So I'm trying to create an Excel sheet to split the values of 70 items into six groups.
For reference, this is to divide my grandma's estate evenly for her six children. I have approx. 70 items and their appraised values in an Excel sheet, but not sure the best way to go about this. I was hoping to use Solver, but haven't been able to figure it out.
Ideally I could make it so people could pick specific items that they want and run the Excel sheet again to re-balance all the values.
Thanks!
So set this up, based on a thrown together set of values.
Each sumproduct is held to be <= to the (total value / 6)-10. You may want to reduce this to 5 or 2 etc but the smaller you go the harder it is to solve due to the values of the items.
I have done this for 30 items, there is a limit to the number of variables in the Solver - if you hit that then you might consider pairing items, or manually setting some will help, see below.
You might want to add something for sentimental value - I will leave you to consider that.
As for manually setting some items then you can set those items to one, move them to the top or bottom and remove them from the Solver variable cells - that way they won't get changed, but they still need to be included for the value. If the values are similar then they can be taken out if the differences are ignored by the parties.
So, edited the model, see below. Note that 1 item is not allocated. This could be addressed by changing the constraint controlling cells J9:J38 but it comes down to the difficulty of finding an exact solution and that is also why the 10 can be adjusted...
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Hopefully the title makes some sense because I'm trying to wrap my head around the logic and I'm not quite sure how to phrase the question.I'll try to give a brief explanation of the end goal without over complicating it with unnecessary details.
I have a table of survey score averages for every month per person and a correlating table with the number of surveys each person received for each month. The logic is essentially multiple the score for each month by the number of surveys, combine them, divide by the total number of surveys within that time period to get their true average. Where things get a little complicated is that I have to include the ability to set a custom date range and return the value. So sometimes I might be looking at the average for Jan - Apr, other times I might just be looking at Feb-Mar etc.
I think sumproduct is going to get what I need done but I'm running into issues trying to write it out. I've written it several different ways and none of them worked so here's one that best conveys what I'm trying to do,
=SUMPRODUCT(--(F7:I7,L7:O7>=C2),--(F7:I7,L7:O7<=C3),--(E8:E12,K8:K12=B9),tbl_average[[Jan-20]:[Apr-20]],tbl_surveys[[Jan-20]:[Apr-20]])
I super appreciate any assistance I can get on this. I'm hoping the end result is not nearly as difficult as I'm making it out to be.
Some additional information:
I'm going to be using this same process to calculate multiple metrics across multiple worksheets.In the test example each of the tables will most likely be on different sheets. The dashboard with the calculated results will contain everyone's names and will be filtered and rearranged frequently, so I need to make sure we're always matching directly to their names and not just the relative rows. Basically, in my example I show that Agent 1 is always lined up on row 8 but that's not always going to be the case. Agent 1 could be in Row 8 on Sheet 1, Row 10 on Sheet 2, and Row 12 on Sheet 3 and I need all the correct values to multiply and sum against one another.
Example data with desired outcome that I need to calculate
I have 12 items of a certain current value. I have a 'soft' cap of $1,000,000 for these values. Some of the items fall above, and some below this cap level.
I have an amount of money (for this example $900,000) that I want to distribute amongst only the items that fall below the cap (in this example 6 items), with the aim of bringing the value of these items up to but not over the cap value.
If I distribute the $900,000 evenly over these 6 items (each receiving $150,000), you can see that items 2 and 9 would then be over the $1,000,000 cap. So items 2 and 9 should only receive $100,000 to raise their value to the cap, then the remaining 4 items would receive and equal share on the remaining pool of money ($700,000 / 4 = $175,000).
So I need a formula to check every item to see if it needs a distribution (i.e below the cap) and then portion/divide out the money pool as illustrated above in the desired distribution column.
Note: The pool of money to be distributed can change. Also the number of items below the cap can change. The cap value itself can change.
I am hoping to avoid VBA or Solver because the spreadsheet could be used on other people's computers.
Hopefully this makes sense. Thanks.
EDIT:
So far I have been able to get close by adding a helper column and using the following formula:
=IF(SUM($F$6:F14)=$D$23,0,E15*MIN(D15,($D$23-SUM($F$6:F14))/SUM(E15:$E$18)))
Working example when values are sorted.
This seems to work when the values are sorted in descending order, as shown in the example image above. But seems to break when the values are a bit more randomly assorted which is likely to happen (as in the original post).
Just to give you an idea of how the solver can be set up to do a capital budget model here is one, also shows the solver and its settings:
I am building a pricing guide in excel.
When entering a product, I list the name, size and how much I paid for it.
I want to know how to make the size divisible. for example; "32oz" would have a value of 32.
