Can Excel's ISERROR be used in a cascading manner?

Question

Here is my original formula

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP($A3,INDIRECT("'"&G$2&"'!$B$3:$I$516"),6,FALSE)),"✖",
    IF(VLOOKUP($A3,INDIRECT("'"&G$2&"'!$B$3:$I$516"),6,FALSE)=$D3,
    IF(INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&G$2&"'!$A$3:$A$516"),
    MATCH($A3,INDIRECT("'"&G$2&"'!$B$3:$B$516"),0))>0,
    INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&G$2&"'!$A$3:$A$516"),
    MATCH($A3,INDIRECT("'"&G$2&"'!$B$3:$B$516"),0)),"✔"),"✓"))

Which will place an X if the value isn't found, the first type of check mark if the criteria matches and the other kind if it's found but the criteria doesn't match.

I learned today that ISERROR shortens the ISNA structure that I've built up by removing the redundant lookup. How can I use that (or something else) to shorten this formula?

Answer 1

If you are using Excel 2007 or later use

=IFERROR(IF(VLOOKUP($A3,INDIRECT("'"&G$2&"'!$B$3:$I$516")
                             ,6,FALSE)=D3,"✔","✓"), "✖")

If using Excel 2003 or earlier use

=IF(ISNA(MATCH($A3,INDIRECT("'"&G$2&"'!$B$3:$b$516"),FALSE)),"✖",
  IF(VLOOKUP($A3,INDIRECT("'"&G$2&"'!$B$3:$I$516"),6,FALSE)=D3,"✔","✓"))