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Divide as Whole Number and Allocate to Monthly Column
I have a sheet with start date, finish date and quantity, then have a formula that divides the quantity over the selected months and enters the result into the appropriate month column. What I am...
Yes - see the attached workbook.
The batch sizes can be calculated from
= QUOTIENT(+Qty, 1+ DATEDIF(Start_Date, Finish_Date, "m"))or, if you are using 365,
= LET(
months, 1+ DATEDIF(Start_Date, Finish_Date, "m"),
batchQty, QUOTIENT(+Qty, months),
batchQty
)might be more intelligible. It remains to distribute the batches together with any final balance.
Many thanks for your reply.
Based on:
Start Date: Feb-23
Finish Date: Apr-23
Qty: 70
Your formula has equated to 23. So that would be 23 in each of the months Feb, Mar, Apr, which is total 69.
The requested value is 70, so i'm missing 1.
Also, once i drag your formula across the range of months, it equates to 23 in every month, not just the selected months (Feb, Mar & Apr).
Could you provide further support to assist?
I could, but the problem is I am not sure that you are using Excel 365, since the technique of dragging across is a legacy technique rather than anything one would use in a dynamic array solution.
= LET( months, 1 + DATEDIF(startDate, finishDate, "m"), interval, (period>=startDate)*(period<=finishDate), finalPeriod, period=finishDate, batchQty, QUOTIENT(+qty, months), balance, MOD(+qty, months), batchQty*interval + balance*finalPeriod )The danger is that, by replying, I put others off who may be better positioned to provide the solution you are looking for.
- Hi Peter,
Many thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately, I'm not running Excel 365, just standard Office/Excel 2016.
