Best way to summarize results?

Hi everyone

I have several worksheets that represent yearly results (labelled 1995,
1996 etc...)

I would like a summary sheet that can pick out common competitors from
each sheet and add that years score to a 'rolling' total.

I had thought a Pivot table would do the job, but can't seem to make it
work.

One point to note is that within each sheet, there are an inconsistent
number of events - for example there might be 8 events in '95 and 9 in
'96 etc. Is that a problem for the pivot table?

Thanks for any suggestions
Neil

It would be easier to summarize the data if it were all on the same
sheet. Then you could create a pivot table, or use filters to show
specific years' data.

neil40 wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I have several worksheets that represent yearly results (labelled 1995,
> 1996 etc...)
>
> I would like a summary sheet that can pick out common competitors from
> each sheet and add that years score to a 'rolling' total.
>
> I had thought a Pivot table would do the job, but can't seem to make it
> work.
>
> One point to note is that within each sheet, there are an inconsistent
> number of events - for example there might be 8 events in '95 and 9 in
> '96 etc. Is that a problem for the pivot table?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions
> Neil
>


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Debra Dalgleish
Contextures
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

Debra

Thanks. I'll give it a try.
My workbook originally had all the years on one sheet, but that didn't
seem to work either.
Is it best to have the yearly data
a) Layed out across the sheet so each year is side by side or
b) Layed out down the sheet so they are one above the other

Neil

Debra Dalgleish wrote:
> It would be easier to summarize the data if it were all on the same
> sheet. Then you could create a pivot table, or use filters to show
> specific years' data.
>
> neil40 wrote:
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > I have several worksheets that represent yearly results (labelled 1995,
> > 1996 etc...)
> >
> > I would like a summary sheet that can pick out common competitors from
> > each sheet and add that years score to a 'rolling' total.
> >
> > I had thought a Pivot table would do the job, but can't seem to make it
> > work.
> >
> > One point to note is that within each sheet, there are an inconsistent
> > number of events - for example there might be 8 events in '95 and 9 in
> > '96 etc. Is that a problem for the pivot table?
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions
> > Neil
> >
>
>
> --
> Debra Dalgleish
> Contextures
> http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

Neil

Put like data in like columns e.g. competitors in a competitors column, years in a year column. i.e lay out the sheet so years are above one another. rather than in the same row.

Can't see any problem with different numbers of events in different years. Assume there is a separate row for each event, for each year.

When you get the data into the format suggested by Debra, you'll have plenty of extra tools for analysis, pivottable usually being the most useful.

Cheers,