I ve just used Vlookup Function.
Seems to work fine, but in some cases it doesn't return the very closest value.
Example : If your lookup value is 3.9, it will return 3 instead of 4. Any way to fix that?
According to MS Documentation on VLookUp function, you can set the 4th parameter to "TRUE if you want an approximate match".
In my opinion, the term "approximate" doesnt' mean "closest number", since you can also look up for string or dates.
To solve your problem, create a small function that loop through your data in B column, compare your value in A3 to values in Bx and save the value with the smallest difference.
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I'm trying to use IF to return a value that depends on the position of one cell relative to another in the same column.
Spreadsheet Example
If you click the above image, you'll see a number of columns with the possible values of "No," "Yes," "Yes>No," and "No>Yes."
The equation will go in the "Category of Change," row, one equation for each column. If the "Yes>No," is lower in the column than the "No>Yes," I want to return "Less Frequently," and if the opposite is true, I want to return "More Frequently" ("Same," if there is no "Yes>No," or "No>Yes").
I've tried using ARRAY and INDEX functions, but I'm not sure how to get Excel to "look" for each of those values, and then compare their ranking in the column.
Thank you in advance for your help!
MATCH will return the relative row number. This assumes the first column of data is in E2:E8.
=IFERROR(IF(MATCH("Yes>No",E2:E8,0)>MATCH("No>Yes",E2:E8,0),"Less Frequently","More Frequently"),"Same")
It is looking for exact matches, so if you have typos, it will always default to Same. If only one is found then it will still produce Same
You would put int he first cell and copy/drag over, the references will change automatically.
I tried to use SUMIFS, but it failed since the formula doesn't allow me to use two different criterias from the same criteria range (which makes sense of course), so I looked around the Internet and found '=SUMPRODUCT' instead I used it but it doesn't return any value. Here my formula
=SUMPRODUCT((('BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!E:E="DB")+('BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!E:E="DZ"))*('BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!G:G))
Maybe Looping through the range with an if clause and using the sum function after "then"?
In row number 26 & 27 are two different string values ("DB,DZ") and in the same row is a value in the column (Betrag) which means amount and I need a formula to sum all values that are in the same rows as "DB" and "DZ"
I agree with Jeeped that you should "Cut your full column references down to the actual extents of your data"
There is a slight typo in your formula. Replace the * with a , and it will work just fine :)
Your original formula should be
=SUMPRODUCT((('BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!E1:E6="DB")+('BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!E1:E6="DZ")), 'BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!G1:G6)
Replace 6 with the relevant row.
This is the best I can improve your existing formula without more information.
=SUMPRODUCT(('BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!E1:INDEX('BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!E:E, MATCH("zzz", 'BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!E:E))={"DB","DZ"})*('BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!G1:INDEX('BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!G:G, MATCH("zzz", 'BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!E:E))))
It may look more complicated but it actually performs much less work.
Actually, this may be even better.
=SUM(SUMIFS('BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!G:G, 'BB_Juni 2016_Crew'!E:E, {"DB","DZ"}))
Both are standard formulas (no need for CSE).
There is a spreadsheet function AND that accepts several conditions and returns TRUE of all conditions are TRUE, FALSE otherwise.
You may try re-phrasing your formula or make your question clearer so it may be possible to give you an actual working formula.
I've created a Time Sheet for my dog walkers to fill in. They enter TIME STARTED and TIME ENDED for each of their dog walks and then a TOTAL TIME is generated using the =X-Y formula. This TOTAL TIME is formatted to be displayed in hh:mm but its true VALUE is a long integer.
Using the MATCH and INDEX functions, I've set up a formula to match the TOTAL TIME value generated to an index on the "Payment Schedule" sheet and locate the respective payment.
I keep getting errors that state the total time VALUES can't be matched but I know that formatting isn't the issue and the values are clearly on the "Payment Schedule" sheet. And when the MATCH function does return a row it returns the incorrect row, which locates the incorrect payment/rate.
Here is the Google Sheets I'm having trouble with.
Found the answer on another website:
it's floating point rounding error on the time values. I don't fully
understand what's happening, but I was able to reproduce it on my
system, and I found a work-around: Change your formula to
=INDEX(B:B, MATCH($I$4+TIME(0,0,1), A:A)) This adds one second (TIME(0,0,1); the arguments are TIME(hours,minutes,seconds)) to the I4
value; that seems to be enough to get it "over the hump", so that it
tests as being ≥ the value in A4 (or A7 or A10). BTW, I tried
TIME(0,0,0.9), but apparently TIME() won't honor fractional seconds,
and so it just treats that as TIME(0,0,0); i.e., just plain zero. If
you want to get a millisecond, you can use TIME(0,0,1)*0.001.
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Can I write a UDF in Excel VBA where the return value from the function will override the cell value from it is called from?
The function get information with a sql request. In this case it's only master data for example the item description. If the user will use this function in a worksheet in many cells excel will recalculate the cell value every time you change something. This has poor performance and normally it's only necessary to get the information one time and it hasn't to be updated in this case.
