diff --git a/models/directlookups/directlookups.dat b/models/directlookups/directlookups.dat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6019688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/directlookups/directlookups.dat
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+b[A1]
+2020	0
+2021	0.033333
+2022	0.066667
+2023	0.1
+2024	0.133333
+2025	0.166667
+2026	0.2
+2027	0.233333
+2028	0.266667
+2029	0.3
+2030	0.333333
+2031	0.366667
+2032	0.4
+2033	0.433333
+2034	0.466667
+2035	0.5
+2036	0.533333
+2037	0.566667
+2038	0.6
+2039	0.633333
+2040	0.666667
+2041	0.7
+2042	0.733333
+2043	0.766667
+2044	0.8
+2045	0.833333
+2046	0.866667
+2047	0.9
+2048	0.933333
+2049	0.966667
+2050	1
+b[A2]
+2020	0
+2021	0
+2022	0.034483
+2023	0.068966
+2024	0.103448
+2025	0.137931
+2026	0.172414
+2027	0.206897
+2028	0.241379
+2029	0.275862
+2030	0.310345
+2031	0.344828
+2032	0.37931
+2033	0.413793
+2034	0.448276
+2035	0.482759
+2036	0.517241
+2037	0.551724
+2038	0.586207
+2039	0.62069
+2040	0.655172
+2041	0.689655
+2042	0.724138
+2043	0.758621
+2044	0.793103
+2045	0.827586
+2046	0.862069
+2047	0.896552
+2048	0.931034
+2049	0.965517
+2050	1
+b[A3]
+2020	0
+2021	0.008492
+2022	0.011317
+2023	0.015069
+2024	0.020039
+2025	0.026606
+2026	0.03525
+2027	0.04657
+2028	0.0613
+2029	0.080307
+2030	0.104569
+2031	0.135111
+2032	0.172899
+2033	0.218658
+2034	0.272653
+2035	0.33445
+2036	0.402756
+2037	0.475409
+2038	0.549591
+2039	0.622244
+2040	0.69055
+2041	0.752347
+2042	0.806342
+2043	0.852101
+2044	0.889889
+2045	0.920431
+2046	0.944693
+2047	0.9637
+2048	0.97843
+2049	0.98975
+2050	0.998394
+FINAL TIME
+2020	2050
+INITIAL TIME
+2020	2020
+SAVEPER
+2020	1
+2021	1
+2022	1
+2023	1
+2024	1
+2025	1
+2026	1
+2027	1
+2028	1
+2029	1
+2030	1
+2031	1
+2032	1
+2033	1
+2034	1
+2035	1
+2036	1
+2037	1
+2038	1
+2039	1
+2040	1
+2041	1
+2042	1
+2043	1
+2044	1
+2045	1
+2046	1
+2047	1
+2048	1
+2049	1
+2050	1
+TIME STEP
+2020	1
diff --git a/models/directlookups/directlookups.mdl b/models/directlookups/directlookups.mdl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f78e09a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/directlookups/directlookups.mdl
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{UTF-8}
+DimA: A1, A2, A3 ~~|
+
+a[DimA] = GET DIRECT LOOKUPS('lookup_data.csv', ',', '1', 'E2') ~~|
+b[DimA] = a[DimA](Time) ~~~:SUPPLEMENTARY|
+
+********************************************************
+	.Control
+********************************************************~
+		Simulation Control Parameters
+	|
+
+INITIAL TIME = 2020 ~~|
+FINAL TIME = 2050 ~~|
+TIME STEP = 1 ~~|
+SAVEPER = TIME STEP ~~|
+
+\\\---/// Sketch information - do not modify anything except names
+V300  Do not put anything below this section - it will be ignored
+*View 1
+$0-0-0,0,|0||0-0-0|0-0-0|0-0-0|0-0-0|0-0-0|0,0,100,0
+///---\\\
+:L<%^E!@
+9:directlookups
+15:0,0,0,0,0,0
+19:100,0
+27:2,
+34:0,
+5:FINAL TIME
+35:Date
+36:YYYY-MM-DD
+37:2000
+38:1
+39:1
+40:2
+41:0
+42:1
+24:0
+25:0
+26:0
diff --git a/models/directlookups/lookup_data.csv b/models/directlookups/lookup_data.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..998b8944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/directlookups/lookup_data.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Variable,Subscript 1,Subscript 2,Subscript 3,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025,2026,2027,2028,2029,2030,2031,2032,2033,2034,2035,2036,2037,2038,2039,2040,2041,2042,2043,2044,2045,2046,2047,2048,2049,2050
