Excel - search function with wildcards - excel

I have the following formula:
=(OR(ISERR(SEARCH("20??",F3871,1))=FALSE,F3871="",F3871 = "Customer Number:"))
which is setup as a helper column in order to pull another formula and manipulate some data.
My issue is that some of the products we have are being counted in the first OR section (ex. code 1320-T is being counted because there are 2 values to the right of 20 ), however the goal was to only select the years beyond 2005 only.
Is there a way to change the first parameter of SEARCH to reflect only years starting with 20.
Perhaps there is a better formula to use
Thank you.
sample data:
FALSE 1142-CR
FALSE 1142-TL
FALSE 1320
TRUE 1320-T
Note: There is a mix of years and products in this column which is why I am trying to clean it up and put the data into a table. Most products this will not be an issue but a few have the "20" in them

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COUNTIFS column A or B as range

I am struggling hard with the logic here.. COUNTIFS with OR condition for the criteria is fairly simple:
=SUM(COUNTIFS(range,criteria range1,{criteria1,criteria1.1},criteria range2,criteria2))
Though.. what if I need to have an OR condition on the range itself?
I have two columns containing week number for "Attempt 1" and "Attempt 2", then one with status, so my formula looks like this:
=SUM(COUNTIFS(raw[week1],refToWeekNumberCell,raw[status],{"Success","Try again","Fail","Invalid"}))
..so I'm looking to count how many "Invalid" or "Valid" (all the other statuses) I have at any given week. If the status is "Invalid" there will only ever be one attempt. So checking against the column "Week 1" is enough. If I however want to check number of "Valid attempts", I will need to check against both the "Week1" and "Week2" column.. Can this be done somehow? Do I need a helper column, and if so, how do I formulate that one?
Sample data:
Raw table:
Week1
Week2
Status
7
7
Success
7
-
Success
7
-
Invalid
7
8
Success
7
8
Success
8
8
Success
Table seems to look good in preview, but not when posted, so:
Expected result: Count of Week 8 that are not Invalid either in column "Week 1" OR "Week2". Since Invalid always only have anything under "Week 1" then that is easy. But on row 5, the logic fails as I can only use one column as the range..
If it doesn't get much more complicated than two columns, you could use:
=SUM(IF((A2:A7=8)+(B2:B7=8)>=1,1,0)*(C2:C7<>"Invalid"))
The "+" is typically used to act as some sort of "Or" validation inside such boolean-structures. However, if you have more columns, the MMULT() variant is much easier to maintain.
=SUM(--(MMULT((A2:B7=8)*(C2:C7<>"Invalid"),{1,1})>0))
As you are using Excel365 then try-
=COUNTA(FILTER(C2:C7,MMULT((A2:B7=8)*(C2:C7<>"Invalid"),SEQUENCE(COLUMNS(A2:B2)))))

Excel CUBEVALUE & CUBESET count records greater than a number

I am writing a series of queries to my workbook's data model to retrieve the number of documents by Category_Name which are greater than a certain numbers of days old (e.g. >=650).
Currently this formula (entered in celll C3) returns the correct number for a single Days Old value (=3).
=CUBEVALUE("ThisWorkbookDataModel",
"[Measures].[Count of Docs]",
"[EDD_Report].[Category_Name].&["&$B2&"]",
"[EDD_Report_10-01-18].[Days Old].[34]")
How do I return the number of documents for Days Old values >=650?
The worksheet looks like:
A B C
1 Date PL Count of Docs
2 10/1/2018 ALD 3
3 ...
UPDATE: As suggested in #ama 's answer below, the expression in step B did not work.
However, I created a subset of the Days Old values using
=CUBESET("ThisWorkbookDataModel",
"{[EDD_Report_10-01-18].[Days Old].[all].[650]:[EDD_Report_10-01-18].[Days Old].[All].[3647]}")
The cell containing this cubeset is referenced as the third Member_expression of the original CUBEVALUE formula. The limitation is now that the values for the beginning and end must be members of the Days Old set.
This is limiting, in that, I was hoping for a more general test for >=650 and there is no way to guarantee that specific values of Days Old will be in the query.
First time I hear about CUBE, so you got me curious and I did some digging. Definitely not an expert, but here is what I found:
MDX language should allow you to provide value ranges in the form of {[Table].[Field].[All].[LowerBound]:[Table].[Field].[All].[UpperBound]}.
A. Get the total number of entries:
D3 =CUBEVALUE("ThisWorkbookDataModel",
"[Measures].[Count of Docs]",
"[EDD_Report].[Category_Name].&["&$B2&"]"),
"{[EDD_Report_10-01-18].[Days Old].[All]")
B. Get the number of entries less than 650:
E3 =CUBEVALUE("ThisWorkbookDataModel",
"[Measures].[Count of Docs]",
"[EDD_Report].[Category_Name].&["&$B2&"]"),
"{[EDD_Report_10-01-18].[Days Old].[All].[0]:[EDD_Report_10-01-18].[Days Old].[All].[649]}")
Note I found something about using .[All].[650].lag(1)} but I think for it to work properly your data might need to be sorted?
C. Substract
C3 =D3-E3
Alternatively, go for the quick and dirty:
=CUBEVALUE("ThisWorkbookDataModel",
"[Measures].[Count of Docs]",
"[EDD_Report].[Category_Name].&["&$B2&"]"),
"{[EDD_Report_10-01-18].[Days Old].[All].[650]:[EDD_Report_10-01-18].[Days Old].[All].[99999]}")
Hope this helps and do let me know, I am still curious!

