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AmyYang
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Jun 23, 2022
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Error with Median and IF Function

Hi, 

 

I am trying to use Median and IF excel function and unfortunately there is a problem and I do not understand which part of formula I wrote incorrectly.

 

Could someone kindly help review my formula and let me know which part I made mistake? 

 

Thanks so much,

Amy 

  • AmyYang 

    For "Autralia" in column B there are rows 9, 10 and 11 which say "Interested" in column C. The corresponding entries in column E are " 0,33 ",  " blank " and " blank " and the median of these values is " 0,00 ". The " blank " are recognized as " 0 " as you can see below.

     

    With this formula the blank values in column E are excluded and the intended result is returned. In my first reply i didn't understand that the blanks (zero values) have to be excluded.

    =MEDIAN(IF((Table1[2]=[@Country])*(Table1[3]="Interested")*(Table1[5]<>""),Table1[5],""))

      

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      AmyYang
      Brass Contributor

      OliverScheurich Hi Quadruple Pawn, thanks very much! I forgot to mention that the outputs for Australia says "0.00" but it is incorrect because it should say "0.33" for Australia as per the data, and I do not understand why our formula isn't picking it up. I'm wondering if you know why? 

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        OliverScheurich
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        AmyYang 

        For "Autralia" in column B there are rows 9, 10 and 11 which say "Interested" in column C. The corresponding entries in column E are " 0,33 ",  " blank " and " blank " and the median of these values is " 0,00 ". The " blank " are recognized as " 0 " as you can see below.

         

        With this formula the blank values in column E are excluded and the intended result is returned. In my first reply i didn't understand that the blanks (zero values) have to be excluded.

        =MEDIAN(IF((Table1[2]=[@Country])*(Table1[3]="Interested")*(Table1[5]<>""),Table1[5],""))

          

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