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The final result should be
Bringing the Most: Bob
Number of Items: 6
Thanks for the help!
excel help.JPG
The final result should be
Bringing the Most: Bob
Number of Items: 6
Thanks for the help!
If you post a workbook with some sample data and the results you expect it will be much easier to help you.
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Example File.xlsx
Here is the example file that I posted. Thanks!
Select and copy all the names and paste into a column and use Data Tab, Remove Duplicates to form a list of names without duplicates. I used H3:H7 for the final list of names. I I3 enter this formula and fill down to give the count of times each name appears in the data.
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In D13 where you want the answer to Bringing the most enter this formula
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For the number of items enter this formula in D14
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Joe Items Name Items Name Bob Ketchup Joe Cake Dave Sue Hot Dogs Bob Hats Don Dave Hot Dog Buns Bob Glitter Dave Don Soda Sue Candles Bob Forks Bob Soda Bob Salad Bob Ketchup Joe Cake Sue Bringing the Most Bob Number of Items
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Two options here. One of them looks like this:
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I like your solution doverman, but the data set that I'm dealing with changes quite frequently and is also quite large. For example, Bob calls me up and says he can no longer come to the either event. Other people take over for him, and a new person (Anne) is added. Also now both Sue and Joe are both bringing 4 items. Ideally, I'd like Bob to automatically be removed and Anne to automatically be added. Thus the copy and paste method would no longer work.
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Example File2.xlsx
Is there a way to always copy data from one column and paste it into another column? My number of Items will never change.
I think you're on to something Jacc. However, I need know who is bringing the most items to both events. In this file it is clearly Sue and Joe. That's kind of why I asked doverman about copy columns into one big column so that you could perform the formulas in C14/C15 and E12/E13 just for both events.
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Example File, Jacc_changed.xlsx
Last edited by bkpaguy; 10-16-2015 at 11:04 AM.
I made a massive change to the way that your data is entered. I made a table out of both ranges and then created a Pivot table based on that table. Now when you add names to the list the Pivot table can be updated by right clicking in the pivot table and clicking on refresh. This will give you a listing of the names in alpha order and the number of items for each name. Beside the pivot table, I have extracted the max number of items brought by an individual and beside that the list of names who may have brought that same amount.
Awesome doverman! I've never worked with a pivot table before so that is new to me, but I believe this will work for my application. How could I forget that Alex was bringing the beer! Thanks a million!
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