relatively new to google script
Looking for script help to achieve the below.Updating record.
2 sheets.
Sheet 1
Overview. Basically a dashboard pulling info from other sheets, I have a row of 3 values and button to submit data to a log but my aim is to also on the same script find the data in the first two cells
And edit the 3rd value based on what I’ve entered when I click submit.
Overview has two drop downs for driver no and allocation type(1 of 3)…
and a third box for filling in date.
Update record.
My aim is to have a script that matches the values from the driver no and allocation type drop menus that I select
and then updates the date column with the date I choose.
So say…
A2 is driver selection cell
b2 is driver allocation type
C2 is new date to allocate( to update column c in sheet 2).
Since the drivers have various allocation types, I need to match the second sheet row that contains that chosen allocation type, driver no and update it’s date.
I’m just confused as to how to match criteria from two columns on the same row.
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I want to be able to choose a value in E4 on the Invoice (which must have a drop down list of Client ID, Then I want the Client Name to populate into B5 the client address into B6, The vat number into B7, Terms into E6
All the info must come from the Customer sheet as shown in the picture
Column A: Client no (ID100)
Column B: Client Name
Column C: Client Address
Column D: Vat No
Column E : Terms
I have tried everything but I cant seem to get it right, My knowledge is limited but I did write the invoice program....with help from the internet
Customer list:
Invoice:
This is deceptively simple if you stretch the boundaries of your preferred solution a little bit. Instead of entering data in E4, use a combo box. Set the source row as the ID100 column. - Your ID Column only lists unique IDs with no duplicates right?
If there are duplicates in the ID field then you have three choices.
Overhaul the table and clean your data
Take a day or week or a weekday to really think about how you want select and/or display the extra information and handle the that you'll encounter complexities
3 Give the project to someone else
I recommend the combobox because
The combo box can intellitype/autofill as you type
The autofill perk doesn't misspell, or display anything that isn't in that column that means any lookup is a guaranteed return if the user is not being a dill
You aren't looking anything up until the ID is populated so this control acts as an um..... well.... control. It's a great starting trigger.
using the combobox results you simply use your favorite lookup to get the row number (vlookup, match, find, filter, you get the point)
now grab the values from the community you need and populate the cells.
Done! Easy right?
I have a large sheet of data in Excel that comes from a vendor daily but I only need certain things from this worksheet. I don't want to delete any of the data I don't need as its used by others and I don't want to filter the data for other reasons. I've tried some other Excel formulas I've found from other users questions and they don't quite do what I need them to do.
All of the data from the vendor comes via a text file and through connections that I didn't setup, we use the "Refresh All" button on the Data tab of the Ribbon to import the new data from the text file into Sheet1 on a daily basis.
I have created Sheet2 where I plan to use the data for manipulation. What I am trying to do Sheet2 is look for the value "A" (what we call an account tag) in Column B of Sheet1. If the value "A" is found then output the value of the cell located in Column A (the account number) of the same row that the value "A" was located on. I want it to skip all the rows that don't have an "A" in Column B as there are several other tags in Column B that are not useful to me.
I need to pretty much repeat the same process to pull the accounts balance from Column AA but once I figure out how to do the above I am sure I can use the same method to pull the balance information.
I have attempted to use VLOOKUP, MATCH and a couple other methods but I can't seem to figure out how to do this. Another thing I'm afraid of is if I get the formula right, it is going to give me blank rows on Sheet2 for all of the rows on Sheet1 that don't have the "A" value, which I don't want it to do. I only want Sheet2 to contain the information I need. I have a feeling I might need to do a Macro, but I am not sure where to start.
Thanks,
EDIT as of 05/31/2016
Ok, so I will attempt to clarify this.
Sheet 1:
Data that is Input
Sheet 2:
Data that is Output
If you look at the image of Sheet 1 Column B has what I am going to call Tags. I need excel to look in Column B for any rows that have an A tag and copy the Account number to Sheet 2 (the output sheet) and then look in Column AA and copy the Balance so that my results on a second sheet look like the image I posted in the second image(the output sheet). There is other data I'll be dealing with on sheet 2 but for the purposes of explaining my problem I only need this information.
If you look at Sheet 1 you will notice that the account number is the same for many rows until I reach a new account number which is tagged with another A in column B. So I need excel to ignore all the other rows until it sees another A in column B and repeat the process of collecting the account number and the balance.
I hope this clarified the problem.
Thanks,
One can use the Macro recorder to begin code. You need an operation to record.
If I have some data
Team Points <space> Team
Leicester 81 <space> Arsenal
Arsenal 71 <space>
Spurs 70 <space>
then I can use from the Data ribbon "Advanced" which throws a popup box, where one can select the List range, and a criteria range. Also one can choose for Action the Copy to another location.
Running this I can get
Team Points <space> Team <space> Team Points
Leicester 81 <space> Arsenal <space> Arsenal 71
Arsenal 71 <space>
Spurs 70 <space>
hope you are all doing well today! I've been working on a spreadsheet that tracks invoices and the hours recorded for each one. Each invoice has multiple entries with different numbers of hours for each entry, all with the same reference number which combines the project number and the invoice number. For example, for Invoice #1 of project CZ23, the reference number would be CZ23-1. Invoice 2 would be CZ23-2, and so on. This is located in Column I, while the hours are located in Column H in a sheet named "Document Data".
