I have a table in excel that I want to verify some %, but the formula goes down in the cell and the table goes to the right.
There is any way to modify the way the cells in the formula moves?
There's an inelegant solution: add an adjacent column of ordinal numbers starting from 1 (1,2,3, etc), and then refer in your formula to (for example):
=OFFSET($A$2,0,D6)
Hopefully this picture makes it clearer.
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I have a query regarding the OFFSET and TRANSPOSE formulas. I have the following two sheets set up in Google Sheets (originally in Excel):
First sheet:
Formula in cell B2: =transpose('Form responses 1'!A2:BB2) (original)
=transpose(offset('Form responses 1'!A$2:BB$2,COLUMNS($A$2:A2)-1,0)) (current)
Formula in cell C2: =transpose('Form responses 1'!A3:BB3)
Formula in cell D2: =transpose('Form responses 1'!A4:BB4)
I would like the references to increase by row (vertically down) rather than by column (horizontally right) when I drag across to copy the formula.
Second sheet:
As you can see in the first sheet, I am trying to TRANSPOSE data from the second sheet using said formula. However when I go to drag the formula across (horizontally) it references the column when instead I need it to reference the row (if I drag it downwards it works fine but that is not what I need in this particular case).
I understand I need to implement a OFFSET function, something along the lines of: =transpose(offset('Form responses 1'!A$2:BB$2,COLUMNS($A$2:A2)-1,0))
I am unsure of what the last part would need to be, COLUMNS($A$2:A2)-1,0, what should I change this to to get the desire result?
If I have not explained thoroughly enough please let me know, thanks.
Use arrayformula and you won't have to drag anything. Try:
=arrayformula(transpose('Form responses 1'!A$1:BB$4))
I am working on a personal budget sheet in excel, and it's formatted based on my pay dates, to provide more drilled-down information. I have attached an example of it below for reference.
I would like to put a formula into J2, J3, and J4 which will take the data in cells C9:C26 and H9:H16, match it to the date in cells D2:D4, then subtract the expenses in D9:D26 and I9:I16 from E2, E3, and E4.
As you can see, I have just individually summed the cells; however, I would like a formula to be able to adjust as I change the value in cells C9:C26 and H9:H16.
I have found that I can do it with ONE cell, but not multiple or a range. This is the formula I used, and I cannot find a way to make it apply to the entire range of cells: =IF(C14=D3,E3-D14)
I've also tried: =IF(C9:C25=D3,E3-D9:D25) -- I know this formula doesn't work and why. I cannot figure out how to get column C to correspond with column D.
The Budget Sheet
You just need to use SumIf().
In cell J2, put this formula: =SumIf($C$9:$C$25,$I2,$D$9:$D$25)+SumIf($H$9:$H$25,$I2,$I$9:$I$25) and drag down the three cells.
With that, you can add E2-[formula] to subtract all that from E2. Or of course, just do e2-J2 instead. I think that should do what you're looking for. If it's not quite it, let me know and I can tweak.
If you plan to have more than 1 criteria go with SUMIFS
Yes, with S
I am attempting to use an IF statement to check whether the sum of two cells from another Excel sheet is greater than or equal to 1.
For a sheet called Test1 with the values of interest in column C, this is what I have so far, which works fine:
=IF((Test1!C1+Test1!C2>=1),1,0)
In column B on a second sheet that I'll call Test2, I want to copy this formula down 200,000 rows. However, if the aforementioned formula is in cell B1, for the formula in B2 I would like the formula to read:
=IF((Test1!C3+Test1!C4>=1),1,0)
I want to copy the formula down the column so that the second cell reference in the formula in the first row does not become the first cell reference in the formula in the second row (eg. it would go C1+C2, then C3+C4, C5+C6, etc.).
I have tried manually entering the formula for a few rows, highlighting those, and copying them down but can't get the desired cell reference pattern. If I highlight and drag these first three formulae down another three rows, C4 and C5 are repeated and not in the correct pair.
=IF((Test1!C1+Test1!C2>=1),1,0)
=IF((Test1!C3+Test1!C4>=1),1,0)
=IF((Test1!C5+Test1!C6>=1),1,0)
=IF((Test1!C4+Test1!C5>=1),1,0)
=IF((Test1!C6+Test1!C7>=1),1,0)
=IF((Test1!C8+Test1!C9>=1),1,0)
I have tried using OFFSET() within this formula but couldn't get it to work. I am basically just wanting to add 1 to each of the cell references in the formula, as compared to the previous row (but not to actually add 1 to the value of that cell, as would happen with C1+1 for example).
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
If you plan on copying this down 200K rows then you will want the absolute simplest formula that accomplishes the stagger. Avoid the volatile OFFSET function or be prepared to spend a lot of time waiting for random calculation cycles to complete. A volatile function will recalculate whenever anything in the workbook changes; not just when something changes that involved the formula in the cell.
=--(SUM(INDEX(Test1!C:C, (ROW(1:1)-1)*2+1), INDEX(Test1!C:C, (ROW(1:1)-1)*2+2))>=1)
The following formula should do the trick:
=(SUM(INDIRECT("C"&ROW()*2-1);INDIRECT("C"&ROW()*2))>=1)*1
And that's the version using IF:
=IF(SUM(INDIRECT("C"&ZEILE()*2-1);INDIRECT("C"&ROW()*2))>=1;1;0)
You say I am basically just wanting to add '1' to each of the cell references in the formula but appear to be incrementing by 2, so I am confused but an option might be to apply you existing formula to 400,000 rows, together with =ISODD(ROW()) in another column, then filter on that other column to select and delete those showing FALSE.
Excel's autofill won't do the 2-cell shift that you're looking for. You can use the functionality that is there.
Put =IF((Test1!C1+Test1!C2>=1),1,0) in the top cell and drag a copy to the second row (it will be =IF((Test1!C2+Test1!C3>=1),1,0) but that's okay). Now, put 'A' and 'B' in the next column. Select all 4 cells and copy them down 400k rows.
Use filter to delete rows flagged with 'B' and delete the blank rows.
(Select blank rows with [F5] click Special and select Blanks, then right-click and delete)
Here is all you need. It's fast and nonvolatile.
=--(SUM(INDEX(Test1!C:C,ROW(1:1)*2-2):INDEX(Test1!C:C,ROW(2:2)*2-2))>=1)
Copy it down as far as you like.
quick excel question:
If I put values in cell B1 and B2.
Then write the following formula in cell A1:
=$B$1-$B$2
then I highlight cells B1 and B2 and move them to column C. the formula in A1 automatically adjusts for the move ie. formula now becomes:
=$C$1-$C$2
How would I get it to stick to column B and not switch to column C. I tried searching google but did not get right answers (probably am not phrasing question correctly).
The context of my problem is that formulas in one sheet are being calculated based on month end data which is placed in another sheet. Now I need to add April month end data. So I shift the old data to the right and input April's data, but the formulas are automatically adjusting for the shift and still refer to March's month-end data. This despite the formulas using absolute referencing.
Thanks for any help provided
The formula you are looking for is
=INDIRECT("B1")-INDIRECT("B2")
This will always refer to Cells B1 and B2 regardless of what you to do move the cells or add new columns etc.
This will allow you to simply insert a column for the new month.
Not a good spreadsheet design, you should really add new data to a new column.
However, if you are determined to stick to that design, copy and paste the old values to a new column, then delete the originals. Formulas will not be alterd by that.
I've been searching around here but I can't find anything quite like what I'm after.
In excel I have one column with a drop down list of a dozen different initials, with conditional formatting on those cells. I would also like to format another column based on those initials, but don't want to set up a dozen rules on each cell, one by one. If I set up the top cell with the correct rules I cannot fill the formatting in because the formula is not updated on a row by row basis, but en bloc for the range.
I have no real experience with VBA or macro's, is there a way to do this more elegantly than brute force?
Thank you very much in advance. This forum has always been a great help, hopefully you can help this, too!
I hope I'm not misunderstanding your question. You can copy the formatting to the other columns if you have set up the format as a formula. For example, if A is your column with initials, and you have a data cell in B2, then you can set a formula in B2 as A2="ER", for example, with the formatting you want, and do the same for the rest of your matches on A2. Then, you can copy the format down column B (unfiltered) using Paste Special Format. You can copy the conditional formats across as long as you make sure that your format in the conditional formatting rule is anchored on column A (i.e., $A2="ER").