I have a sales tracking sheet where column A contains the profit margin of a particular job (i.e.33%), Column C is the profit margin range(i.e. 31-40%), and Column D is the corresponding commission to that specific range identified in Column C (i.e. 31-40% = 3% commission).
What I want is a formula that will automatically pull the Commission from Column D into Column B when I enter the profit margin of that particular job in Column A.
Any ideas/does that make sense?
Assuming that the values in column A are formatted as percentage, you could use something like this:
=INDEX(D$1:D$10,MATCH(A1*100,1*LEFT(C$1:C$10,FIND("-",C$1:C$10)-1),1))
And press Ctrl+Shift+Enter after entering the formula instead of Enter alone.
This will return a value from range D$1:D$10 where the value from A1 (multiplied by 100 to remove the decimals) is less than the lower bound of the margin range in range C$1:C$10.
Change the ranges accordingly.
In B1, put:
=IF(A1=C1,D1,0)
You can obviously change row numbers to work as needed.
The IF statement has 3 parts, the condition:
=IF(A1=C1,
Here I'm testing to see if the expression is TRUE or FALSE. I can do anything I want here, as long as it evaluates to either a True or False condition.
Next, we specify the "True" result, and the "false" result, which are, respectively, what happens when those conditions are met. For the TRUE condition, we just want to use the value in cell D:
D1,
For the FALSE condition, I don't know what you want, so I just put in a 0.
0)
Note that all 3 parts of the IF statement are separated by commas - play around, you can do a LOT of different things!
EDIT: Just noticed that column C is a range, while A is a singular value. You're going to need to do something like #Jerry did with parsing out the range string.
I am assuming that columns A and B will be indefinitely long just based on how much data is collected, whereas columns C and D are just a reference table with 10 rows each for the 10 ranges (0 - 10%, 11 - 20%, 21 - 30%, etc.). Is this correct?
As an alternative to storing the profit margin range and corresponding commission in columns C and D as you now do, you could incorporate them directly into an IF statement that you use in column B. For example if 91-100% corresponds to 8% commission, 81-90% is 7% commission and so on, then you could insert this formula:
=IF(A2>90,0.08,IF(A2>80,0.07,IF(A2>70,0.06,IF(A2>60,0.05, ...
The advantage to this compared to using and index-match combination which references numbers extracted from the text ("11-20%"), is that you don't run the risk of losing data when the text ranges are altered in some way. (I.e. userproof.)
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Imagine you have spreadsheet with data in a fixed # of contiguous rows.. let's say row 1 through row 20
Now let's say you have 3 columns of interest.
A, B and C
Column A is a label column.. the data in there are just string labels.. let's say types of canned food.. Tuna, Spam, Sardines, etc.
Column B is our number column.. let's say it is prices. e.g. 2 for Tuna, 5 for Spam and 3 for Sardines. These prices can change often very rapidly.. ok so prices are not the best example but let's imagine that prices change rapidly.
Now Column C is where we want to put the formula.
I would like to have a formula in Column C that will pull the labels from Column A, based on their prices in column B and rank them from highest to lowest.. that is C1 would calculate to "Spam", C2 to "Sardines" and C3 to "Tuna"
right now there are 20 rows of data.. but maybe at some other point there might be 30 or 6 or 40, etc.
So can someone help me out with the formula or at least explain what functions I need to use and the general idea involved? thanks
=IF(A2:A200<>"";SORTBY(A2:A200;B2:B200;-1);"")
You can simply use SORT formula. In this case =SORT(A1:B1000,2,-1) where A1:B1000 is range to be sorted, second parameter 2 is column number from range to sort by, 3rd parameter for order (-1 is desceding).
Place formula in C1 and you will get spilled array.
I have simple problem, but I've not be able to get an answer from searching. I require a column to calculate the number of the nth occurrence of a value. It's best explained in this picture
I require a method to calculate column B.
I'd be very grateful for any help.
Are you looking to merely provide a count of the distinct entries of column A in column B? Or merely add a formula to come up with the table in your link?
If the latter, then the formula to write in cell B2 is:
=COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)
then copy/paste it down column B. Note - if your data is both a Date and Time, but the cell is formatted to only display a date, you may not get the results you want. You'd need to interject a new column with a "floor" calculation to round the date/time value to a date (Excel date times are decimal, with integer part dictating the date, and remaining 0.0 -> 1.0 dictating the time of day)
If you just want to derive a table of the counts of distinct entries in column A, then a pivot table will do this for you - simple add a pivot table to cover the data in column A, then select column A into the rows category, and then also drag it into the values category, ensuring the field is set to "Count of". You should then have a table with the distinct entries in your data set in one column, and the count of their occurrences in the other column.
You can use the COUNTIF worksheet function, with a relative address.
Eg. In cell B2, enter this formula:
=COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)
And then fill-down.
Use the following formula to generate the required series:
=COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1) and strech(copy) it in all the cells
This will generate result like this:
A 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1)
A 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A2,A2)
C 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A3,A3)
C 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A4,A4)
B 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A5,A5)
B 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A6,A6)
A 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A7,A7)
C 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A8,A8)
D 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A9,A9)
D 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A10,A10)
D 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A11,A11)
D 4 COUNTIF($A$1:A12,A12)
I have simple problem, but I've not be able to get an answer from searching. I require a column to calculate the number of the nth occurrence of a value. It's best explained in this picture
I require a method to calculate column B.