Now I have another sheet that tracks the hours called "Summary". What I want to do is have cell B28 of "Summary" add up all the hours from CZ23-1 from "Document Data". Since I barely know any VBA, I don't have code but I'll display the situation here:
In this case, cell B28 on "Summary" would be 15 (all the CZ23-1 hours added up: 2+5+1+7), while B29 would be 7 (all the CZ23-2 hours added up: 4+3) and so on. It doesn't necessarily have to be B28/B29, but just as a reference I've used those cells. Thank you so much for your time - hope I was able to explain everything well.
Best way to do this would be to create a pivot table.
1. Select a cell inside your data and then on the insert tab select pivotTable.
2. A "Create PivotTable" box will pop-up. Verify that your data is captured in the Table/Range. Also, you can choose if you want to have the table appear on a new sheet or the existing sheet.
3A. In the "PivotTable Fields" box, you can drag "Reference" to the Rows box and then drag "Hours" to the Values box. This should default to Sum and should add up all the Hours by Reference.
3B. Occasionally the Values box will default to Count. To change this to SUM, you can select cell B4 or B5 (See Below). Right click and select Value Field Settings. When the "Value Field Settings" box pops-up, you can select Sum on the "Summarize Values By" tab.
It sounds like you want the sql concept of 'group by' on column 'Reference'
In excel you can do this by using pivot tables
You will find pivot tables in the toolbar at Insert-->Tables-->PivotTable
I have a series of columns. One contains a time stamp for a data point, the next is the data point, the one following that is a conversion from decimal to binary for that data point, and the remaining columns are that binary string split into each bit. Each column has a title: "No Engine Speed", "Engine Derate", and so on.
Here's what I'd like to do, but don't have the skill with VBA/Excel to do. I'm trying to take all that information and put it into something that's more friendly to a reader.
So, for example this:
would get me this:
The description comes from the column titles, and the time range start/end would come from the first column. The error codes I'll get with an Excel IF function or some kind of VLOOKUP function based on the contents of the description column. What I need is a VBA code or set of Excel functions that will populate those description and time stamp columns for me based on the contents of those bit columns.
How I envisioning it working is as follows: each bit column is searched through, if a 1 is found and the four cells more more below it are also found to be 1s the date stamp of the first 1 and final 1 populate the Start/End times in the more readable report I'm creating. In addition to this, the column header is copied to the description field.
The reason I want to only get the time stamps if there are five or more 1s consecutively is that I want some time to pass before the state is considered to be an 'event'. A second condition I'd like to meet would be that the time stamps are reasonably close together (say, within 2 minutes of each other). This is why even though there is a '1' event in the picture I linked for "16-May-15 21:52:47" I excluded it from the second image I linked.
The numbers next to the time stamps (and the timestamps themselves) will change depending on when the user opens the workbook. Those columns are the result of a query to a database and change based on what the previous shift's start and end time were. As a side note, when copying the time stamps I know that you need to paste the cell value and not just a regular paste, otherwise you wind up copying a query array to the database. I don't know if that has any bearing on a coding solution but I thought it was worth mentioning.
I considered trying to use some type of VLOOKUP function, but what I found doesn't quite do what I want because it doesn't check if there's five events or more in succession. Any guidance or direction you all can provide would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I have an idea of how to do this but I'm new to VBA and my Excel abilities are not up to the task just yet, and my Googling isn't turning up what I need.
I hope I was clear in my explanation of what I'm trying to do, feel free to ask questions if I wasn't.
Thanks,
Dan
EDIT 1:
As Grade 'Eh' Bacon suggested, I asked an additional question related to this one that resulted in a solution better suited to my needs. It can be found here.
Since you don't seem to have a problem using helper columns, this can be done in a fairly straightforward way, given that your data is already sorted by date.
RAW DATA TAB
Add a new column (we'll call it column X) which checks to see if your cell is the first cell which starts a string of 5 date stamps, all of which being, as you say, 2 minutes apart [starting in X2, ending at an assumed X100 assuming the datestamp is column A, and the reference code in decimal is column B]:
=COUNTIFS(A2:A$100,">=" & A2 - TIMEVALUE("00:02:00"),B2:B$100,B2)
This counts how many cells below the current cell are no more than 2 minutes later, including itself, and also have the same code in column B. We will use this to check whether that cell starts a new string of 5 + identical, near-in-time, codes.
In Column Y, starting at Y2, put:
=IF(AND(OR(B2<>B1,A2 - TIMEVALUE("00:02:00")>A1),X2 >= 5), TRUE)
This will first check if either (1) the code in the current cell doesn't match the code in the previous cell; OR (2) the time of the current row is at least 2 minutes later than the last line (either way, this is a new cycle). Then we check for the AND condition of whether the current row in column X shows a match of at least 5 cells below with the same code in the same time cycle. If TRUE, then it will return TRUE. Otherwise, it will return FALSE.
