I am so going to kill my sister.
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Two weeks I have been struggling with a problem that she had. She had a large spreadsheet and and wanted a count based upon contents of several columns. This was the cell entry to do the count...
{=COUNT(IF(Biggleswade!$A$2:$A$2981='Control Sheet'!$AE7,IF(Biggleswade!$H$2:$H$2981>0,Biggleswade!$H$2:$H$2981)))}I was trying everything, summing, changing columns, adding conditions, the lot. I made my own spreadsheets and tried and it worked. Then, about 5 minutes ago, it the scales fell from my eyes and I had it solved! The column$A$2:$A$2981wasn't numbers! It looked like numbers but it was F***ing Text! All solved. I rang her and told her it was done. Then promised to come round hit her with a big stick.------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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The truth is more prosaic, naturally, for the person I am most annoyed with is, unsurprisingly, myself! I cannot believe it did not occur to me before tonight. Truth is my sister is well versed in the dark arts of Excel, so I am amazed she made such a howler (assuming it was her howler and not one of her co-workers).
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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Killing a happy customer? You only want the unhappy ones to live? How about return business? :confused:
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I can beat my padawan from time to time!
That's no good. Rule #1 is: always be consistent. :)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I can beat my padawan from time to time!
Hey now, let's keep this KSS. :rolleyes:
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The truth is more prosaic, naturally, for the person I am most annoyed with is, unsurprisingly, myself! I cannot believe it did not occur to me before tonight. Truth is my sister is well versed in the dark arts of Excel, so I am amazed she made such a howler (assuming it was her howler and not one of her co-workers).
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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RyanEK wrote:
I'm pretty sure this violates the kid sister rule
Nah, not as long as he's polite about it. :laugh:
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RyanEK wrote:
I'm pretty sure this violates the kid sister
FTFY.
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She'll probably beat him up anyway. :laugh:
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She'll probably beat him up anyway. :laugh:
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Two weeks I have been struggling with a problem that she had. She had a large spreadsheet and and wanted a count based upon contents of several columns. This was the cell entry to do the count...
{=COUNT(IF(Biggleswade!$A$2:$A$2981='Control Sheet'!$AE7,IF(Biggleswade!$H$2:$H$2981>0,Biggleswade!$H$2:$H$2981)))}I was trying everything, summing, changing columns, adding conditions, the lot. I made my own spreadsheets and tried and it worked. Then, about 5 minutes ago, it the scales fell from my eyes and I had it solved! The column$A$2:$A$2981wasn't numbers! It looked like numbers but it was F***ing Text! All solved. I rang her and told her it was done. Then promised to come round hit her with a big stick.------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Noob.
Wout
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And? We knew that already, she is a Dalek after all. :confused:
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Dalek Dave wrote:
She is my prodigy, I am teaching her, so I can beat my padawan from time to time!
Surely you mean "protege" :doh: :)
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Noob.
Wout
I don't think he is a noob to Excel. It's a common oversight with Excel. You always have to be aware of the formatting of your data in a spreadsheet. It happens to me all the time and I use Excel everyday to perform analysis.
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Two weeks I have been struggling with a problem that she had. She had a large spreadsheet and and wanted a count based upon contents of several columns. This was the cell entry to do the count...
{=COUNT(IF(Biggleswade!$A$2:$A$2981='Control Sheet'!$AE7,IF(Biggleswade!$H$2:$H$2981>0,Biggleswade!$H$2:$H$2981)))}I was trying everything, summing, changing columns, adding conditions, the lot. I made my own spreadsheets and tried and it worked. Then, about 5 minutes ago, it the scales fell from my eyes and I had it solved! The column$A$2:$A$2981wasn't numbers! It looked like numbers but it was F***ing Text! All solved. I rang her and told her it was done. Then promised to come round hit her with a big stick.------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
This has happened to me a number of times, especially if there is a lot going on in my spreadsheet and I have different formatting involved with my data. What's great is that you solved the problem and now you are going to beat her senseless with a big stick. +5 :-D I know you don't celebrate Thanksgiving but have a good Holiday season anyways.
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Two weeks I have been struggling with a problem that she had. She had a large spreadsheet and and wanted a count based upon contents of several columns. This was the cell entry to do the count...
{=COUNT(IF(Biggleswade!$A$2:$A$2981='Control Sheet'!$AE7,IF(Biggleswade!$H$2:$H$2981>0,Biggleswade!$H$2:$H$2981)))}I was trying everything, summing, changing columns, adding conditions, the lot. I made my own spreadsheets and tried and it worked. Then, about 5 minutes ago, it the scales fell from my eyes and I had it solved! The column$A$2:$A$2981wasn't numbers! It looked like numbers but it was F***ing Text! All solved. I rang her and told her it was done. Then promised to come round hit her with a big stick.------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
It looked like numbers but it was F***ing Text!
What was the text, a six?
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Dalek Dave wrote:
She is my prodigy, I am teaching her, so I can beat my padawan from time to time!
Surely you mean "protege" :doh: :)
With DD who knows? :laugh:
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Two weeks I have been struggling with a problem that she had. She had a large spreadsheet and and wanted a count based upon contents of several columns. This was the cell entry to do the count...
{=COUNT(IF(Biggleswade!$A$2:$A$2981='Control Sheet'!$AE7,IF(Biggleswade!$H$2:$H$2981>0,Biggleswade!$H$2:$H$2981)))}I was trying everything, summing, changing columns, adding conditions, the lot. I made my own spreadsheets and tried and it worked. Then, about 5 minutes ago, it the scales fell from my eyes and I had it solved! The column$A$2:$A$2981wasn't numbers! It looked like numbers but it was F***ing Text! All solved. I rang her and told her it was done. Then promised to come round hit her with a big stick.------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]