diff --git a/models/directdata/directdata.dat b/models/directdata/directdata.dat
index 41d78ef5..46fb5c44 100644
--- a/models/directdata/directdata.dat
+++ b/models/directdata/directdata.dat
@@ -374,6 +374,130 @@ h
 2050	470
 INITIAL TIME
 1990	1990
+j[A1,B1]
+1990	610
+1991	609.333
+1992	608.667
+1993	608
+1994	607.333
+1995	606.667
+1996	606
+1997	605.333
+1998	604.667
+1999	604
+2000	603.333
+2001	602.667
+2002	602
+2003	601.333
+2004	600.667
+2005	600
+2006	599
+2007	598
+2008	597
+2009	596
+2010	595
+2011	594
+2012	593
+2013	592
+2014	591
+2015	590
+2016	590.2
+2017	590.4
+2018	590.6
+2019	590.8
+2020	591
+2021	591.2
+2022	591.4
+2023	591.6
+2024	591.8
+2025	592
+2026	592.2
+2027	592.4
+2028	592.6
+2029	592.8
+2030	593
+2031	592.5
+2032	592
+2033	591.5
+2034	591
+2035	590.5
+2036	590
+2037	589.5
+2038	589
+2039	588.5
+2040	588
+2041	587.5
+2042	587
+2043	586.5
+2044	586
+2045	585.5
+2046	585
+2047	584.5
+2048	584
+2049	583.5
+2050	583
+j[A1,B2]
+1990	210
+1991	209.333
+1992	208.667
+1993	208
+1994	207.333
+1995	206.667
+1996	206
+1997	205.333
+1998	204.667
+1999	204
+2000	203.333
+2001	202.667
+2002	202
+2003	201.333
+2004	200.667
+2005	200
+2006	199
+2007	198
+2008	197
+2009	196
+2010	195
+2011	194
+2012	193
+2013	192
+2014	191
+2015	190
+2016	189.667
+2017	189.333
+2018	189
+2019	188.667
+2020	188.333
+2021	188
+2022	187.667
+2023	187.333
+2024	187
+2025	186.667
+2026	186.333
+2027	186
+2028	185.667
+2029	185.333
+2030	185
+2031	184.75
+2032	184.5
+2033	184.25
+2034	184
+2035	183.75
+2036	183.5
+2037	183.25
+2038	183
+2039	182.75
+2040	182.5
+2041	182.25
+2042	182
+2043	181.75
+2044	181.5
+2045	181.25
+2046	181
+2047	180.75
+2048	180.5
+2049	180.25
+2050	180
 SAVEPER
 1990	1
 1991	1
@@ -490,3 +614,15 @@ g
 2040	17
 2045	35
 2050	47
+i[A1,B1]
+1990	610
+2005	600
+2015	590
+2030	593
+2050	583
+i[A1,B2]
+1990	210
+2005	200
+2015	190
+2030	185
+2050	180
diff --git a/models/directdata/directdata.mdl b/models/directdata/directdata.mdl
index 10afb071..25e303eb 100644
--- a/models/directdata/directdata.mdl
+++ b/models/directdata/directdata.mdl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {UTF-8}
 DimA: A1, A2 ~~|
+DimB: B1, B2 ~~|
 
 a[DimA] := GET DIRECT DATA('?data', 'A Data', 'A', 'B2') ~~|
 b[DimA] = a[DimA] * 10 ~~~:SUPPLEMENTARY|
@@ -13,6 +14,12 @@ f[DimA] = e[DimA] * 10 ~~~:SUPPLEMENTARY|
 g:= GET DIRECT DATA('g_data.csv', ',', 'A', 'B2') ~~|
 h = g * 10 ~~~:SUPPLEMENTARY|
 
+i[A1, DimB] = GET DIRECT DATA('e_data.csv', ',', 'A', 'B2')
+~
+~ multiple LHS subscripts
+|
+j[A1, DimB] = i[A1, DimB] ~~~:SUPPLEMENTARY|
+
 ********************************************************
 	.Control
 ********************************************************~
@@ -27,32 +34,24 @@ TIME STEP = 1 ~~|
 \\\---/// Sketch information - do not modify anything except names
 V300  Do not put anything below this section - it will be ignored
 *View 1
-$192-192-192,0,Times New Roman|12||0-0-0|0-0-0|0-0-255|-1--1--1|-1--1--1|0,0,100,0
+$192-192-192,0,Times New Roman|12||0-0-0|0-0-0|0-0-255|-1--1--1|-1--1--1|96,96,100,0
 ///---\\\
 :L<%^E!@
-1:directdata.vdf
-9:directdata
-30:?data=data.xlsx
-15:0,0,0,0,0,0
-19:100,0
-27:0,
-34:0,
+1:directdata.vdfx
 4:Time
 5:FINAL TIME
-35:Date
-36:YYYY-MM-DD
-37:2000
-38:1
-39:1
-40:2
-41:0
-42:0
+6:A1
+6:B1
+9:directdata
+19:100,0
 24:1990
 25:2050
 26:2050
 57:1
 54:0
 55:0
+82:0
+86:0
 59:0
 56:0
 58:0
@@ -68,4 +67,30 @@ $192-192-192,0,Times New Roman|12||0-0-0|0-0-0|0-0-255|-1--1--1|-1--1--1|0,0,100
 43:directdata
 47:directdata
 48:
-6:A1
+30:?data=data.xlsx
+15:0,0,0,0,0,0
+27:0,
+34:0,
+42:0
+72:0
+73:0
+35:Date
+36:YYYY-MM-DD
+37:2000
+38:1
+39:1
+40:2
+41:0
+95:0
+96:0
+97:0
+77:0
+78:0
+93:0
+94:0
+92:0
+91:0
+90:0
+87:0
+75:
+43:directdata
diff --git a/src/EquationGen.js b/src/EquationGen.js
index 7acb2d39..79447243 100644
--- a/src/EquationGen.js
+++ b/src/EquationGen.js
@@ -388,11 +388,19 @@ export default class EquationGen extends ModelReader {
       // If the data was found, convert it to a lookup.
       if (getCellValue) {
         let indexNum = 0
-        if (!R.isEmpty(this.var.subscripts)) {
+        if (!R.isEmpty(this.var.separationDims)) {
           // Generate a lookup for a separated index in the variable's dimension.
-          // TODO allow the index to be in either position of a 2D subscript
-          let ind = sub(this.var.subscripts[0])
-          indexNum = ind.value
+          if (this.var.separationDims.length > 1) {
+            console.error(`WARNING: direct data variable ${this.var.varName} separated on more than one dimension`)
+          }
+          let dimName = this.var.separationDims[0]
+          for (let subscript of this.var.subscripts) {
+            if (sub(subscript).family === dimName) {
+              let ind = sub(subscript)
+              indexNum = ind.value
+              break
+            }
+          }
         }
         result.push(this.generateDirectDataLookup(getCellValue, timeRowOrCol, startCell, indexNum))
       }