Index Match to return MAX Date with multiple criteria

apologies for this, I'm assuming this is simple but a few hours of SO googling hasn't helped
Enough whining from me:
Consider the following dataset:
ID, Date, Review, Review Status
1 01/02/18, "Cool", Positive
1 01/03/18, "Awesome", " Positive
1 01/01/18, "Cumbersome", Negative
1 01/02/18, "Rubbish!", " Negative
I'm currently using an array type index match to get the latest review based on a few conditions
I have two columns one which says positive, one negative.
in each of the column I would like to return the latest positive review but I'm unsure how to get the max date within the below formula:
{=index(C2:C4, MATCH(1,(1 = A2:A4)*("Positive" = D2:D4)*(maxdatehere = B2:B4),0))}
The data I have is around 7k rows and is Google Review Data and pretty much matches the example above.
I'd rather not use VBA as I've never really used it before (but will do so grudgingly)
as this is excel I've not created a google demo sheet, but happy to do so for ease of the experts and for others to benfit if they find there way here one day.
If you have Office 365:
=INDEX(C2:C5, MATCH(1,(1 = A2:A5)*("Positive" = D2:D5)*(MAXIFS(B:B,A:A,1,D:D,"Positive") = B2:B5),0))
Confirme with Ctrl-Shift-enter instead of Enter when exiting edit mode.
If you have 2010 or later then:
=INDEX(C:C,AGGREGATE(15,7,ROW(C2:C5)/((A2:A5=1)*(D2:D5="Positive")*(AGGREGATE(14,7,B2:B5/((A2:A5=1)*(D2:D5="Positive")),1)=B2:B5)),1))
Entered normally.

combining IF and AND statement not working in excel

I am trying to calculate the percentage, here the rules are as follows:
01. Employees working in IT department for more than 10 years will get 7% and rest of the IT guys will get 6.5%
02. And for rest of the departments, we have different percentages
Here H column represents various departments and F is working experience and in column I we're getting the main value from which we have to calculate the percentages.
Here's what I tried
=IF(AND(H5="IT",F5<10),I5*6.5%,I5*7%,IF(H5="PRODUCTION",I5*9%,IF(H5="MARKETING",I5*6%,IF(H5="LAW",I5*6%,IF(H5="HR",I5*9.36%)))))
This is showing You've entered too many arguments
Your first If statement, really had one too many argument.
=IF(AND(H5="IT",F5<10),I5*6.5%,IF(H5="PRODUCTION",I5*9%,IF(H5="MARKETING",I5*6%,IF(H5="LAW",I5*6%,IF(H5="HR",I5*9.36%,I5*7%)))))
Since each new if is nested as the FALSE eventuality. Look at the end for that 7%.
Edit:
My bad(reading your comment made me realize), there are two error in your formula.
One has been discussed, the second is how you nested those IT percentage.
=IF(AND(H5="IT",F5>=10),I5*7%,IF(AND(H5="IT",F5<10),I5*6.5%,IF(H5="PRODUCTION",I5*9%,IF(H5="MARKETING",I5*6%,IF(H5="LAW",I5*6%,IF(H5="HR",I5*9.36%,""))))))
In this version I added another IF statement. We could have avoided it by defining either one of the IT's rate as the ELSE result same as my initial answer. Now all predictable eventuality have their own TRUE match. An unexpected value will return an empty string. Maybe you want it to be 0 instead...
(1) IF(AND(...))= conditions
(2) I5 * 6.5% = value if true
(3) I5 * 7% = value if false
Therefore, you already indicate value if false and another if statement is not allowed. I would remove (3) and put it to the very end of your formula. As such, once none of the previous conditions are met, it will automatically take on the value of 7%.

