I have this information in which applicants for a conference are ranking their preferences for example (red, yellow, orange). What formula can I write so that I give the person their first choice, but then when that area gets filled up with more than 1/3 of the people at that conference it shows their second choice? I want it to be a first come, first serve kinda thing so that people are motivated to sign up earlier. Thank you so much to anyone that helps!
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I have made a guess as to what you want and how you want it laid out. If I'm close then great, if not then it would help if you upload a workbook showing how you see this working along with your manually calculated expected results.
That said, here's my attempt:
FirstComeFirstServe.png
G2:H4 lists each of the areas and their capacity. I have made this a named range "areaList"
Col-E is the calculated assigned area for each applicant. In E2 and copied down:
Formula:
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I have attached a workbook implementing the above.
Let me know whether this is heading along the right path.
Hi yes, this is exactly what I needed thank you so so much, I really appreciate it!!!!
OK, no problem - glad I could help.
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This is perfect! Thank you!
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