Excel countif or index/match formula

Question

This involves two files. If B2 (file2) is somewhere in column A (file1) (and matches exactly), then go to D2 (file2) and check if that is anywhere in corresponding cell in column E (which wouldn't match exactly) and return yes or no.

Answer 1

Let us assume that all data appears in sheet 1 in both File 1 & File 2.You could try the below formula from another sheet. Have in mind that the for the not exact match i use i use "*" in the formula which means that will match anything starting with the value of D2. in other cases would not match.

File 1

File 2

Another File

=IF(AND(IFERROR(IF(MATCH('[File 2.xlsx]Sheet1'!B2,'[File 1.xlsx]Sheet1'!A:A,0)>0,"Match"),"No match")="Match",IFERROR(IF(MATCH('[File 2.xlsx]Sheet1'!D2&"*",'[File 1.xlsx]Sheet1'!E:E,0)>0,"Match"),"No match")="Match"),"Yes","No")