I was trying to modify that formula below. I am sure it is obvoius how to modify it, but now I need fresh approach. I spend to much time with it.
{=INDEX(WholeTable,MATCH(1,MMULT(--(ColumntSearch=[#Barcode]),TRANSPOSE(COLUMN(ColumntSearch)^0)),0),1)}
How it works.
I have list with scanned barcodes and the second one with informations to those barcodes.
Sadly few barcodes belong to the same row and are documented in one of 29 barcode columns.
That formula above is searching for barcode in different columns (29 of them,ColumnSearch) and giving as result one specific column in found row with searched barcode. In that example, it is the first one.
Example: Rw04235 was found in column K; row 2345. I get as result value from first column of row 2345. ex. ID2432
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I need it to be modifed to find in which column of 29 is my barcode and give me only result from that column first cell.
=COLUMN(INDEX(WholeTable,SUMPRODUCT(ROW(ColumntSearch)*(WholeTable=[#Barcode])),SUMPRODUCT(COLUMN('Source for S. Scanning'!$A$4:$AH$4)*(WholeTable=[#Barcode]))))
It gives me back which column contain that barcode, so I can use that column number to get first row value thanks!
EDIT (from OverflowStacker)
=SUMPRODUCT(ROW(ColumntSearch)*(WholeTable=[#Barcode]))
gives the row-number of the match.
=INDEX(WholeTable,SUMPRODUCT(ROW(ColumntSearch)*(WholeTable=[#Barcode])),1)
should suffice to get the wanted value. Adapt the 1 according to your needs.
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So I'm going to eventually have 3 sheets. Sheet 1 is where I have data (numbers for a category and a name associated with it. Sheet 2 is where I pull the top 5 users for each category. Sheet 3 is where I have a leaderboard for points gained.
Right now I'm trying to work with Sheet 2 (grab the top 5 performers from each category. I'm fairly new to Excel, but after some research it seemed that XLOOKUP would be the way to go. (i'll attach screenshots below.
I'm using this formula:
=XLOOKUP(LARGE('Cases Test for Categories'!$C$18:$C$55,1),'Cases Test for Categories'!$C$18:$C$55,'Cases Test for Categories'!$A$18:$A$55)
however when using it I get all 0's.
Here's a screenshot of values I'm trying to grab from "Warranty Service Request"
and here is a screenshot when applying my formula
The solution I would want is to grab the 5 largest numbers from sheet 1 with the person name as well.
I don't think that XLOOKUP can get you anywhere near what you want but the formula below will get you one step closer.
=INDEX(List,MATCH(LARGE(INDEX(List, ,2),1),INDEX(List,,2),0),1)
In fact, it's the explanation of that formula which will be of help. Here we go.
List is a named range, perhaps equal to your 'Cases Test for Categories'!$C$18:$C$55. The reason for using a name is obvious. It's shorter. In my test List = A2:B6, in case you want to reconstruct it. Column 1 has names, column 2 numbers.
The term INDEX(List,,2) specifies the second column of List. You can replace the '2' with a formula to specify different columns of the named range.
In fact, INDEX(List,,1) does specify the first column and INDEX(List,4,1) specifies the 4th cell in that column, and that is exactly what you see in my formula. All of MATCH(LARGE(INDEX(List, ,2),1),INDEX(List,,2),0) just serves to find the row number in List, in this example the number 4.
Of course, LARGE(INDEX(List, ,2),1) returns the largest number in column2 of List. The '1' can be replaced by a formula, for example ROW()-1 which would return 1 if placed in row 2 and count up from there as it's copied down. Try =ROW()-1 in any cell in row 2 and copy the formula down.
MATCH([LARGEST],INDEX(List,,2),0) returns the row number where the largest was found, and that is the number we need to return the name from the first column of List.
This will work perfectly for one column and can easily be modified to work for different columns. Your question doesn't specify how you would like to arrange the 5 results from each category but the formula can be modified a little to accommodate whatever you want. What it can not do is to deal with ties. MATCH(LARGE can only find the first of several identical results.
To break ties in this sort of operation is complicated and must be done ether by helper columns in the data table or using VBA. It's definitely the topic of another question. For now I hope that it's a problem you will not have to anticipate.
I'm trying to make a schedule of available workers after they have given me their availability. I would like a list generated of all people who say they can work on a specific day.
Ideally I would create some kind of list that looks like this:
I'm actually trying to schedule volunteers for my swim team, not employees, but the idea is the same. The form that they are filling out can also have blank spots (not shown in data table above, but possible) and the dates in the first column will also be out of order. I can manually fix both of those things, but if there is a solution that does not require me to fill in the blanks or sort the dates that would be ideal. I'm using Excel 2019 on a Win10 PC.
Starting in I2 you would have
=IFERROR(INDEX($B$1:$G$1,AGGREGATE(15,6,COLUMN($B$2:$G$7)
/(INDEX($B$2:$G$7,MATCH(I$1,$A$2:$A$7,0),0)="yes"),ROWS($1:1))-COLUMN($A:$A)),"")
so you are finding the right row in B2:G7 by doing a match on the date in column A, then finding the first, second, third... column which has a Yes in it, and finally getting the matching name from the first row.
You can see what's happening by stepping through the formula with evaluate formula:
(1) find the right row in B2:G7 by index/match
It's matching the date (stored as a number, 43466) against the list of dates in column A. The matching position is 1, which gives the row, and the column parameter in the Index function is 0 so you get the whole row.
(2) Find which cells contain 'yes'
The values in the array which do contain yes will be replaced with true and the ones which don't will be set to false.
