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    Count unique vales w/ multiple criteria

    Hi All,

    I'm having an issue trying to find a formula for counting unique values with multiple criteria. So, I'm looking to count the number of unique Cases for Staff Member where Status is Established.

    So for GV, the magic number would 3. For JH, it would be 4.
    Staff Member Case Number Status
    GV 391818 Established
    GV 391819 Established
    GV 391820 Established
    GV 391821 Denied
    GV 391818 Established
    GV 391819 Established
    JH 391839 Established
    JH 391830 Established
    JH 391838 Denied
    JH 391838 Established
    JH 391834 Established


    For the users (not me) sake, I think NOT an array formula would be best. But I'll take what I can get.

    Thank you very much.
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    Re: Possible? Count of unique vales w/multiple criteria

    To best describe or illustrate your problem you would be better off attaching a dummy workbook, the workbook should contain the same structure and some dummy data of the same type as the type you have in your real workbook - so, if a cell contains numbers & letters in this format abc-123 then that should be reflected in the dummy workbook.

    If needed supply a before and after sheet in the workbook so the person helping you can see what you are trying to achieve.

    Doing this will ensure you get the result you need!

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    Re: Possible? Count of unique vales w/multiple criteria

    Thank you for responding so fast!

    Attached is a sample file with many more rows.
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    Re: Possible? Count of unique vales w/multiple criteria

    Hi,

    sort by Case number, then add a helper column D with

    D2 =IF(B2=B1,D1+1,1) and copy down

    then you can use

    =COUNTIFS(A:A,"=GV",C:C,"= Established",D:D,"=1")

    Note that your column C has leading spaces for the word "Established", but none for "Denied"

    hth

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    Re: Possible? Count of unique vales w/multiple criteria

    Thank you for replying.

    So I simplified/modified the actual file before uploading it. In it's actual use, someone would be taking this canned BO report, with many more columns in between these, then copy and pasting it into an excel spreadsheet, where another sheet will do all the calculations, which will then be pulled into a dashboard.

    So sorting wouldn't be ideal, as the people I'm trying to develop this for will have even less excel skills than I. And If I can get around adding another column, I would prefer to.

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    Re: Possible? Count of unique vales w/multiple criteria

    OK, try this on your pianola:

    you need to create a table where you list your staff members and calculate the number of unique established in the adjacent cell.

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    Staff member is column F, and the following formula sits in column G

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    Note that I'm using TRIM() in the condition that checks the status, to get rid of leading and/or trailing spaces.

    try the attached file
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    Re: Possible? Count of unique vales w/multiple criteria

    This one's an alternative formula for column G, and although the formula is a bit shorter and not as unwieldy, it takes slightly longer to calculate

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    Re: Possible? Count of unique vales w/multiple criteria

    Thank you both! They both work.

    The problem I'm facing now, is that these calculations would be happening on a different sheet, and I can't seem to correctly reference everything.

    I think I can follow along with most the formula, but I get lost somewhere.

    I've attached a more accurate version of the file. I've deleted all the irrelevant column data. Also what I forgot to mention, is that I want to count if the Status is Established or Partially Established. Only Denied cases would be neglected.

    Thank you all very much. This is a great learning experience.
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    Re: Count unique vales w/ multiple criteria

    Quote Originally Posted by jhendrix
    ...If I can get around adding another column, I would prefer to.
    you can, but as outlined already it makes the process more "expensive" ...

    generally speaking utilising helpers mean more efficient formulae.... in this case you'd even be able to use a Pivot Table.

    You can create a named range:

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    In the Named range I'm assuming A only ever contains text values.

    Then

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    The above works given the 1:1 relationship between Staff/Case/Status
    (ie a Case only belongs to 1 Staff member (seemingly) and has only 1 status (seemingly))

    Insert a PT with Range defined as _Data, subsequently setting Staff as Row Label and Unique as Data Field (set to SUM)

    Sorting the data as Teylyn has already said would really aid efficiency in terms of the above process given you could dispense with COUNTIF - but I've disregarded given you've already made mention this is not viable.

    In terms of conducting the calcs without the use of the additional column whilst still utilising the Named Range then again taking advantage of the 1:1 relationships:

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    but the above will perform poorly...

    As a final option - if you were happy to keep the helper column but did not want to use a Pivot Table you could just use a SUMIF in place of the above which would be significantly quicker:

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    EDIT: the above SUMIF is in essence just a reworking of Teylyn's earlier point re: use of COUNTIFS but working off later assertion that data can not be sorted...

    If adopting the helper but no PT approach you could still use COUNTIFS and replace the COUNTIF calc in the helper col. with a a basic MATCH approach which might be quicker pending volume ?

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