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4ll5op
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Aug 11, 2022

Converting google sheets formula to excel

Hi i have a formula which works fine in google sheets but im wanting to move over to excel but the formula doesn't work. im sure it may need a slight adjustment but i cant figure it out. this is t...
  • mtarler's avatar
    mtarler
    Aug 11, 2022

     

     

    I agree with HansVogelaar that a sample sheet would be helpful but I do see a couple things:

     

     

    =IFERROR(
       IF(VLOOKUP(B4,FILTER({$B$3:$B3,$I$3:$J3},$B$3:$B3=B4),2,1)>0,
         ROUNDDOWN((SUM($I$3:$I3))*1%,1),
         IF(VLOOKUP(B4,FILTER({$B$3:$B3,$I$3:$I3},$B$3:$B3=B4),2,2)<0,
           VLOOKUP(B4,FILTER($B$3:$I3,$B$3:$B3=B4),8,1)*-2,
           IF(VLOOKUP(B4,FILTER({$B$3:$B3,$I$3:$I3},$B$3:$B3=B4),2,2)=0,
              VLOOKUP(B4,FILTER($B$3:$I3,$B$3:$B3=B4),2,1)*1
           )
         )
       )
     )

     

     

    so I think the problem is the FILTER({...} ...

    you can't create a set of ranges like that.  Just filter the entire range and pick the column accordingly.  I also tried to simplify the whole equation by checking the sign of that result instead of <0, =0 and >0:

     

     

    =IFERROR(
       CHOOSE(SIGN(VLOOKUP(B4,FILTER($B$3:$J3,$B$3:$B3=B4),8,1))+2,
          VLOOKUP(B4,FILTER($B$3:$I3,$B$3:$B3=B4),8,1)*-2,
          VLOOKUP(B4,FILTER($B$3:$I3,$B$3:$B3=B4),2,1)*1,
          ROUNDDOWN((SUM($I$3:$I3))*1%,1)
       ),
       "error"
     )

     

     

    that said there are a couple other things I question:

    a) in the VLOOKUPs the last parameter was a 2 in a couple cases when that is really a true/false but I assume any value will come back the same as true

    b) in the <0 case you are returning a lookup from column I (3rd parameter is 😎 but the =0 case you are returning from column C (3rd parameter is 2), is that supposed to be an 8 also?

    c) you have an IFERROR()  but I didn't see it being used so I added a "error" statement because excel doesn't allow nothing (but apparently sheets does)

     

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