(3) Do the division
This is the crux of the whole thing. What aggregate is going to do is to ignore the #div/0 entries (because we used option 6) and work out the lowest (minimum) column which corresponds to a 'yes', which is 2. It's the lowest because rows($1:1) just works out to 1 so you get the 'first smallest'.
(4) Adjust the column so that you get it relative to the first column of B2:G7. You could just subtract 1, but I'm trying to make it so that it still works if you insert a column to the left of the range.
5) Then all that's left is to index into the list of names in B1:G1
ending up with Albert.
As the formula is pulled down, rows ($1:1) changes to rows ($1:2) etc. so you get the second smallest column with a yes in it and so you get the second name. Eventually it errors out when there are no more matching names so IFERROR comes into play and you get a blank cell.
I'm working with a set of data in excel. Data is entered into rows for items specified in columns. The first column contains a date. A cell in the same row of one of the columns contains the name of a person and in another cell in the same row but different column may contain a number larger than zero (or it may be empty).
I need to create a formula which returns the date when a number larger than zero was last entered into that column for a specific name. This is a "living list" which keeps on growing and the same names appear in different rows, sometimes with a number in the column a mentioned and sometimes not.
I found an old thread on this site on a similar subject which got me as far as knowing the date of the last entry containing the persons name but I'm still not able to configure it to show me when that specific person also had a number larger than zero in that column.
Here's the thread: How to get the newest value from a column with conditions
My current formula looks like this:
=INDEX($A:$A,MATCH(MAX(IF($G:$G=Sheet7!C5,$A:$A,0)),IF($G:$G=Sheet7!C5,$A:$A,"")))
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Column A contains the dates
Column G contains the names (and "Sheet7!C5" is a reference to a name)
The value column I need to add to the mix is column AY
I feel there must be a simple solution (a small add on to the formula) to solve this but I always end up with an error.
Thanks in advance :)
Edit: Here is a simplified example of the data entry and output list needed.
For this you need to sort the date DESCENDING and format the table as Excel Table
Edit: you can sort the date ascending. See explanation at the end.
Using your example, then the formula will be
=INDEX(TableData[Activity A], MATCH($B14, TableData[Employee initials], 0))
This works just like the usual VLOOKUP or INDEX MATCH, fetching the first date on an activity matching the employee initials.
You can use VLOOKUP, but you'll need to dynamically name the range of each columns.
Edit: Just today I found an interesting behavior of MATCH when it found multiple matching values. If you use 1 instead of 0, then it will fetch the last matching value on the list.
So, you can use this formula instead in ASCENDING table.
=INDEX(TableData[Activity A], MATCH($B14, TableData[Employee initials], 1))
I'm trying to fill out a sheet with a somewhat complicated criteria, I have four columns I'm interested in, however the columns are mixed into a much larger table, sorry vlookup :(
There are two columns that contain an ID# and a Category, one column with date and time stamp, and one that MAY contain a date and time stamp. (Column1,2,3,4 respectively)
Column 3 is when an action took place, Column 4 is the next time that action with the same ID# and Category has to have been completed by.
Essentially I need a cell(s) that will check for a date in Column 4, if there is one, find the next value in Column 3 that is greater than that of column 3 in the row with the value in Column 4, AND has the same ID, AND Category and compare them to see if it was done on time, preferably also by how much if it was late.
I'm able to find it almost with:
{=MAX(IF([#[Column 2]]=[Column 2],[Column 4]))}
Entered as an array formula, however that will only give me the last time that Category was given a "Next Due Date" and similarly with Column 1 replaced for Column 2 in the code sample above, I only get the last time that ID# was given a "Next Due Date".
As some Event ID# can be around for many days, and can run concurrently with others there's no guarantee all IDs will be grouped, nor Categories within those IDs.
It appears any attempts to add an AND(.. function break the array, though I'm not positive I'm not just messing up the placement of it.
It's perfectly fine if the solution involves creating helper cells.
The table is sorted chronologically by column 3 with the latest date at the top if that's any help.
TYVM for even taking the time to read this :)
Edit 1:
Sample Data
I've included an image with some sample data, to clarify the awkward sentence above. The orange arrows are pointing to two dates that would be compared and the event was late. the Green points to a group that was on time.
the categories are
Those two are being compared because each set has the same category, and ID. I hope that clears it up :)
You could try this formula (goes into column E):
=IFERROR( IF($D2<>"", LOOKUP(2,1/($F1:$F$2=$F2),$C1:$C$2), ""), "")
Very important here are the $ signs, as the searched area is supposed to move with the row. (Note: this formula goes into E2. You then copy > pastespecial (only Formulas) it into the rest of the column.)
My table looks like this:
A B C D E F
ID Category Start-date Due-Date Completion-Date ID+Cat. (Helper column)
The formula in F is simply =$A2 & $B2. The data starts in Row 2.
You will need to replace the columns with yours.
Please let me know if this is what you were looking for.
Sorry for the confusing title, I'm not really sure how to word this.
I have a table full of names and data, let's say 3 columns. One is names, the second is dates, and the third is numbers. I wanted to find the second highest number in the whole column, which I think I got with the LARGE function.
But now, I want to, in a different sheet, make it so that a cell shows the name or date for that second largest number I just found.
Is there anyway I could go about doing this?
For finding the Name you can use:
=INDEX(A:A,MATCH(LARGE(C:C,2),C:C,0))
And for finding the Date you can use:
=INDEX(B:B,MATCH(LARGE(C:C,2),C:C,0))
This supposes that your Names column is A, Dates is B and Numbers is C. Also consider the it supposes that the numbers values are unique otherwise it will find the first occurrence of that number. Regards,