I thought to use application.caller.address method to get the address the function was called from but it seems it can't set the cell value for this address within the function.
So the return value of the function should override the original formula that run the function.
Is this possible
thanks for your help
No.
As you may have noticed Excel cells have multiple layers.
One is the "value". Another one the formula you can assign.
A funtions returns a value, therefore the return value only accesses this layer. So you cannot return a replacement for the formula cause it is on another layer.
A function differs from a sub in the return value, a sub does not return anything. Due to your behaviour of "one time usage" a sub will fit your need more than a function, because you dont want to return a value but to remove or replace certain content from cell (the formula).
However, this does not mean you cannot do this with a function - but still not with a return value. But you need to rewrite the whole formula on a data refresh if you would use such a function.
You may have missed a point that you make you laugh yourself I guess. Excel has such a thing natively. But it is not a function.
Copy your cells and paste them but use "values only".
Totally has the same effect.
Also in terms of recalculation... why not turn it off?
This would you not make to rewrite the function each time.
I am a little stuck at the moment. I am working on an array of data and need to find a way to input column numbers into formulas.
-I have used the match function to find the corresponding column number for a value.
ex. "XYZ" matched with Column 3, which is equivalent to C1:Cxxxxxx
-now for inputing the C1:Cxxxxxx into a formula to get data for that particular column, I would like to be able to directly reference the Column 3 part, because I plan on using this workbook in the future and the column needed to run the calculation may or may not be column 3 the next time I use it.
- is there any way to tell excel to use a formula to tell excel which column to use for an equation?
so a little more detail, I have the equation
=AND(Sheet3!$C$1:$C$250000=$A$4,Sheet3!$B$1:$B$250000=$B$4)
instead of specifying to use column C, is there a way to use a formula to tell it to use C?
EDIT: more additional info;
"i am basically running the equivalent of a SQL where statement where foo and bar are true, I want excel to spit out a concatenated list of all baz values where foo and bar are true. ideally i would like it to ONLY return baz values that are true, then I will concat them together separately. the way I got it now, the expression will test every row separately to see if true; if there is 18K rows, there will be 18K separate tests.. it works, but it's not too clean. the goal is to have as much automated as possible. *i do not want to have to go in and change the column references every time I add a new data arra*y"
Thanks
You can use INDEX, e.g. if you have 26 possible columns from A to Z then this formula will give you your column C range (which you can use in another formula)
=INDEX(Sheet3!$A$1:$Z$250000,0,3)
The 0 indicates that you want the whole column, the 3 indicates which column. If you want the 3 can be generated by another formula like a MATCH function
Note: be careful with AND in
=AND(Sheet3!$C$1:$C$250000=$A$4,Sheet3!$B$1:$B$250000=$B$4)
AND only returns a single result not an array, if you want an array you might need to use * like this
=(Sheet3!$C$1:$C$250000=$A$4)*(Sheet3!$B$1:$B$250000=$B$4)
You could use ADDRESS to generate the text, you then need to use INDIRECT as you are passing a string rather than a range to the fomula
=AND(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,3,,,"Sheet3") & ":" & ADDRESS(250000,3))=$A$4
,INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,2,,,"Sheet3") & ":" & ADDRESS(250000,2))=$B$4)
Obviously replace the 3s and 2s in the ADDRESS formulae with your MATCH function you used to get the column number. The above assumes the column for $B$1:$B$25000 is also found using `MATCH', otherwise it is just:
=AND(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,3,,,"Sheet3") & ":" & ADDRESS(250000,3))=$A$4
,Sheet3!$B$1:$B$25000=$B$4)
Note a couple of things:
You only need to use "Sheet3" on the first part of the INDRECT
Conditions 3 and 4 in the ADDRESS formula are left as default, this
means they return absolute ($C$1) reference and are A1 style as
opposed to R1C1
EDIT
Given the additional info maybe using an advanced filter would get you near to what you want. Good tutorial here. Set it up according to the tutorial to familiarise yourself with it and then you can use some basic code to set it up automatically when you drop in a new dataset:
Paste in the dataset and then use VBA to get the range the dataset uses then apply the filter with something like:
Range("A6:F480").AdvancedFilter Action:=xlFilterInPlace, CriteriaRange:= _
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:B3"), Unique:=False
You can also copy the results into a new table, though this has to be in the same sheet as the original data. My suggestion would be paste you data into hidden columns to the left and put space for your criteria in rows 1:5 of the visible columns and then have a button that gets the used range for your data, applies the filter and copies the data below the criteria:
Range("A6:F480").AdvancedFilter Action:=xlFilterCopy, CriteriaRange:=Sheets _
Range("H1:M3"), CopyToRange:=Range("H6"), Unique:=False
Button would need to clear the destination cells first etc, make sure you have enough hidden columns etc but it's all possible. Hope this helps.