Item 04 so the Get Item Name = Item 04. It is random and have a large number of columns (500).

The problem:

I would like to have a way to get a column header if there is any value input to the cells under that header. Please note that if at row 2 and column 1 has value, then other cell of row 2 will not have any value (other than 0).

It is hard to explain the problem in words so I have created an example.

Answer 1

I posted a formula in the comments above, you may not have seen it. This is it:

=IF(COUNTA($B2:$D2)=0,"",INDEX($B$1:$D$1,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX($B2:$D2<>"",0),0)))

that will get the header for the first instance of a populated cell - if you have numeric values and want to ignore zeroes change to

=IF(COUNTA($B2:$D2)=0,"",INDEX($B$1:$D$1,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX($B2:$D2>0,0),0)))

Either way the formula can be extended to as large a range as you need

.....and if you have 500 columns you could use IFERROR to shorten a little

=IFERROR(INDEX($B$1:$D$1,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX($B2:$D2>0,0),0)),"")

Answer 2

for a particular table which is relative small table with countable number of columns (ie 3) try this

=IF(COUNTA(G8)>0,"Column 1",IF(COUNTA(H8)>0,"Column 2",IF(COUNTA(I8)>0,"Column 3",""))).  

my question is what if you have table contain 20 or 100 columns?

Answer 3

I assume that when you say "column header" you really mean "row header" .

Considering that the first cell (containing the text "Column Header" ) is at A1 this is the formula you have to introduce in cell A2 :

=IF(B2>0, $B$1, IF(C2>0, $C$1, IF(D2>0, $D$1, "")))

Drag this formula down on as many rows as you need and it'll (hopefully) achieve what you want.

Answer 4

Assuming that you want a solution with more than 3 columns, this formula will return you the right header.

I assume that you data starts in row 2, column B - and row 1 contains the column headers.

Use this formula in B1 and copy it down:

=IF(COUNTA($B2:$D2)=0,"",INDEX($B$1:$D$1,MATCH(FALSE,INDEX(ISBLANK($B2:$D2),0),0)))

If your data extends further than column D, simply change this in the formula.