I am unsure Excel would be able to do this automatically. I hope it can but maybe not.
I am trying to work with another member of staff in a different building. I have created a table trying to identify where the flow of some of the work is coming from. I am looking to try and count the amount of instances of text within a column. The problem is that the text can be pretty dynamic. As an example:
Consultant
a
a
b
a
b
a
b
z
c
c
c
Is there a way I can get excel to count the instances of text within the column, then create a table with the totals of the counts in it with labels.
I looked at pivot tables and that didn't seem to want to play ball.
The simplest way to do this is using COUINTIF
=COUNTIF(A:A,"a")
Which will simply tell you how many times "a" appears in the Column A.
You could easily duplicate this for every letter of the alphabet. Then use a summary table to display the results.
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I have a library of data that i need to pull specific rows from, at the moment i have an ID made up of several dropdown menus =$C$2&$F$2... that i compare to an index made up of a combination of column content: =[#Column1]&[#Column2]... that i then use to pull the right data for that instance with VLOOKUP.
Now however i need a much more varied set with more selections, 5 columns worth. That creates 16 sets for every index on the first column and will generate thousands of lines if i am to create one version of every permutation.
The best scenario would be a way to use a modular form of the selections above, if there is any input on X, Y and Z then it functions like now, but if Y and Z are empty it only pulls X. Easy in theory but i dont know the format it will have to take, and it gets even more complicated if i want X and Z for instance, or Y and Z, but still create a neat list of the selections.
An alternative might be a way to pull tables based on a selection, and make one table for every "part" of my query but i cant find a way to do that either.
What i need is any way to pull and combine several rows from a library (based on dropdown or similar input) and assembled in a neat list that i can print.
First post, and thanks in advance =)
Excel Novice using Excel for Business (Online) here.
I am having a difficult time wrapping my head around a way to write a function that does three things for me.
Check a specific row of data in a large table, preferably matching ID's between the two tables (I've been using XLOOKUP to ensure that results are keyed to a specific ID)
Find and return the Column index for every cell within the row with the string "Yes"
SUM associated points tied to the column indexes.
I am creating a new QA Scoring system, and all of the questions share the potential for "Yes" and "No" but depending on the question the number of points will be different. I have been approaching this with the idea that I could return the column indexes, convert them to the points associated to the column indexes, and then SUM them for a score, but I am open to different ideas.
Click Here for a Demo of what I am trying to do, included is the actual data set I was using.
Possible Points
=SUMIFS($O$2:$AH$2,INDEX(Raw_Data!D:W,MATCH(Scoring!A4,Raw_Data!A:A,0),0),"*")
Points Earned
=SUMIFS($O$2:$AH$2,INDEX(Raw_Data!D:W,MATCH(Scoring!A4,Raw_Data!A:A,0),0),"Yes")
These will work with your present setup, but in the long run it would probably be best to just add Possible Points and Points Earned columns to your Table3, if possible.
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In the above problem, I am trying to create a dashboard of Brands Category wise.
The formula i am trying is. THis is in google sheets.
=INDEX($A$1:$F6,ArrayFormula(MATCH(A$12&B12,$A$1:$A6&$B$1:$B6,0)),Match(to_text(C$11),$A$2:$F$2,0))
THis returns only 1 value . But I would like to get a sum of BrandA, Catgory1 both in Nos and Pcs. How do I go about doing it? Somehow, not able to work with SUMIF. what is best suited?
Actually trying to create a dashboard for Month wise Sales/Purchase data like the link below. Any better way of doing in?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1047uWOrOqkW3L_1hoKh-MaY-O0_CZC0WiqmV8HZqk6o/edit?usp=sharing
Raj, if I understand your question, the following formula might provide the result you want.
=QUERY(Data!A1:F,"select A,B,sum(D),sum(E),sum(F)
where A<>'' group by A,B order by A,B
label sum(D) 'Apr',sum(E) 'May',sum(F) 'June' ",1)
This queries your data, groups it (and sorts) by brand and category (ignoring the Unit type) and sums the values. It also modifies the header text for the three summed columns.
To preface: I don't know if this is even the right question to ask, but I basically need 3 columns to match another 3 columns in Excel.
I have some BBS data that was pre-selected by the professor for the class. Now, they have challenged us to make a map out of the data he's given us; and nicely enough, BBS collects route location data (longitude/latitude). Unfortunately, the given data by the prof does not have long/lat data and it's up to me to figure out which route is which.
The raw BBS data contains the long/lat data, which I would need to extract and put into a .csv file so I can work with it on GIS.
Image of Dataset I'm working with
So, I need the columns A, B, and C to match columns in L, M, and N. Then, I would just extract the long/lat data manually. There's 328 long/lat data points I would copy and paste.
i think, you need to map "A to B" column cell against Column "L to H".
so best way to this, use vlookup, if it's related to multiple critera then create key of both cell and according use vlookup.
for key see below
I'm using excel 2007.
I've a list of tasks (200-500) that I need to group in different category/section etc (multiple filters). Whole data is in excel table so I can apply Excel's build-in table filters to display exact data that I need.
However it is always difficult to apply multiple filter to display expected data, specially as I need to do it very frequently. To make things simple I'm planning to number each record like
a.b.c.d.e.f
Where a, b, c, d, e, f are simple numbers. List looks like:
1
1.1
1.2
1.2.1
1.2.1.1
1.2.2
1.3
& so on.
Problem is, Excel take it as number with single decimal but as soon as I add second decimal, excel treat it as text, which is obvious in general behavior.
However, as special case, I need excel treat both as number or text. Number is preferable as I want to sort them, which might be difficult as a text.
To make the things little more complex, while filtering in table, I require if I can add some formula to filter results like 1.* should display all numbers starts with 1.
Is it possible with excel's default behavior, without VBA?
If no, is it possible with VBA? If yes, any clue is appreciated. I don't need whole program as I can write basic VBA program, just a clue how it can be done?
I sort mine by adding a helper column that adds a letter to the front and sort on that. E.g. 1 becomes f1, 1.1 becomes f1.1 etc. Then all are sorted as text.
You can use the formula ="f" & A1.
My sample:
Then the data sorted:
And the filter:
If I were to try this without VBA, my first step would be to use the sort to columns function on the data tab.
Next make sure all empty spaces in your data are filled with zeros.
Then sort the data by column
as long as you left your original data in the same row as the sorted data (I didn't in the images posted to focus on the process), your items should now be in order.