Forum Widgets
Latest Discussions
Dynamic Column cell reference with autofill
Hi, I want to increase the column reference in a formula by 2 columns as it is copied across columns. So in Column A the formula is =SUM(D3:E3) When I fill this across Column B I want the formula to be =SUM(F3:G3) I have experimented with the INDEX and COLUMN functions but not been able to get the intended result.SolvedAndy2269May 31, 2026Copper Contributor34Views0likes2CommentsHow to filter to include blanks without selecting blanks.....
Good Morning All, I have a spreadsheet on Excel Online version that people fill in for requesting PPE and it has drop down boxes so they can select what they need. The people filling it in are not the most knowledgeable with computers never mind Excel just FYI for context. When the spreadsheet gets filtered eg to show only the requests for Bob, it shows the items for Bob and then the row underneath is row 532 which is outside my data and therefore the drop down boxes do not show so when someone comes to fill it in they can't select what they want to order and just end up free typing which defeats the object and means things can get missed. I want to be able to filter the spreadsheet in any column EG Bob so it shows the items for Bob and then the next row is the next 'available' row which in this example would be row 23 but also people are filling this in daily so row 23 is not set. Tomorrow it will have more data in and the next 'available' row could be row 30 so obviously tomorrow I would like to be able to filter to Bob, see all of Bobs items and then the next row showing is row 30. This is a test doc: https://1drv.ms/x/c/15153d41767146da/IQDVK5iPAiw-SoUyrf9ciYdwAb76zwpiF-IAtr6ISry1KwQ?e=v4vo3C Hope that makes sense and hopefully I am not asking for the impossible! Many Thanks,SolvedNelly3007May 29, 2026Copper Contributor78Views0likes2CommentsNames in Excel Name Manager
I have a spreadsheet ( I will call it spreadsheet "A") driven by macros that creates a new worksheet each month. I am developing a second spreadsheet I will call it spreadsheet "B") that links to it for a monthly summary. I have given all the cells names that are to be linked. The issue I am dealing with is when a new monthly tab is created on "A", I want the links from "B" to be updated to the new month. The approach I am taking is to delete all of the names in "A" and recreate them for the new month. (The reason I want to delete the older names is because over time, the Names list would grow into a very large list of obsolete names). The problem I am encountering is that when a name is deleted, a dialog box appears that the user has to acknowledge that, Yes, I want to delete this name. I want to make this process transparent to the user. So, my question is: Can I delete a name without generating this dialog box?SolvedaekbusMay 28, 2026Brass Contributor64Views0likes1CommentHow to add a new month to the existing bar graph?
Question: How to add a new month to the existing bar chart? I have 3 rows. Oct 2025, April 2026, May 2026 The headings are: Month, Start Value, End Value, Change The bar chart has the 3 start values and then the 3 end values then the 3 change I added a 4th row and the formulas and they change values as they should. The June values are just dummy values. But I do not know how to add the 4th month to the existing bar chart that updates as well. I can create a new one but then I have to re-create the chart details.SolveddavidhelpMay 27, 2026Copper Contributor73Views0likes2CommentsColumn formatted as h]:mm:ss defaults to AMPM time upon editing cell
In Excel, I have a list of minutes and seconds as a 'timer for separate tasks' function, but even after formatting the whole column as [h]:mm:ss it is still reading as AMPM time. I also tried formatting the column as h:mm:ss, no change. The minutes and seconds read correctly in the sheet, but when I make a mistake entering the minutes and seconds, and double click on a cell to edit, it reads as an AM/PM. I am on a Mac. Screenshots to show the issue:Solvedcherj1904May 22, 2026Copper Contributor97Views0likes2CommentsCounts+unique+filter
Hi, I have a problem when I use the following to count the job formula Is =counta(unique(filter($a:$a, ($b:$b=1)*($c:$c=2))) the formula is correct, however, I found an error if no data match all scenarios, the answer should be 0, but, i got “1” now. Could you please help? I tried to set data source instead of whole volume but no changeSolvedKa_ChunLMay 20, 2026Copper Contributor121Views0likes4CommentsCannot change some cells to date format in Excel
A downloaded Bank statement refuses to allow some but not all cells to be converted to date formats. I have tried simply to format them as dates converted text to columns using both fixed width and delimiter options copied the text to notebook in the hope of stripping off hidden characters =DATEVALUE(A1) ->error Simply justifying the numbers right incantations Any thoughts? Thank youSolvedjlockleyMay 20, 2026Copper Contributor143Views0likes5CommentsNeed quick help counting values from a list for presentation.
Hi All I could usually work this out by searching google and the forum if I had time but its run out so looking for some quick community assistance to get me through the day. I need to count how many times we went to specific locations that are "In area". there is a list of 47 locations and 13 of them are considered "In area" I have a list of jobs in sperate sheets named based on years (2024, 2025, 2026) in those sheets I have a column that lists the location the job was in, which is pulled from a list of locations as a list in the sheet "DataLists". Each year there are approximately 250 jobs and of that 150 are probably in area. In the DataList sheet where the list of locations are pulled from, next to each location listed in column E I have a 1 or 0, in column D, 1 for "in area" and 0 for "out of area". I also have a "Report" sheet that generates a report based on the selected year as a drop down in cell C2 I want to count how many times we went to jobs the were "in area". I tried a quick solution to get me through today and generated a new list in column Q in the DataList sheet with: =IF(D2=1,E2,"") this made a list of only "in area" locations in column Q. Then in one of the year sheets I tried the following formula =SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(H3:H200, DataLists!Q2:Q47)) where H3:H200 is the locations of the jobs and DataList!Q2:Q7 is the list of "in Area" and got 3335 which is very wrong as there are only 97 jobs so far in 2026 and maybe 50-60 of those are "In Area" I was going to then expand it to the following in the "Report" sheet. =SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&$C$2&"'!h:h"),DataLists!Q2:Q50)) so it pulls the data from the selected year entered into cell c2 What am I doing wrong here, am I using the wrong function. Sorry only have a few hours before presentation. Ideally I would like the formula in the "Report" sheet, to sum the total number of occurrences from the "year" sheet column H:H for any match from "Datalist" sheet column E:E but only if D:D = 1 I'll take any quick fix at this stage. Cheers AlSolvedAllanPritchardMay 11, 2026Copper Contributor120Views0likes2Comments
Tags
- excel43,824 Topics
- Formulas and Functions25,364 Topics
- Macros and VBA6,562 Topics
- office 3656,330 Topics
- Excel on Mac2,739 Topics
- BI & Data Analysis2,487 Topics
- Excel for web2,010 Topics
- Formulas & Functions1,716 Topics
- Need Help1,703 Topics
- Charting1,698 Topics