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vitoaiaco
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Sep 24, 2024

Calculation of truck consumption

Hi,  I'm kindly asking for your help in setting up the correct formula for the attached spreadsheet. You will find in column A a list of trucks identified by fleet numbers. On a daily basis new col...
  • m_tarler's avatar
    Sep 24, 2024

    vitoaiaco  first I must say I'm not a fan of you sheet set up. 

    a) It appears you insert columns to enter the latest data which can/will throw problems into calculation.

    b) you are using columns instead of rows (you have many more rows than columns)

    c) you are grouping data/columns instead of having individual entries.

    that all said the following formula will work:

    =LET(miles, FILTER(D6:AAA6,(D$3:AAA$3="KM")*(D6:AAA6<>"")), 
         gas, FILTER(D6:AAA6,(D$3:AAA$3="Diesel Ltrs")*(D6:AAA6<>"")), 
         (INDEX(miles,1)-INDEX(miles,2))/INDEX(gas,2))

    or you could use INDEX or CHOOSECOLS instead of FILTER

    That said, you may want or need to add a 'dummy' column D so the formula wont get shifted when you insert the columns.

    Lastly I question your calculation because I always do current milage - last milage / how much I need to fill the tank NOW as how much I used which assumes I top the tank off.  Your calculation using the prior gas amount works if you run the engine dry each time (which I sencerely doubt) or I'm just misunderstanding the data.

     

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