How can I retrieve multiple values using vlookup and then transform all those values into columns next to each other?
If you use Office 365 you can use the solution provided by pgSystemTester:
=TRANSPOSE(FILTER(B4:B9,A4:A9=C2))
Where C2 contains the search value,
A4:A9 contains the values to match the search value,
B4:B9 contains the result values.
If an Excel version prior to O365 is used, this could be done by:
=IFERROR(INDEX($B:$B,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW($A$4:$A$9)/($A$4:$A$9=$C$2),COLUMN(A:A))),"")
This indexes column B with the row numbers where a match is found on the search value C2 in A4:A9. The smallest row number matching is indexed and when copied to the right the 2nd smallest, etc.
Note 1: the INDEX part of the function uses whole column reference.
Note 2: Only in the COLUMN part of the function the $ is omitted in the range reference. This will result in changing the range reference to the right when copied to the right.
You can use the filter function combined with transpose to accomplish what you want.
Here's a sample on google sheets, but it would also work on Excel provided you have Spill-Range functionality...
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I am trying to extract the value like what we can do with vlookup, but in this case it has to coincide with the value on two different columns.
I want to extract the values which match with the two columns in yellow.
Sheet1 (where I am looking for coincidence of two values)
For that I am using the formula IF(COUNTIFS(....)=1;"value that I am looking for"; no match)
But I don´t know what to put on "value that I am looking for", because if I add directly the cell from the row, it delivers directly a wrong value.
Sheet2 (where I want to add these two values, and formula that I am testing)
If you have O365, you can use a combination of INDEX and FILTER function to do this
=INDEX(FILTER('Sheet 1'!$A$2:$E$10,('Sheet 1'!$A$2:$A$10='Sheet 2'!$B192)*('Sheet 1'!$E$2:$E$10='Sheet 2'!$C192),""),1,2)
You need to update the 'Sheet 1'!$A$2:$E$10 range according to your data.
Also note that this will return the 1st match of both Partner object and Value in Obj. Crcy row, even if there are multiple matches
Edit:
As suggested by #P.b in the comments below, you can also use:
=#FILTER('Sheet 1'!$B$2:$B$10,('Sheet 1'!$A$2:$A$10='Sheet 2'!$B192)*('Sheet 1'!$E$2:$E$10='Sheet 2'!$C192),"")
I am attempting to return the value of a cell from within a different sheet based upon two cell values in the second sheet.
As an example the Main and Second sheet have three columns each (Item, Code, Number), the difference being that the second sheet has only one row and two drop down lists that are populated with the Item(s) and Code(s) (from the Main sheet - i.e like a database table). From within the Second sheet I would like the Number to be returned from the main sheet, once the Item and Code had been selected from the drop down lists on the Second sheet.
Unfortunately I'm unsure as how to do this based off of multiple criteria. As far as I'm aware VLOOKUP only used one criteria over a range. I've attempted the following below which is accepted by Excel as a valid formula, however it doesn't return the correct value.
{=SUMPRODUCT((Main!A:A='Second'!A7) * (Main!C:C='Second'!E2) * (Main!G:G))}
I've interpreted the above as the first two sets of brackets being the range and condition to match and the last set being the range of values to return from. Is this a correct assumption and is this the correct use of that function?
Are there any other functions I could use?
Thank you, I have very little experience with Excel!
Have you taken a look at the magic INDEX combined with MATCH, and perhaps MATCH again?
INDEX returns the contents of a cell from a table provided a row and a column. Usage:
=INDEX([table to look in]; [COLUMN index]; [ROW index])
MATCH returns the indexes that match a criteria in the table. Usage:
=MATCH([Criteria];[table to look in])
And you can nest one inside the other the following way:
=INDEX([table to look for in];MATCH([Criteria];[Table to look for the particular Row]);[COLUMN, or a second MATCH to find the right column])
Or even combine a couple of MATCH as in
=INDEX([table to look for in];AND(MATCH(1);MATCH(2)); [Column to look for, or MATCH to look for in column])
Which I think is what you want.
If you need a SUM of something (as you used a SUM function before), just nest it inside the proper SUM function
I've got column which consist numbers of type 000.XX.XX
=COUNTIFS(temporary!$A1:$A200,">=000.11.35",temporary!$A1:$A200,"<=000.11.39")
this formula counts values between 000.11.35 and 000.11.39. But i want to count only unique values. How can I do this?
There is not a built-in function for this, as you can see from the several suggestions of how to accomplish this on the Office support site. If you can, you can switch to Google Sheets, and they have a "COUNTUNIQUE()" function.
As described at the link provided above, identify the unique items, either using a filer (this is static) or through repeatedly using the "FREQUENCY()" function. Then count the unique items in a separate step.
Lets say you have the data set in the first column, first you need to remove the repetitions in a second column with the following array formula (confirm the formula with Ctrl+Shift+Enter)
=IF(SUM((A2=$A$2:A2)*1)>1,"",A2)
this formula lists only unique values
I would remove your first 4 digits of your string to create a float number and then count it with the following array formula:
=SUM((IF((RIGHT($B$2:$B$14,4)>=RIGHT(G3,4))*(RIGHT($B$2:$B$14,4)<=RIGHT(G4,4)),$B$2:$B$14,"")<>"")*1)
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I am working on a statistical model where we use sumproduct to generate forecast values by multiplying coefficients in one table with variables in another. Right now it is being done manually and that is taking time. I would like to automate it but I'm not able to figure this out.
We are using concatenate to identify different rows to use for vlookup. The variable columns are the same in number for both tables. I need to multiply each variable cell respectively in both tables and sum them, hence sumproduct.
this is what I am trying to do
Forecast model 1 sales for product A in phones in USA = sumproduct([variables by year from table 1 for USA for phones], [Variables for USA phone product A model 1 from table 2] )
I hope someone can help me.