Return a row number that matches multiple criteria in vbs excel

I need to be able to search my whole table for a row that matches multiple criteria. We use a program that outputs data in the form of a .csv file. It has rows that separate sets of data, each of these headers don't have any columns that are unique in of them self but if i searched the table for multiple values i should be able to pinpoint each header row. I know i can use Application.WorksheetFunction.Match to return a row on a single criteria but i need to search on two three or four criteria.
In pseudo-code it would be something like this:
Return row number were column A = bill & column B = Woods & column C = some other data
We need to work with arrays:
There are 2 kinds of arrays:
numeric {1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1}
boolean {TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE}
to convert between them we can use:
MATCH function
MATCH(1,{1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1},0) -> will result {TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE}
simple multiplication
{TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE}*{TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE} -> will result {1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1}
you can can check an array in the match function, entering it like in the picture below, be warned that MATCH function WILL TREAT AN ARRAY AS AN "OR" FUNCTION (one match will result in true
ie:
MATCH(1,{1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1},0)=TRUE
, YOU MUST CTR+SHIFT+ENTER !!! FOR IT TO GIVE AN ARRAY BACK!!!
in the example below i show that i want to sum the hours of all the employees except the admin per case
we have 2 options, the long simple way, the complicated fast way:
long simple way
D2=SUMPRODUCT(C2:C9,(A2=A2:A9)*("admin"<>B2:B9)) <<- SUMPRODUCT makes a multiplication
basically A1={2,3,11,3,2,4,5,6}*{0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0} (IT MUST BE A NUMERIC ARRAY TO THE RIGHT IN SUMPRODUCT!!!)
ie: A1=2*0+3*1+11*1+3*0+2*0+4*0+5*0+6*0
this causes a problem because if you drag the cell to autocomplete the rest of the cells, it will edit the lower and higher values of
ie: D9=SUMPRODUCT(C9:C16,(A9=A9:A16)*("admin"<>B9:B16)), which is out of bounds
same as the above if you have a table and want to view the results in a diferent order
the fast complicated way
D3=SUMPRODUCT(INDIRECT("c2:c9"),(A3=INDIRECT("a2:a9"))*("admin"<>INDIRECT("b2:b9")))
it's the same, except that INDIRECT was used on the cells that we want not be modified when autocompleting or table reorderings
be warned that INDIRECT sometimes give VOLATILE ERROR,i recommend not using it on a single cell or using it only once in an array
f* c* i cant post pictures :(
table is:
case emplyee hours totalHoursPerCaseWithoutAdmin
1 admin 2 14
1 him 3 14
1 her 11 14
2 him 3 5
2 her 2 5
3 you 4 10
3 admin 5 10
3 her 6 10
and for the functions to check the arrays, open the insert function button (it looks like and fx) then doubleclick MATCH and then if you enter inside the Lookup_array a value like
A2=A2:A9 for our example it will give {TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE} that is because only the first 3 lines are from case=1
Something like this?
Assuming that you data in in A1:C20
I am looking for "Bill" in A, "Woods" in B and "some other data" in C
Change as applicable
=IF(INDEX(A1:A20,MATCH("Bill",A1:A20,0),1)="Bill",IF(INDEX(B1:B20,MATCH("Woods",B1:B20,0),1)="Woods",IF(INDEX(C1:C20,MATCH("some other data",C1:C20,0),1)="some other data",MATCH("Bill",A1:A20,0),"Not Found")))
SNAPSHOT
I would use this array* formula (for three criteria):
=MATCH(1,((Range1=Criterion1)*(Range2=Criterion2)*(Range3=Criterion3)),0)
*commit with Ctrl+Shift+Enter

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