I could just create five columns, one for name of the product, one for unit of measurement, one for value, and the combination of the two; B1=32, C1=oz, D1=B1&C1, then hide the cells, but this seems sloppy.
Can I create a declaration, so excel know 32oz=32 from a list?
The point of this is to make it user friendly. If I program all the values into it, then anyone using it doesn't have to remember to unhide cells, then listing everything.
This is currently what I have:
I have a problematic table, which is interconnected and goes out of memory often, but I've limited it to show 50 items, but now want to limit it to show only lines that one column calculated. The calculation - one price minus another one. I need to limit the lines so that the % or the value is less than 0 (meaning everything with -% or -<0 is acceptable).
Using a calculated dimension does not let me do an if function to accomplish this. The deduction does not work for some reason.
Any help?
I just edited the formula to "=if(dimension='-' or dimension='0', null(), dimension)". So the kicker was actually setting this all to "null()" so the "Suppress When Value Is Null" recognizes things to null.
This actually solves my problem in a different way, however the goal is the same. This skips the values where a calculation is impossible due to lack from one source.
[UPDATE Jun-3rd-2017]: I figured out exactly what I needed. I just made the calculation on the script side and now a calculated dimension is actually restricting all of the values by the calculated dimension as was intended.
I've done some Googling for each of my issues but haven't found exactly the results as I wanted. Things I need to be done doesn’t probably include any macros/VBA skills, just basic knowledge of Excel.
Now to my spreadsheet. I'm a Dota 2 player and I like statistics. I like it that much that I'd like to keep track of my achievements and results. Only problem is that the game tracker sucks and to get great information in web you have to pay for it, so I decided it's time for me to create my own spreadsheet to track my skills.
I don't know which place is the best to share my spreadsheet but I uploaded it to Estonian uploading host, link is here. I will also provide with pictures so you don't have to download anything.
This is what it looks like in general:
Problem number 1: The left table, or column has 1000 rows. In web design it's possible to make elements fixed depending on the scroll, I'd like to use similar feature here. If the table gets scrolled down, the right table (area with games, bonus and graph) will get scrolled down with it.
Problem number 2: Average MMR. I'd like to show average MMR after each entry depending on the first entries. Right now there's avg MMR for J4:J8. The calculation for J8 looks like this: =AVERAGE(C4:C8). For J7 it looks like this: =AVERAGE(C4:C7). I'd like to do this for all my 1000 rows, but I don't want to type it out. If I try to drag down from the corner, it will continue with C5:C8, C6:C9 etc (so it changes the starting point)
Problem number 3: Under longestGame there's currently Date and Hero. This should show the Date and Hero of which the longest game occurred. I tried to do this with LOOKUP function but it required table to be in ascending order, which I don't want. For current, 44,22, there should be Storm Spirit and 14.06.2015.
Problem number 4: Graph. I'd like to display three series on graph - MMR, average MMR and game length (time). The problem is, that MMR and average MMR will be in the numbers on 3000-7000 but the game length will only be probably in timeframe 20:00-120:00. Maybe it's possible to add two sets of values to the Y axis or maybe set Time series maximum 200:00 and minimum 0:00 and create graph according to this. I'm really stupid making graphs and I haven't figured out a clever way yet.
Problem number 5: Graph again. Right now I have to set the series for the graph. I've currently set it to C4:C54 (so 50 rows). I'd like it to move around a bit and by that I mean that if there happens to be C55-th game then the graph would start from C5:C55 and move along (so it'll count 50 last games).
I'm in a benevolent mood so rather than downvoting your question, because it is not really suitable for this forum I'm going to give you some hints and guidance. The numbers below correspond to the problems in your question.
Excel permits more than one window to be used on the same workbook -
so one window can show the data and one the summary.
Find out about absolute and relative cell addressing - its a valuable bit of knowledge for anyone serious about Excel and it will be of use in solving your problem.
Find out about the MATCH function. You can use this to find out which row of your table contains the longest game, shortest game, max MMR, min MMR by matching an element from the summary on the right (cols M onward) against the appropriate column table on the left. The find out about the INDEX function - this can be used to pull the values in the columns for Hero and Date which correspond to a specific row (such as the row containing the longest game, shortest game, etc). Search INDEX MATCH and find out why using these two functions in combination is often preferred to using the VLOOKUP function
Persevere - there are graph options available to do what you want and the only way to really learn is to go through the pain of trying them out, failing and working at it until you succeed.
Set up an area of worksheet to hold the 50*3 table of data for your graphs. Find out about the COUNT function and think how it might be of use in determining which rows of the data table map to the 50 rows of graph data. Then think about how to populate the graph data table using one of the functions mentioned above. Incidentally, C4:C54 is actually 51 rows, not 50.