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Compare Columns of Dates In A Formula
You are completely correct about the SUMIF formula. However, either yourself or I am confused on how the date portion is going to work. I will attach a version of my spreadsheet without the hidden columns below in case I messed anything up.
But I'll try to re-explain my goal of this sheet. When I buy something, I detail all the information of the buy into the Skins/Consumables tabs. The buying checklist would be used to plan SOME of my buying choices. Not everything I buy will be planned/listed in the Buying checklist tab. I believe this is the issue for me. Something in the Skins/Consumables may be skipped over and I don't think I'm correctly writing that in Excel. Instead of skipping over a row, my dates are being compared incorrectly.
When I mentioned I wanted to delete info in the Checklist I meant the following: I manually type how many I want. Excel would tell me how many I bought so far. There is a remaining amount which does the subtraction. Finally the far left will show a check mark when remaining equals 0. I would love the option to manually delete a row of my inputs if I decided to. Say I buy all the items, well they aren't needed to be bought anymore, so I can remove them from the checklist but leave there entries on the correct page.
You should be able to access/download it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19CTtqmPoTHZsfokLAzaQIZ2bPeEPLDli/view?usp=sharing
Ok Got it. It will help me if we can place values in it so I can see how it currently operates, and how you want it to. Can we place some items in each Skins/Consumables, then see how the buying checklist currently works? Also, I do not see the formula based on the date anywhere.
- Ok, in cell F9 of the consumable tab I put =IF(E9<'Buying Checklist'!$K$3,"",W9). This will put nothing if the date (buy) is less than the date on the buying checklist. Drag it down. Then, change the sumif formula (amount bought-buying checklist), to point to column F instead of W for all instances and it seems to work. Do the same thing on the skins page.
- I took a second look at the Buying Checklist. If the sumif is based on the "Estimated Start" date for all entries, then no lookup is needed. It can simply be referenced.
Instead of putting a date in that cell, (hidden date) have the formula resolve the amount you want counted instead, if the conditions are met. In your sumif formula range, point it to the hidden date range. It will count what is there if it meets the conditions, and what is there only meets your date condition.
The hidden date formula will have to be a lookup formula looking at the buying checklist page, and have an iferror clause so it zeros out when no value is found.
The formula for creating the date is causing me issues. Every formula I type is giving me a blank cell/not working since there is another page. I think the problem, for me..., is comparing the new Hidden dates to whatever cell is next on the list... Don't know how to solve this. I unhided all the cells and input some sample data in. New link for the excel file is below. Everything on the right side of the Checklist can be typed into Item for sorting.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CFyv1O9glRqwAxhhBuwiK_nP2qgKGnpy/view?usp=sharing