Need help creating a formula to calculate unit goals. (Novice) :-)

just an subtraction
like A1-B1

cell with 121 - cell with target

A sample sheet would help here, and possibly will enable a quicker and more accurate solution for you.


The forum does allow for spreadsheets to be uploaded direct to the forum -

Please see the Yellow Banner at the top of the page explaining how to attach a sample spreadsheet

A good sample workbook has just 10-20 rows of representative data that has been desensitised. The sample layout accurately matches that of your real data. It also has expected results mocked up, worked examples where required, relevant cells highlighted and a few explanatory notes.


Here are the instructions, found at the top of the page again

HOW TO ATTACH YOUR SAMPLE WORKBOOK:, Fast answers need clear examples. Post a small Excel sheet (not a picture) showing realistic & representative sample data WITHOUT confidential information (10-20 rows, not thousands...) and some manually calculated Expected results. For a new thread (1st post), scroll to Manage Attachments, otherwise scroll down to GO ADVANCED, click, and then scroll down to MANAGE ATTACHMENTS and click again. Now follow the instructions at the top of that screen.

=IF(B5="","",C5-160)

will the target allway be in the text
Billable Hrs Actual (Target xxx)

and 3 numerals
we could extract from that title

for the money
=IF(B5="","",E5-(160*125))