How do I reference non-contiguous columns in another sheet and th.

I have a worksheet that contains several years of montlhy data on cost
increases and decreases. I have another sheet w/ one column that summarizes
the first quarter's data. How do I fill across on the second sheet so that
the cells contain the correct data from the monthly sheet and the correct
forlmulas from the first column on the quarterly sheet? This means the second
sheet has to reference non-contiguous columns on the first sheet.
This

Thank you

Bill Nash
[email protected]

I understand the difficulty: since elements on the first sheet are not
contiguous, creating outyear totals is not simply a matter of pasting
the totals column into a "Year 2" (or whatever) position.

Not knowing the layout of your information makes this a little dicey,
but here's a possibility. You can label the appropriate columns with
"Year 1", "Year 2", etc- suppose these appear in Row 1. On your totals
sheet, write a SUMIF along the lines of =SUMIF(A1:G1,"Year 1",A2:G50)
This sums everything in the range A2:G50 if there is a column header
"Year 1" in the first row. You can hide the labels in row 1 if you
need to.

Does this get you a little closer?

Dave

Thanks for your help on Excel. I tried what you suggested but had no luck.
I think perhaps part of the problem might be that I am a new user and lack
much of the basic knowledge! I think I thought that this would be a common
application and would have a pretty simple solution - shows how wrong you can
be!

Thanks anyway - I'll keep working on it!

Bill

"Dave O" wrote:

> I understand the difficulty: since elements on the first sheet are not
> contiguous, creating outyear totals is not simply a matter of pasting
> the totals column into a "Year 2" (or whatever) position.
>
> Not knowing the layout of your information makes this a little dicey,
> but here's a possibility. You can label the appropriate columns with
> "Year 1", "Year 2", etc- suppose these appear in Row 1. On your totals
> sheet, write a SUMIF along the lines of =SUMIF(A1:G1,"Year 1",A2:G50)
> This sums everything in the range A2:G50 if there is a column header
> "Year 1" in the first row. You can hide the labels in row 1 if you
> need to.
>
> Does this get you a little closer?
>
>

Is there any system in the non-contiguous columns like every 3rd for
instance, then it can be done using OFFSET
and COLUMN, post back if that is the case

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Bill Nash" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Dave
>
> Thanks for your help on Excel. I tried what you suggested but had no
luck.
> I think perhaps part of the problem might be that I am a new user and lack
> much of the basic knowledge! I think I thought that this would be a
common
> application and would have a pretty simple solution - shows how wrong you
can
> be!
>
> Thanks anyway - I'll keep working on it!
>
> Bill
>
> "Dave O" wrote:
>
> > I understand the difficulty: since elements on the first sheet are not
> > contiguous, creating outyear totals is not simply a matter of pasting
> > the totals column into a "Year 2" (or whatever) position.
> >
> > Not knowing the layout of your information makes this a little dicey,
> > but here's a possibility. You can label the appropriate columns with
> > "Year 1", "Year 2", etc- suppose these appear in Row 1. On your totals
> > sheet, write a SUMIF along the lines of =SUMIF(A1:G1,"Year 1",A2:G50)
> > This sums everything in the range A2:G50 if there is a column header
> > "Year 1" in the first row. You can hide the labels in row 1 if you
> > need to.
> >
> > Does this get you a little closer?
> >
> >