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How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

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    How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column using a formula?
    Can a formula identify the category within the item number?

    Example:

    item number: GW14SO0000003
    item category: GW14SO
    item counter: 0000003


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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    with a pivottable you don't need formulas and is very simple.

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    I dont think I can use a pivot table for this. Did you open the mock up file?

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    with little effort (in excel2003)
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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    How did you get column I to only select the categories?

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    Is this method automated? When I add new rows of information, the pivot table does not update automatically?

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    you have to update the pivottable manually or you can write a macro to do so.

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    Quote Originally Posted by bsalv View Post
    you have to update the pivottable manually or you can write a macro to do so.
    When I double click the totals in the pivot table, why does a new sheet get created?

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    What were the steps you used to create the pivot table? I cant seem to get it right

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    You can do it with formulas

    Use this in C29 of your mock-up file to get unique categories

    =INDEX(LEFT($D$6:$D$25,6),MATCH(0,INDEX(COUNTIF($C$28:C28,LEFT($D$6:$D$25,6)),,),))

    and drag formula down.

    And this one for calculations in D29

    =SUMPRODUCT((LEFT($D$6:$D$25,6)=$C29)*(F$6:F$25))

    then down and across

    C
    D
    E
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    28
    Category
    Total Purchases
    Sold
    Profit
    29
    GW30BF
    $5.00
    $43.00
    $48.00
    30
    GW37VS
    $4.00
    $26.00
    $28.00
    31
    GW14SO
    $1.00
    $7.00
    $8.00
    32
    GW67TZ
    $7.00
    $93.00
    $98.00
    33
    GW34PD
    $3.00
    $69.00
    $72.00
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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    Wow, life saver. I was up all last night trying to figure this out. I was trying to use If ISerror Search, but had not luck combing formulas, maybe I was going the whole wrong way about the arguments.

    Where in the formula does it tell you to identify the category, example: GW30BF
    =INDEX(LEFT($D$6:$D$25,6),MATCH(0,INDEX(COUNTIF($C$28:C28,LEFT($D$6:$D$25,6)),,),))

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    This formula extracts first 6 characters from the unique list (LEFT($D$6:$D$25,6)

    The sumproduct first part is comparing it and uses as a criteria.

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    Quote Originally Posted by AlKey View Post
    This formula extracts first 6 characters from the unique list (LEFT($D$6:$D$25,6)

    The sumproduct first part is comparing it and uses as a criteria.

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    How can I add monthy sales to the new table created in the revised mockup workbook? thanks

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    What date should be use Sell Date?

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    In H29 across and down

    =SUMPRODUCT((LEFT($D$6:$D$25,6)=$G29)*(TEXT($C$6:$C$25,"mmmm")=H$28)*($G$6:$G$25))
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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    This is more of a personal preference, how can I tell the formula to avoid adding the symbol "-" in the cells to avoid getting a #value! as a result. I revised the workbook below.

    mockup_alkey.xlsx

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    Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    This will replace "-" with 0

    For the Total Purchases

    =SUMPRODUCT((LEFT($D$6:$D$25,6)=$B29)*(SUBSTITUTE(F$6:F$25,"-",0)))


    For the Monthly

    =SUMPRODUCT((LEFT($D$6:$D$25,6)=$G29)*(TEXT($C$6:$C$25,"mmmm")=H$28)*(SUBSTITUTE($G$6:$G$25,"-",0)))

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    Thumbs up Re: How can you look up how much each category has made into the category column? Formula?

    Awesome, now just 1 more question. How would I add weekly sales in the weekly sales section in the revised mockup workbook?

    mockup_alkey1.xlsx

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