Return max index value in vlookup

Question

I\'m trying to pair a vlookup with a max function. For some reason it only returns #ref every time I try to use it though.

My sheet looks like this:

Answer 1

If there's only one instance of each Product then you can use INDEX/MATCH like this

=MAX(INDEX(C2:G100,MATCH("Prod 1",A2:A100,0),0))

Longer than Sid's suggestion but doesn't need CSE and might be more efficient if you only have a single match

If you have that formula in Z2, for example, you can use this version to get the location from row 1

=INDEX(C1:G1,MATCH(Z2,INDEX(C2:G100,MATCH("Prod 1",A2:A100,0),0),0))