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    Unable to create proper formulas

    Good Morning, Afternoon, or Evening folks. Any assistance would be appreciated. I have been tasked with taking my company's incident log and adding making some changes. I have attached a previous year's incident log and am hoping someone might be willing to have a look and offer some insight.

    The first tab of the document (Incident Log 2016) is basically the raw data. The succeeding tabs are the numbers that my executive team looks at. As of now, we simply take the raw data from the first tab, and re-enter accordingly on succeeding tabs. What I have been asked to do is work on this document to make certain types of data from the first tab populate and automatically generate in graphs and charts on the succeeding tabs. I have less than average knowledge of excel.

    Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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    Re: I'm an excel novice in a new company role that requires extensive knowledge, HELP!

    Are you saying you need formulas to make the numbers in the sheets after the data sheet to automatically calculate or you need to go further than that?

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    Re: I'm an excel novice in a new company role that requires extensive knowledge, HELP!

    That's exactly what I'm saying!

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    Re: I'm an excel novice in a new company role that requires extensive knowledge, HELP!

    OK, most of it look straightforward enough so I will add some formulas and post your workbook back shortly with an explanation of how it all works.

    In the mean time I'm confused as to how you're calculating the figures in column L on the "Incidents by PM" sheet.
    Some appear to the the sum of both 'Estimated Costs' and 'Actual Costs' (Cols M and N on the Incident Log sheet) and others appear to be nether a sum of these or the individual values. Could you explain how they're calculated?

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    Re: I'm an excel novice in a new company role that requires extensive knowledge, HELP!

    The figures in question that you're asking about are actually erroneous. Please disregard them. I appreciate your help very much, thank you so much!

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    Re: I'm an excel novice in a new company role that requires extensive knowledge, HELP!

    How are you calculating the figures on the "Type of Incidents" sheet?

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    Re: I'm an excel novice in a new company role that requires extensive knowledge, HELP!

    On the "Type of Incident" sheet, it should be pulled straight from the "Type of Incident" column on the first sheet. Basically broken down by amount of each type of incident (1st Aid - no recordable, No Fault - Utility Strike, Recordable Injury, etc...). I hope that helps answer your question.

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