I am using excell for our estimating sheets. I am trying to automate some of the processes to ensure there are less mistakes.
I would like to automate the process so that if a number is put into the quantity column then certain cells from that row are copied to a different sheet.
I just dont know how to do it? Do I use Macros or Formulas?
Last edited by philiasfogg; 02-04-2009 at 07:22 AM.
You probably can use formulas...
In that other sheet that you want populated, you could use simple IF() formula.
E.g. =IF(Sheet1!A1<>"",Sheet1!B1,"")
this will check if Sheet1 has anything in A1... if it does, then B1 from Sheet1 will be "copied" over to the cell you have the formula in, otherwise it will stay blank.
Where there is a will there are many ways.
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hi thanks for this
However i really wanted to consolidate the list down.
Currently i do it manually by having autofilter on and then selecting all non-blanks in the quantity column.
Then i copy the rows into another worksheet.
I just am looking to see if i can do this automatically
Try recording a macro doing these steps and see if that works....
Otherwise, someone here can help create a macro for you...
Please, post an example file.
Hi
Attached is an example quote template.
The price list is on worksheet 3 (price list)
when i put in a qty against a part i want the cells from columns A, B, C, D, E, and F to be copied into the table on worksheet 1 (workings) into the cells on columns C, D, E, F, G, and H (same order)
i then want the list as per worksheet 1 (workings) to be copied to worksheet 2 (BOM)
I hope the attached helps make this clear
See attached.
Enter a part ref in column C and the remaining columns are completed and transferred to the BOM sheet.
Formula used in D20 of "Workings" sheet:
=IF($C20="","",VLOOKUP($C20,'price list'!$A:$F,COLUMNS($A$1:B$1),0))
copied down and across to column H.
Note: formulas in columns I:L have slight adjustments to avoid Error results.
Thanks for this
It is one way of achieving my aims.
However as most of the sales guys cannot remember the part codes they use the price list currently.
So i thought if they are using the price list anyway, if they just put a qty in then that line would auto copy into the working sheet.
Is this possible??
Ok,
See attached.
The only thing that changes is the addition of a formula C17 to perform a count of records with Quantities in them. (You can format this cell to have font colour match background so the number is not visible, if you want)>
Then change formula in C20 to the following:
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Which must be confirmed with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER not just ENTER and then copied right down.
The remaining formulas in all sheets remain the same as previously.
Note: I filled in a few for testing purposes...
That is great and has solved this part of the job
Thanks
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