I have an IF formula that is evaluating two cells with data returned from other formulas.
=IF(B5>D5,D5,B5)
Seems simple enough, right? However, when I attempt to use it, it seems to be evaluating the formulas in the cells instead of evaluating the values being returned.
I.E.: If B5 returns 414 and D5 returns 416, I get 416 instead of 414.
What am I missing here?
In my testing, your formula worked for me. Are you trying to display the lower number of the cells? If so, try this
=MIN(B5,D5)
While checking out my VLOOKUP formulas in the calculator I found an interesting fact. VLOOKUP returns all answers as text. So, in order to use the numerical value, place the cell inside the VALUE() function.
=IF(VALUE(B5)>D5,D5,VALUE(B5))
Voila! Works now!
Alternatively, you can place the VLOOKUP inside the VALUE function.
Thanks for your help guys!
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I have a list of surfaces with a certain type, and I need the total of each type. I tried with VLOOKUP function but it only gives me the first result. I tried with this answer on another question, but it's too complex to get it working for me.
in cell H4 I have this function:
=VLOOKUP(G4;$D$2:$E$11;2;FALSE)
Thanks for your time.
You need SUMIF formula and not VLOOKUP like below.
=SUMIF($D$2:$D$11;G4;$E$2:$E$11)
Copy down.
I have a formula that looks like this
=IFERROR(B83,"OPEN")
So if a certain cell has an error it changes it to OPEN, but if it doesn't then it returns the values within that cell.
I am trying to make the cell also short the text that is being returned to 7 characters.
I made this formula:
IFERROR(B83,"OPEN"),AND(LEFT(B83,7))
However it does not work and instead returns an "NA".
Appreciate any help.
Try
IFERROR(LEFT(B83,7),"OPEN")
You need to put your desired result as the first argument of IFERROR.
I am trying to build a rank formula that ignores errors.
I've tried:
=Rank(BN4,(if(iserror(BQ4:BQ31),"",BQ4:BQ31)))
I've also Tried:
=IF(ISERROR($BQ$4:$BQ$31),"",1+SUMPRODUCT($BP$4:$BP$31=BP4,$BQ$4:$BQ$31>BQ4))
Is There something wrong with the formula? Is there a better way? See image below, the rank formula appears in Col BN. Thanks!
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Given the spreadsheet below:
You can use the following formula on C2 and drag it:
=IF(ISERR(A2),"",COUNTIF($A$2:$A$7,">"&A2)+1)
I think this is what's going on: in your second formula, your Sumproduct is still calculated with the errors. Although the first part your formula tells Excel to return a Blank when calculating the rank of an ERROR, the errors are stil inputted into second part where you actually calculate the rank, and thus Excel will spit out an Error even if it's calculating the rank of a regular number
The formula provided by Lucas above is probably the simplest way. If you must use sumproduct, you should include something in your sumproduct that tells excel to use a blank value if it comes across an error when calculating the some product.
For example, if you're trying to do the sumproduct of A1:A4 and B1:4 but the both ranges have some errors, then you'd use:
=SUMPRODUCT(IF(ISNA(A1:A4),0,A1:A4),IF(ISNA(B1:B4),0,B1:B4))
This is the formula that I am currently using:
=SUMPRODUCT((INDIRECT("A2"):INDIRECT("A"&(ROW()-1))=A359)*1)
It works great, but I would like to use this instead:
=SUMPRODUCT((INDIRECT("A2"):INDIRECT("A"&(ROW()-1))=INDIRECT("A"&(ROW())))*1)
Unfortunately I get a #VALUE!. What am I doing wrong? Both INDIRECT("A"&ROW(())) and A359 return the same value, so I'm not sure why this won't work.
The reason I am not using a simple COUNTIF function is because I stripped my formula of all unnecessary components and only left the part that I am having trouble with (i.e. I need to use the SUMPRODUCT formula and a COUNTIF formula will not work)
Thanks in advance!
I'm not sure why you need INDIRECT instead of ordinary cell references but the specific problem here is that ROW function returns an "array", even when it returns a single value, e.g. it returns {"x"} rather than just "x" - and in some circumstances Excel can't process that.
Try wrapping the second ROW function in a SUM function - the value doesn't change but it gets rid of the array, i.e.
=SUMPRODUCT((INDIRECT("A2"):INDIRECT("A"&(ROW()-1))=INDIRECT("A"&SUM(ROW())))*1)
This will eliminate #VALUE! eror while leaving the essential structure of your formula unchanged
Try this one:
=SUMPRODUCT((($A$2:INDEX($A:$A,ROW()-1))=INDEX($A:$A,ROW()))*1)
it gives you the same result.
But above formula is volatile. Instead I would use next one, say in B3 :
=SUMPRODUCT((($A$2:$A2)=$A3)*1)
I am working with the following table in Excel:
The following formula in evaluates normally when entered directly into a cell:
=DATE(YEAR(DATEVALUE($A$1)),MONTH(DATEVALUE($A$1)),DAY(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(2,COLUMN()))))
However, when I try to place put this in the named function test and call =test in another cell it returns a #VALUE! error. The best answer I have come up with after researching is that named formulas and the indirect function are not always compatible.
If anyone can shed some light to help explain what I am doing wrong or why I can not put an indirect call inside of a named range I would greatly appreciate it!
Yes, I don't believe INDIRECT will work with a named range - you shouldn't really need such a convoluted formula - try just
=(C$2&$A$1)+0
format as date
Edit: as per comments below, INDIRECT is OK but I don't think COLUMN() is liked in the named range. ROW and COLUMN functions sometimes behave badly because they return "arrays" even when single values, so you need another function like MAX or SUM to convert {2} to 2, e.g.
=DATE(YEAR(DATEVALUE($A$1)),MONTH(DATEVALUE($A$1)),DAY(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(2,MAX(COLUMN())))))
although I think there are shorter methods as I indicated above....