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milanolm
Sep 10, 2019Copper Contributor
Counting unique entries and creating a list
Is there a straight forward way to get Excel to count the number of unique items in a list and then total how many of each item there are? For example in the list: 4,5,6,7,4,4,5,7 I would like Excel ...
- Sep 10, 2019
There are several ways to achieve that.
One easy way is, you can insert a Pivot Table and drag the same field you are trying to count the unique occurrences in both the Rows area and the Values area and change the value field setting to Count if the column you are working contains the numeric data.
Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer
Sep 10, 2019Silver Contributor
There are several ways to achieve that.
One easy way is, you can insert a Pivot Table and drag the same field you are trying to count the unique occurrences in both the Rows area and the Values area and change the value field setting to Count if the column you are working contains the numeric data.
- milanolmSep 11, 2019Copper Contributor
Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer The pivot table worked exactly like I was hoping. Thanks!
- Subodh_Tiwari_sktneerSep 11, 2019Silver Contributor
You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful.