Looking through some raw data, I was able to figure out a few things out. My goal is to write formulas to pull out data and not have to filter, sort, add helper columns and or manipulate the data like I usually have to do. One of which is to count unique values from a single column. Here is an example -
I was able to use =SUM(IF(FREQUENCY(MATCH('Data Dump'!A2:A10950,'Data Dump'!A2:A10950,0),MATCH('Data Dump'!A2:A10950,'Data Dump'!A2:A10950,0))>0,1)) which worked like a charm! For this example, I would have counted 8.
I am now trying to compare this column with another one and if it has a specific variable, count it. Here is an example -
If I wanted to count the unique successful CHGs, I would have 2 - CHG000483566 and CHG000490961. Unsuccessful would be 1 - CHG000490708. The good news is this data is always consistent - meaning if the CHG group is successful, all are successful. Same for unsuccessful.
Can this be done and if so, how?
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I'm not too sure how to word this problem so, I apologize for the vagueness. Here is what I am trying to do though:
I have a large Excel table with a ton of values, I however, only care about 3 columns. The three columns I have are "Project Name", "Active/Planned", and "Week of Month". Here is an example of some values I would have:
Project Name
Active/Planned
Week of Month
StoreProj
Active
2021-07 Jul-Wk1
SecProj
Planned
2021-07 Jul-Wk2
StoreProj
Active
2021-07 Jul-Wk1
Now, I have used a formula to get the number of projects based on a specific week month and avoiding duplicate values for the project name. The code I used returns an integer of the number of projects. Here is what I used:
=IFERROR(ROWS(UNIQUE(FILTER(Table[Project Name],Table[Week of Month]=2021-07 Jul-Wk1))), 0)
This works as intended. Now the issue I am running into is that I need to filter through these rows as I did previously, but now I need to include the "Active/Planned" column. So, I want to be able to see how many projects I have based off of the week of the month and return a number of projects (excluding duplicate names), but be able to filter through that integer output based off of the active/planned projects. So in a perfect scenario I can choose the week of month and if the project is "Active" or "Planned" and see the amount of projects I have.
This might be an easy fix so I apologize, I am just stumped, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Work through that step by step, you've got the FILTER function which is giving data to the UNIQUE function, to the ROWS function, and then your IFERROR. However, the data about whether each line/row is 'Active' or 'planned' isn't passed out beyond the FILTER function, so can't be used by anything further on in the above sequence.
Boring theoretical advice out the way, try this;
=COUNT(IF(UNIQUE(FILTER( Table[[Project Name]:[Active/Planned]], Table[Week of Month] = "2021-07 Jul-wk1"))= "Active", 1))
Explanation:
FILTER(...) outputs records with the relevant date filter, however it outputs Table[[Project Name]:[Active/Planned]] - both columns, to ensure all relevant data is there.
UNIQUE(...) Then narrows that down to unique values, although by this stage I'm not 100% sure you need this.
IF(... = "Active", 1) then replaces the 'Active' outputs with 1s
COUNT() returns the number of cells in the above that contain a number (the 1s from the IF())
Yes, you can't use COUNTIF on arrays (and all except that last bullet point above are outputting arrays not single values) - and no, I didn't know that before attempting to answer this question, found it over at a different question!
I have been searching high and low for a way to solve my dilemma, in different ways, so I am trying to post both of the things I've been trying to do:
The challenge version 1:
I want to extract the entire row with information tied to the name which is the latest entry of that name in the table. So from the table below I would want to collect the entire row which contains the information: "A, Jack Black, 01.01.2029, 10:20". I simply want to copy the entire row to another sheet. But one important factor is that it has to happen automatically.
So i need functions which can check if: Is there another entry with the same name, higher up in the table? If so, DO NOT COPY THE ROW. If there ain't another entry with the exact same name higher up in the table, COPY THE ENTIRE ROW, to another table, within another sheet.
The challenge version 2:
What I really want to do is count the number of unique people(unique names) per. department, and summarize this in another table. Basically this means that "Jack Black" should be counted as 1 person, in department A.
So the result I want, is a table looking like this (the one beneath), where the number of people does not contain any duplicate people (names). OR it does not function with a dynamic table, which updates the information it contains on the fly. I can make this happen if I am copying from a static table, but as stated above, the table is dynamic and updates with new information every minute...
So far i've tried excel's built in filtering, but this does not work automatically. I've also tried using functions like in this guide: https://excel-bytes.com/how-to-extract-a-dynamic-list-from-a-data-range-based-on-a-criteria-without-filters-in-excel/. However every solution i find seems to need criteria for filtering out duplicates or does not function when copying information from a dynamic table.
Does anyone know how to reach my desired result, without implementing criteria for selecting the rows or counting rows as stated above? VBA code is not an option at the moment :(
In advance, THANK YOU, I've really tried solving this, but I feel like this just might break my head wide open soon if I can't solve it. HEEEEELP!
Sincerely
haakonlu
The solution to this problem has been evading me and admittedly hurting my brain a little bit, so hopefully someone here can lend a hand. Essentially, I have around 10 columns of data. One of these columns contains the identifier I want to use, another column has the date I want to reference, and the rest of the columns are the values I want to use to populate the table. What I'm trying to do is build a tool where you type in the identifier and the date and it tells you what the other columns are for that particular pairing.
The problem is, however, that the data set contains multiple repeated dates (dates are in a column), and sometimes repeated identifiers. So identifier 1 may appear three times on 1/1/2018, then appear three more times on 1/2/2018.
Forgive my inexperience, as this is probably the incorrect way to show this, but this is what I want my data to look like, with the bins being the 1st, 2nd, and so on occurrences of the same identifier on the given date:
Identifier - A1
Date - 1/1/2018
Bin Column1 Column2 Column3 Column4
1 1 2 3 4
2 1 2 3 4
3
4
5
The Identifier and Date would be manual entries and the rest of the table would be automatically populated. I've been looking up different ways of using index(match()) all morning and have yet to achieve any success. I'm not sure if I'm approaching this incorrectly or what, but any help with this problem is greatly appreciated.
PS - I understand that a pivot table would likely give me the information I need, however, this table isn't for my own use, so I'm trying to make it as straightforward as possible (enter two lines, necessary info pops up).
Edit - This is how the data is currently set up:
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Use this:
=IFERROR(INDEX(C:C,AGGREGATE(15,7,ROW($B$2:INDEX($B:$B,MATCH("zzz",$A:$A)))/(($B$2:INDEX($B:$B,MATCH("zzz",$A:$A))=$J$2)*($A$2:INDEX($A:$A,MATCH("zzz",$A:$A))=$J$1)),ROW(1:1))),"")
Note: realize this is an array formula that is entered normally with Enter, but as an array formula it will slow down the calcs if the dataset is large.
It generally looks like:
=INDEX('range all of the data, not the headers', MATCH('row header value to match','the row headers range',0), MATCH('column header to match','the column headers range',0))
Using Excel 2013, I would like to make a unique count using 2 columns, like this:
So basically I would like to count each unique function within each name, but:
I want it to be sequential, within each name.
When the function repeats, within each name, I want it to always have the same value (so if Compliance appears 2 times for a given person, I want both to have the same value in both cases (which is 1, in Jim's case).
Is this possible using only formulas in Excel?
This might work for you. Worked for me with your sample data.
=IFERROR(IF(AND(A2=A1,B2=B1),1,IF(AND(A2=A3,B2=B3),1,1+C1)),1)
I have a question that I a may not be thinking correctly about. But I have an a long excel file that I pull from somewhere else with the following columns:
Project_Name1, Employee_Name1, Date_Worked1, Hours_Worked1
In another sheet I have these columns
Project_Name2, Employee_Name2, Begin_Date2, End_Date2, Hours_Worked2
This second sheet is filled with data, and works just fine.
However, it turns out that I have some employee names that I do not know that are also working on the same project. I need to figure out the names of the employees and then sum the number of hours they worked for a given period.
So I need a lookup with three criteria:
Project_Name1 = Project_Name2
Employee_Name1 <> {Array of Employee_Name2}
Begin_Date2 <= Date_Worked1 > End_Date2
Returning Employee name.
Once I have the employee name, I can do a sumifs=() and get the total hours they worked no problem.
I have tried a number of combinations of Index Match functions, using ctrl-shift-enter... and have not been able to figure out it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
What you're talking about doing is extremely complicated and a little bit past what Excel was designed to do by default. However, there are a few workarounds that you can use to attempt to get the information that you're looking for.
It's possible to do multiple-criteria VLOOKUPs and SUMIFs by concatenating fields to make a multi-part identifier (Ex: Insert a new column and have a forumla in it like =A1&B1)
Open a new workbook and use Microsoft Query (I'm not sure if you can select from more than one sheet, but if you can select from multiple sheets like tables you should be able to write a semi-complex query to pull the dataset you want.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/use-microsoft-query-to-retrieve-external-data-HA010099664.aspx
Use the embedded macro feature and use visual basic script to write out your business logic. (Hotkey is ALT+F11)
One way to do this would be to first create an additional column to the right of entries on the sheet you're trying to pull employee_name from: =ROW()
You could then use an array formula like you were trying to implement to pull the corresponding 'match' row:
{=SUM((project_name1=projectname2)*(employeename1<>employeename2)*(begindate<=date_worked1)*(date_worked1>end_date2)*(match_column))}
You could then use this returned match_column entry within the index as you described to retrieve the appropriate entries.