+a,A1,,,0,0.033333,0.066667,0.1,0.133333,0.166667,0.2,0.233333,0.266667,0.3,0.333333,0.366667,0.4,0.433333,0.466667,0.5,0.533333,0.566667,0.6,0.633333,0.666667,0.7,0.733333,0.766667,0.8,0.833333,0.866667,0.9,0.933333,0.966667,1
+a,A2,,,0,0,0.034483,0.068966,0.103448,0.137931,0.172414,0.206897,0.241379,0.275862,0.310345,0.344828,0.37931,0.413793,0.448276,0.482759,0.517241,0.551724,0.586207,0.62069,0.655172,0.689655,0.724138,0.758621,0.793103,0.827586,0.862069,0.896552,0.931034,0.965517,1
+a,A3,,,0,0.008492,0.011317,0.015069,0.020039,0.026606,0.03525,0.04657,0.0613,0.080307,0.104569,0.135111,0.172899,0.218658,0.272653,0.33445,0.402756,0.475409,0.549591,0.622244,0.69055,0.752347,0.806342,0.852101,0.889889,0.920431,0.944693,0.9637,0.97843,0.98975,0.998394
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/EquationGen.js b/src/EquationGen.js
index 98f5a0ef..76a58f09 100644
--- a/src/EquationGen.js
+++ b/src/EquationGen.js
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ export default class EquationGen extends ModelReader {
         let csvPathname = path.resolve(this.modelDirname, file)
         let data = readCsv(csvPathname, tab)
         if (data) {
-          getCellValue = (c, r) => (data[r] != null ? cdbl(data[r][c]) : null)
+          getCellValue = (c, r) => (data[r] != null && data[r][c] != null ? cdbl(data[r][c]) : null)
         }
       }
       // If the data was found, convert it to a lookup.
diff --git a/src/EquationReader.js b/src/EquationReader.js
index 2e6d606c..2ed4c5cf 100644
--- a/src/EquationReader.js
+++ b/src/EquationReader.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export default class EquationReader extends ModelReader {
       this.var.hasInitValue = true
     } else if (fn === '_ACTIVE_INITIAL' || fn === '_SAMPLE_IF_TRUE') {
       this.var.hasInitValue = true
-    } else if (fn === '_GET_DIRECT_DATA') {
+    } else if (fn === '_GET_DIRECT_DATA' || fn === '_GET_DIRECT_LOOKUPS') {
       this.var.varType = 'data'
     } else if (fn === '_GET_DIRECT_CONSTANTS') {
       this.var.varType = 'const'
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export default class EquationReader extends ModelReader {
       // Generate a level var to expand the DELAY* call.
       let args = R.map(expr => expr.getText(), ctx.expr())
       this.expandDelayFunction(fn, args)
-    } else if (fn === '_GET_DIRECT_DATA') {
+    } else if (fn === '_GET_DIRECT_DATA' || fn === '_GET_DIRECT_LOOKUPS') {
       // Extract string constant arguments into an object used in code generation.
       // For Excel files, the file argument names an indirect "?" file tag from the model settings.
       // For CSV files, it gives a relative pathname in the model directory.
diff --git a/src/VariableReader.js b/src/VariableReader.js
index 98a19fe4..cda9bf90 100644
--- a/src/VariableReader.js
+++ b/src/VariableReader.js
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ export default class VariableReader extends ModelReader {
       }
       if (!expand) {
         // Direct data vars with subscripts are separated because we generate a lookup for each index.
-        if (isDimension(subscript) && this.var.modelFormula.includes('GET DIRECT DATA')) {
+        if (
+          isDimension(subscript) &&
+          (this.var.modelFormula.includes('GET DIRECT DATA') || this.var.modelFormula.includes('GET DIRECT LOOKUPS'))
+        ) {
           expand = true
         }
       }