Sorting multiple entries with several batches based on lowest balance.

[Istid]

Hello everyone, first time poster here and basicly a first time user of Excel.
I work at a warehouse and we dont have a system that warns us if an article on A (floor) is about to be empty.
We have thousands of articles and to manualy keep track of them and refill is not possible.
So i need help to figure out a formula that warns me if A is about to be empty and suggest B or C so we can refill A with pallets from B or C before it´s to late.
I copy the entire shelving system to excel usually around 1500 articles and remove the double entries because we use batches.
So this is the data im left with to sort in order from left to right.
Article number, Name of article, place, balance.
Example:
45226 Tape 0579-A 48
45226 Tape 0579-B 544
45226 Tape 0579-C 612

I want the option to only show a pallet that has <48 on A and suggest a B or C pallet with >48.
If the pallets has >48 then i dont want it to be shown or just let the pallets im interested in be marked with 1 and those im not interested in to be marked with 0.
Is this possible?
Thankful for any help i can get.
/Istid

[Glenn Kennedy]

Will you please attach a SMALL sample Excel workbook (10-20 rows of data is usually enough)? However, please give us an indication of the approximate number of rows of data you want the solution to work with (100, 1000, 100,000 or whatever). Please don't attach a picture of an Excel sheet (no-one will want to re-type all your stuff before starting).

1. It does NOT have to be your real sheet - mock up a SAMPLE if you need to. But not 1000's of rows!!! It makes manual checking so tedious. Whatever you do... make sure that all confidential information is removed first!!

2. Make sure that your sample data are truly REPRESENTATIVE of your real data. The use of unrepresentative data is very frustrating and can lead to long delays in reaching a solution.

3. Make sure that your desired solution is also shown (mock up the results manually).

4. Try to avoid using merged cells. They cause lots of problems!

Unfortunately the attachment icon doesn't work at the moment. So, to attach an Excel file you have to do the following: Just before posting, scroll down to Go Advanced and then scroll down to Manage Attachments. Now follow the instructions at the top of that screen.

[Istid]

Hi.
I hope this is good enough, Right column is the rules, i have just copied some of the rows from our system so it is representative of how it looks.
A=floor B=second floor C=Third floor
If there is less than 96 on on A floor i want it to be shown, if its more than 96 i want it to be ignored.

[JeteMc]

Hello Istid and Welcome to Excel Forum.
This proposed solution employs three helper columns which may be moved and/or hidden for aesthetic purposes.
Column F is populated using: =RIGHT(C2,1)
Column G is populated using: =IFERROR(INDEX(D$2:D$35,AGGREGATE(15,6,(ROW($2:$35)-1)/(A$2:A$35=A2)/(F$2:F$35="A"),1)),0)
Column H is populated using: =COUNTIFS(A$2:A$35,A2)
Column I is populated using: =IF(OR(G2>96,AND(F2="A",H2=1)),0,1)
Note: As in first post 1=show 2=omit
Note that the rational for showing rows 25:26 may need revisiting(?)
Let us know if you have any questions.