Is it possible to have text populate in a cell and allow it to overflow into adjacent cells even though there is data in those cells? Here is my layout and situation:
I have a worksheet that acts as a "Report" sheet which populates data based on drop down selections at the top of the report sheet. The user can select any one of 8 countries to view that specific data, and the report sheet populates cells D16 through P25. The user can also select to view all 8 countries. In this instance, country data will populate in blocks of data (D16:P25, D27:P36, D38:P47, etc.) When looking at only one country, the other cells with data are blank (the formulas return "").
I need the text overflow now because I was asked to incorporate a summary of applicable limitations below the first data table when viewing only one country in the report. For example, if the report is selected to view Belgium, the data populates in cells D16:P26. Now, I need to show in cell D18:D22 a summary of the local laws. I can incorporate the necessary text using IF statements into column D, but it is cut off because there are formulas in columns E - P currently returning no values that need to return values for the "All Countries" view.
Can this be accomplished?
I assume you use VBA to fill in the data when the user selects an element in the dropdownbox. When handling this change, you should actually clear the cells that are giving empty results, instead of having formulas in there that don't do anything useful.
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Consider I have a Table A in Excel - details as below:
And another Table B as follows
I want out-put as follows,
The Name from Table B has to be checked with Name in Table A, and respective StartDate and EndDate should be picked from Table A and same should be compared with dates in Table B and cell under that name should be colored to green if Status in Table A is in "In Progress" or to Red if in "On hold"
For Example:
Consider Jack in Table B, it has 3 records in Table A, The first start date should be picked i.e 4-Apr-2017 and End date as 27-Apr-2017, and respective coloring has to be done based on status field.
How can I achieve this using VBA/anything in Excel. I'm new to VBA.
Yes you can do it in VBA but I would recommend using conditional formatting (formula) as it doesn't require programming knowledge. To do this, you will need to employ the Vlookup formula.
I believe the output you want is something in the picture link here?
To make conditional formatting, look in the "Home" tab, under Styles -> Conditional Formatting. Highlight the cell you want to format, then select Conditional Formatting -> New Rule. This will cause a new window to pop up. Select "Use a formula to determine which cells to format".
You would want 2 conditional formats.
1.To show green if the date is within the start and end date. To do so, select the first cell in the Gantt chart (cell B8 in example) then enter formula below.
=IF(AND(B$7>=VLOOKUP($A8,$A$2:$D$5,3,FALSE()),B$7<=VLOOKUP($A8,$A$2:$D$5,4,FALSE())),TRUE(),FALSE())
2.To show red when user has item beyond due date, enter formula below with same cell highlighted.
=IF(B$7>VLOOKUP($A8,$A$2:$D$5,4,FALSE()),TRUE(),FALSE())
Once that is done, you can apply the format painter or copy and paste the cell with conditional formatting to extend your table/Gantt chart.
Note that the $ signs are important as they lock the relative reference positions in the formulas. Using the second formula as an example, B$7 refers to the date and you need the reference to be locked to row 7, where all the dates are. On the other hand, the column reference (Column B) can be shifted as you want it to change to with the columns to properly compare against the other dates.
As for multiple items per user, can you expand upon your initial question? Would you like to track based on per user or per item? I am assuming that you're creating a Gantt chart to track a project. In that case, it would make more sense to track specific tasks assigned to people. You can modify the example given to track based on task.
Moving forward, slowly.......
I added a column, that with the combination of my checkboxes, gives the name of active employees.
Screen Shot of active list of employees
If I use $T$6:$T$16 as my validation list, I still get 11 options in the drop down. I want the drop down to show only the 5 names that are in that list.
No need to use VBA here, Here's a quick solution.
Use a 1 or 0 in a column next to the employees' names corresponding to whether they are active or not.
Then create a column in the sales sheet which has a vlookup for this value
=VLOOKUP(E4,$A$4:$B$8,2,FALSE)
This looks for value E4 (the name), in range of all names, second column for their active status, FALSE for an exact match.
Then use a filter:
Highlight range of sales
"Data" tab
"Filter"
Then you can use the filter on the new Active column to only show the employees which are still active. See the linked image for the final outcome. The vlookup lives in column D.
Final outcome image in Excel
Of course if you want this in two sheets, you can split what I've done to different sheets with no extra effort other than adding sheet references to the range in the vlookup.
Hope this helps
I have been asked to create a database of volunteers in Excel. The main worksheet (called Data) holds all the information – names, addresses, numbers, reference checks, placements, supervisors, etc. What I am trying to achieve is for the relevant information to be moved from one worksheet to another when the status of the person changes.
There would be 5 categories which the volunteers would fall under (column A labelled ‘Status’)
PROCESSING
ACTIVE
ON HOLD
BARRED
STOPPED/RETIRED
What I want to get is a live database so the information would appear on a relevant worksheet whenever the status on the main spreadsheet changes , but I only want some information to show depending on the category…
Each Worksheet would contain columns A-F from the ‘Data’ worksheet and in addition:
Processing would contain columns X-AE
Active: AF-AW
On Hold: AZ-BC
Barred: AX-AY
Stopped/Retired:- BD-BH
I have searched and searched again but I know nothing about Macros (and my IT department is unable to help) So my question is – is this doable and if so is anyone able to help me?