Proof of Concept
You will need to update the references to suit your spreadsheet table locations.
In cell E21 use the following and copy right and down as required:
=SUMPRODUCT(INDEX($G$3:$I$12,MATCH($B21&$A21&$C21,$A$3:$A$12,0),0),INDEX($F$15:$H$18,MATCH($A21&$C21&$D21&MID(E$20,16,1),$A$15:$A$18,0),0))
This process was simplified because you had a unique ID tag on each of the previous two tables that could be built from the information in the third table. If you ever get into double digit forecast models the MID() function part of the formula will need to be modified. The 16 in the mid function refers to the character location of the number in the forecast model sales header name in Table 3. As such you either need to keep that header format exactly the same or modify the position of the number in the MID() function.
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Explanation of Formulas
The following formulas were used in this solution:
SUMPRODUCT
INDEX
MATCH
MID
Concatenate
I will start with the assumption that you already understand sumproduct() as you were already using it before you ran into your problem. One thing to note about sumproduct is that it causes array like calculation to occur on the portion within it brackets. In this case we fed it two ranges of equal size. The difficult part was more an issue of determining those ranges.
Using your ID columns as a lookup row we used the match() function to determine which row to use. For the first set of variables we used the following to determine which row to look in:
=MATCH($B21&$A21&$C21,$A$3:$A$12,0)
Match is made up of three arguments inside the brackets:
MATCH(what to look for, where to look, type of match)
What we need to look for in table is a concatenation of various cells in Table 3 to build the ID in Table 1. It could have been written using the full formula:
=CONCATENATE($B21,$A21,$C21)
but the short form using & was used instead:
=$B21&$A21&$C21
Once we had what to look for we needed the range of where to look and supplied the ID column from table 1:
$A$3:$A$12
This now leaves the third and final argument of what type of search to perform. An exact match seemed to be the most appropriate match to perform so the value of 0 was supplied. What match returns is the row within the supplied range. It is relative to the range supplied and not the actual row in the spreadsheet. If it cannot make a match it will return an error instead of a row number.
Now that we know what row we want, we can use this information with the INDEX() function. The INDEX() function is made up of 3 arguments as well with the third argument being optional depending on if a 1D or 2D range is being indexed:
INDEX(Range to work with, 2D Row or 1D Position reference, 2D Column reference)
IN the case we are dealing with for the first table, the range to work with was your list of variables:
$G$3:$I$12
This is a 2D range. As such we need to tell INDEX() both what Row to look in as well as which Columns to look in. For the row to look in, we used the previously discussed MATCH() function. Since we want all columns and not just a specific column we use the value of 0. If Match returns an error, or if a number greater than the number of rows or columns selected is supplied, INDEX() will return an error. Based on the information discussed, the index function would look like:
=INDEX($G$3:$I$12,MATCH($B21&$A21&$C21,$A$3:$A$12,0),0)
You can try entering the above in a cell but it will give you an error. if you select three adjacent cells in the same row and use CONTROL+SHIFT+ENTER when entering the formula, Excel will add {} around the formula and it will be an array formula and should show you the three variables being used.
The same process as described above can be used for determining the second range of variable from Table 2. The only difference here is that the forecast model number was not in a column of its own but instead in the header row surrounded by text. As such the MID() function needed to be used to go into the header row, bypass the surrounding text and pull the model number out so it could be used as part of the CONCATENATION() used for the "what to look for" in MATCH():
=MID(E$20,16,1)
The MID() function work again with three arguments:
MID(Text to look in, which character to start at, how many characters to pull)
So in this case we are looking at the header in E20. Note the lock $ on the row number so the formula is always looking in row 20 no matter how far down it gets copied. It is then going to the 16th character. In this case the character "1" and pulling 1 character. If the header had just been 1 and 2, there would be no need for the MID function and the cell (with proper lock) could have been used.
I don't know if I'm going about this the wrong way but it seems like it should be simple. Column A has a list of Names. Along each row is several "W"'s. Another separate field has a drop down representing Column A names. I want to count the number of "W"'s in a row corresponding to what name I select. I've tried using VLOOKUP and COUNTIF but I can't figure out how to select the entire array and then single out the one row that matches my selected name. I can get it working with a bunch of IF statements but thats far too time consuming as I'm manually matching the name to the row (and it isn't future proof).
There are a few ways to first 'narrow in' on the row you're looking for, after which point you can use a simple COUNTIFS to check the number of W's in that row.
One method would be to simply use INDIRECT, and create the row reference on the fly, like so [assumes your search cell is C1]:
=COUNTIFS(INDIRECT(MATCH(C1,A:A,0)&":"&MATCH(C1,A:A,0)),"W")
This first uses MATCH to find the appropriate row, and then builds a reference to that row [like "24:24"], which becomes the row that INDIRECT passes to COUNTIFS, which counts that row for W's.
For only one use of INDIRECT, the high computing costs of INDIRECT should not be an issue.
Another method would be to point out the full possible box that data could be contained in [let's assume that at most only column H would be used], and then use INDEX to give us the appropriate row number, like so:
=COUNTIFS(INDEX(A:H,MATCH(C1,A:A,0)),0,"W")
This again uses MATCH to find the row which contains the value found in C1 within column A. Then it takes the full possible box from INDEX, and returns all columns from the particular row [note that telling index to return 0 for the column # actually returns all columns instead].
Other methods would be possible [for example OFFSET], but I believe these two show the principle fairly well.
You could use the "Helper" Column method:
In the helper column:
=COUNTIF(B2:H2,"W")
Then use SUMIF() in the totals column:
=SUMIF($A$2:$A$9,K2,$I$2:$I$9)