Then the code in column Z returns the number of the nth "hit code" we're on for that row. ie: whether this is the 1st, 2nd, nth time that a string of 5 codes has been hit [starting in Z2; hardcode Z1 as "0", or do some other special case so the first one won't add the title of the cell above, resulting in a #VALUE! error]:
=IF(Y2,Z1+1,Z1)
This will turn Z into an ascending list of positions, repeating values whenever a NEW code has failed to be created. Now we need to grab the description of the code that this row represents.
Assume you have an ordered list of all your codes, where column 1 would be equivilent to "1000000...", column 2 would be equivilent to "01000000.." etc. Name that single-row column (or, single column row) as a Range, which I will call Code_Index.
In column AA, starting at AA2, put the following:
=INDEX(Code_Index,SEARCH("1",C2))
This checks at which character "1" appears in column C at that row, and that becomes the position we want to pull the description from (which we have placed in the named range Code_Index).
Finally, we need to add a row which checks to see when a specific block of 5+ codes ends. Say, AB:AB (I forgot about this initially, hence its a little out of order initially). In AB2 and copied down, you will check to see whether there are at least 5 rows in a row of the same thing, within the 2 minute block, and also whether the next row is the same thing, within a new 2 minute block.
=IF(AND(COUNTIFS(B$1:B2,B2,A$1:A2,">"A2 - TIMEVALUE("00:02:00")>=5,OR(B3<>B2, A3 + TIMEVALUE("00:02:00")>= A2)),MAX(Z$1:Z1),"")
RESULTS PAGE
Now assume that's all on Sheet1, and you want your 'clean' results on Sheet2.
In sheet 2, have column A be an index, which simply starts at 1 on A2 & adds 1 each row afterwards. Column B will be another 'helper' column, column C will pull the description, column D will pull the start time, and column E will pull the end time.
In column B, put the following formula, which will check which 'new' index we're on (from column Z on the last tab). Starting at B2,
=MATCH(A2,Sheet1!Z:Z,0)
This will find the first row from the raw data tab which matches the current index number on A1. Then simply use this in an index formula in each of the next 3 columns, to pull the description, start time, and end time.
In C2 (pulling the description from AA on the last tab):
=INDEX(Sheet1!AA:AA,B2)
In D2 (pulling the start time from A on the last tab)
=INDEX(Sheet1!A:A,B2)
In E2 (pulling the end time from A on the last tab, *based on the row number from the column AB index)
=INDEX(Sheet1!A:A,MATCH(A2,Sheet1!AB:AB,0))
Let me know if I've misconstrued how you want your "2 minute time blocks" set up; do some rigorous testing to make sure it acts the way you expect.
I am trying to create a couple of reports from data on another Excel worksheet based on the value in a drop down list. I am using the MATCH and INDEX functions and have created Named Ranges of the columns of data. I am able to get the first value I want in the report but none of the others, even though when I debug by evaluating the formula it points to the right cell but still displays #REF! instead of the actual value from the referenced cell.
I'll do my best to make this clear:
In "POST_Data" worksheet I have 4 columns titled Course Name, Course Length, Attendee and Date Attended. Currently I have 33 rows of data (plus the header row) but I need the reports to be dynamic since new data will be added from time to time.
I have created Dynamic Named Ranges of the data using the OFFSET function (e.g. for the Course Name data I have a NameRange called CourseNamesData = OFFSET(POST_Data!$A$2,0,0,COUNTA(POST_Data!$A:$A),1)
In the "DashBoard_and_Data Entry" worksheet I have a two report areas: one to report the Course Name and Date Attended for a specified Attendee (specified by a drop down list in cell C7) and the other report to provide the Attendee Name and Date Attended for a specified Course Name (specified by a drop down list in I7).
In row 8 I report the column that the data belongs to in the POST_Data worksheet
What IS working: When I choose an Attendee from the drop down list in C7, I correctly report the first of the Course Names for this attendee from the data in the POST_Data worksheet. I used the following formula to do so: =INDEX(CourseNamesData,MATCH(C7,AttendeeNamesData,0),B$8)
What is NOT working: The corresponding "Date Attended" data when I use a similar formula as the one that is working. I have: =INDEX(DateAttendedData,MATCH(C7,AttendeeNamesData,0),C$8) but this gives me the #REF! error.
Again, when I try to follow the data that this formula points to, it looks like it is pointing to the correct cell but not showing the result.
Another issue is how to get all the data corresponding to the choice in the drop down and not just the first row. So for example, if I choose Richards, K. from the attendee list and he has attended 4 training courses, I need all 4 to show up, not just the first one.
I appreciate any help or insights on this. If you know of a better way to display the workbook contents, please let me know.
Thanks!
Can you provide a screenshot so that I can better understand the issue?
With regard to your post_data worksheet, you might find it easier to turn the data into a table. You can then point your named range to the column within the table without needing to use the offset function, and your range will update automatically as you add to the table.
I have a entire playlist on my youtube channel devoted to using ranges and tables if you are interested. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1nLTDk2QLL9415OPSjIICJs1EeV-HeK3