I'd be very grateful for any help.
Are you looking to merely provide a count of the distinct entries of column A in column B? Or merely add a formula to come up with the table in your link?
If the latter, then the formula to write in cell B2 is:
=COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)
then copy/paste it down column B. Note - if your data is both a Date and Time, but the cell is formatted to only display a date, you may not get the results you want. You'd need to interject a new column with a "floor" calculation to round the date/time value to a date (Excel date times are decimal, with integer part dictating the date, and remaining 0.0 -> 1.0 dictating the time of day)
If you just want to derive a table of the counts of distinct entries in column A, then a pivot table will do this for you - simple add a pivot table to cover the data in column A, then select column A into the rows category, and then also drag it into the values category, ensuring the field is set to "Count of". You should then have a table with the distinct entries in your data set in one column, and the count of their occurrences in the other column.
You can use the COUNTIF worksheet function, with a relative address.
Eg. In cell B2, enter this formula:
=COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)
And then fill-down.
Use the following formula to generate the required series:
=COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1) and strech(copy) it in all the cells
This will generate result like this:
A 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1)
A 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A2,A2)
C 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A3,A3)
C 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A4,A4)
B 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A5,A5)
B 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A6,A6)
A 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A7,A7)
C 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A8,A8)
D 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A9,A9)
D 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A10,A10)
D 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A11,A11)
D 4 COUNTIF($A$1:A12,A12)
I need to automatically obtain a sorted column of values from another given column values, like in the sample:
I have I need A unchanged, and also B obtained from A
A A B
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1 1 0
0 0 0
3 3 1
8 8 3
0 0 8
I mean if the values from A changes, the B should change accordignly...
Is that possible in MS Excel?
Here a sandbox and sample:
http://1drv.ms/1SkqMhS
If you put The formula =SMALL(A:A,ROW()) in B1 and copy down then the cells in B will be linked to the cells in A in such a way that the numbers in B will be the numbers in A in sorted order. This won't be efficient for larger ranges but will work fine for small to medium size ranges.
If you want the numbers to start in a lower row, say B2 because you have a header in B1, adjust ROW() to something like ROW()-1.
A word of warning: Use of ROW() can make a spreadsheet somewhat fragile in that formulas that involve it can change their meaning if rows are inserted or deleted or the block containing the formula is moved to somewhere else. Rather than using ROW(), there is something to be said for adding a helper column which numbers the data in A (which would then be in e.g. B) and referring to these numbers rather than small. For example, in:
If I put the formula
=SMALL($B$2:$B$5,A2)
In C1 and copy down, it works as intended. In response to a question you raised in the comments, I added still another column which gives an index where the corresponding value occurs. To do this I wrote in D2 (then copied) the formula
=MATCH(C2,$B$2:$B$5,0)
Of course. Highlight your range and in the Data tab, click "Sort", then you can choose how you want to sort your data:
If column B has information that is to be used with Column A (like next to A1 is "Car"), and you want to sort the whole table, based on Column A, then just select Columns A and B, then sort by column A.
Found the answer, thanks to John Coleman !
Just some minor details like cell value fixing (with $, like A$2)and the -1+ROW adjustment for the 1 header row!
I have a tax table in one sheet that has a list of tax values. For example:
Sheet1: Tax Tables
A B C
1 Min Max Taxed
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2 50 100 10
3 100 200 20
4 200 300 30
In another sheet I have a gross income value of say 120 in cell A1. What I want to do is have a vlookup (I'm assuming that's what I should use) that checks cell A1 to see if it's between the Min and Max and then outputs the taxed amount in B1.
Sheet2: Income
A B
1 Gross FedTax
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2 120 Value from Column C goes here
I already have the sheet in Tax Tables set up with named spaces A:C=Min and B:C=Max
I tried doing this:
=AND(VLOOKUP(<A1,Min,3,False),VLOOKUP(>A1,Max,2,FALSE))
But not even close...
I just want to check column A in the first sheet to see if it's less than the the value in the second sheet, and check column B in the first sheet against the value in the second for if its more, then put the value in column C in the first sheet into the cell next to the value in the second sheet.
To use a VLOOKUP, put your maximums and minimums in the same column.
Then use the TRUE argument, which means it looks for the next value that matches. Assuming the value you're looking up in D2, you'd put a formula like this in E2:
=VLOOKUP(D2,$A$2:$B$5,2,TRUE)
First of all it is unclear what you would apply when the amount is exactly 50/100/200/300/... So i decided to include the lower limit in the interval and exclude the upper limit.
For this problem I would use a sumifs like this (you have to decide on which side to put the equal sign:
=SUMIFS(Sheet1!C:C;Sheet1!A:A;"<="&A1;Sheet1!B:B;">"&A1)
This would only take those elements in column C that have a value in column A smaller than or equal to 120 and a value in column B greater than 120