I hope I am making sense and if not I can email across the dummy database with some made up names to show what it is I am trying to create
You can do this using array formulae. This link shows a simple example which provides the basic formula (explained in detail in the linked article)
=INDEX(range,SMALL(IF(col=value,ROW(range)),ROW(1:1)),COLUMN(A2))
Where range is the range of all your data from your main worksheet and value is the value you want to screen for (this changes for each of your sheets) and col is the column on your main sheet that you want to check the values of. Note it is an array forumla so you have to press control+shift+enter after typing in the formula as explained at the bottom of the link.
You will notice that I have changed the formula to say COLUMN(A2) instead of 2. This is so that you can drag the formula across the columns as well as down the rows. You might need to make this COLUMN(A2)-x where x is an offset because your data don't start in column A.
Note that the same applies for the ROW(1:1) part, if your range doesn't start in row 1 then you will need to offset this by some value as well (i.e. something like ROW(1:1)-y)
I am stuck at this problem which involves extracting data from a excel spreadsheet. And the values are "hidden" behind a "interface". I was given a excel file with the coordinate system and for the specified coordinates, when you click on them, a value is displayed to you on the small window above the spreadsheet.
I need all these values and I am sure that I could extract them all at once, not one by one.
So I need to gather all the values that are assigned to the specific coordinates and implement it in my program. Also there is this red-green interface which points out if the value is above a specified number.
But how do I get to the values?
Excel Spreadsheet Link.
They are stored in that row by column. The reason that you cannot see them when you open it is that the size of the column have been reduced. To see the actual number in the row by column, just expand that column by dragging it to the right. For example, in spreadsheet EEM_80_Eini+Ausi, if you look at cell B3 and expand the row and column, you will see the number .2450610558 inside that cell.
I know the title is really long winded, I will try to explain
I am trying to get Magento products into Zen Cart (background only - shouldn't be relevant).
I have an excel 2010 xls spreadsheet and in it I have a load of product data: skus, prices, categories, etc... you get the idea. I have each of the products along with their data listed once, each with a unique SKU field.
But... Some of these products are in more than one category and the way I am importing, each product needs to be listed multiple times, once for each category.
So, I have done an sql dump which contains two columns; sku and category. I have pasted these values into excel as new rows, so now I have a situation like this (with a lot more entries):
As you can see for each sku (left highlight) there is one entry containing all the data apart from the category (right highlight) and then there is an additional entry for each category it belongs to which contains only the category and sku but none of the other data.
So, what I need to do is some how copy all the data (apart from the categories column) across all cells with the same sku. Does anyone have any idea how I can achieve this without hitting Ctrl+V several hundred times. I realise VBA can probably handle this pretty easily, but I dont have a clue on that front.
Any help greatly appreciated
I hope you’re willing to use a second sheet, and to reference the data rather than actually copying.
On Sheet2, set A1 to =IF(Sheet1!A1="", "", Sheet1!A1). Drag (extend/fill) this down to A500 (as much data as you have on Sheet1, or further, to allow for growth). Also drag A1 over to AA1 and then drag that down to AA500.
Then set B2 to =IF($AA2="", Sheet1!B2, B1), drag it to Z2, and drag B2:Z2 down to B500:Z500.
P.S. If any of your data (columns) are dates, you will probably need to explicitly format them as dates on Sheet2. Ditto for any other values that are formatted any non-default way (e.g., Currency or Percentage). It may be necessary to do this only to cells that have values in them (and not blank cells).
You don't need VBA, unless you need to do this many times.
Assuming the sheet with your data is called Source and the sheet with the result is called Dest, you can get what you want following these steps on the sheet Dest:
On A1 type =Source!A1
On A2 type =IF(ISBLANK(Source!A2),A1,Source!A2)
Select the range A1:XX1 (where XX is the last column of the sheet Source)
Press Ctrl+R (to copy the first cell to the right)
Select the range A2:XX## (where ## is the last row of the sheet Source)
Press Ctrl+R and Ctrl+D (to copy to the right and down)
Here is an explanation of what's going on:
The first row is copied from the Source as it is.
Each cell of the second row is copied from Source only if that cell is empty, otherwise the cell above is copied.
Here's the quick and dirty solution:
Select the columns you need to be filled
Press Goto Ctrl-G
Special `Alt-S'
Blanks (Alt-K, Enter)
This should select all blank cells. Now type =B2 (assuming you're in B3, i.e. use the cell above the active cell) Important: Press Ctrl-Enter instead of Enter to enter the formula.
Done!
On a new Worksheet get the numbers 1-26 running across the top in Row1 by typing 1 in cell A1, 2 in cell A2, and then selecting those two cells and filling through Z.
Now in A2 type the following formula =VLOOKUP(Sheet1!$A1,Sheet1!$A:$AA,VALUE(A$1),FALSE)
Fill this formula in the Range A2:Z## (where ## represents your last row of data).
Then copy Row1 from Sheet1 to Row1 on Sheet2.
This formula will copy the rows of data straight down into the empty rows below them (assuming the sku only changes where there is a row of new information.
This will then all be active formulas, so I would recommend selecting all on Sheet2 and right-clicking in cell A1, and paste special by value.