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Generate different lists
Thank you for spelling out the possible circumstances--was that real, or still a parallel or hypothetical example?--but what I'm also looking for (as the example I requested) is that you take your spreadsheet with its very abstract data, and give an example of an outcome, stating the criteria you use to get there. I'm not asking for the Excel solution (that's what YOU are asking for), but rather for a verbal description of the actual outcome possible given certain selection criteria.
In short, talk me (us) through the process verbally. You've set the stage; let's play out the drama.
Hello Sir.
Apologies for the late reply. Actually this scenario is one of the many that i can think of. I wanted to know if the solver tool / or its some advanced version can solve these kinds of problems which we solve in engineering. I have made a rough excel about the end result i imagine. Hope this would explain in a better way what i imagine the output can be. I would like to reiterate that there can be N number of teams. I have just made 3 as an example.
And a big thank you once again sir for showing such enthusiasm to this abstract question.
I suspect that SOLVER can do this. But I'd have to just go in and play around with it to figure out how. I've used it maybe twice in my life; the kinds of situations I deal with generally don't require that tool.
My guess, from what you've said, is that you could do that--go in and play with SOLVER yourself--just as well as I could. Give it a try. Come back and tell us how or IF it has worked.
- I tried playing around with Solver / Goal Seek tools as you suggested sir, but to no fruition. I am now trying to do the same with Power Query. It seems possible and may take me some time to arrive at the final results. Could you have a look at the problem from the Power Query point of view? Thank you.
To my knowledge, my (Mac) systems do not have Power Query. I've never been able to activate it, at any rate.
In my (career) background I have worked fairly extensively with SQL (Structured Query Language) queries on mainframe databases, and I have been given the impression that Power Query bears a lot of resemblance to that process. As such, I doubt that it would be suitable to your particular challenge. It's great for joining various tables in a relational database context, to produce focused and comprehensive outputs, but it's not really like Solver in being given conditions and lists and asked to come up with various solutions that meet those conditions.
I'd welcome others here to contribute to helping you. Right now I don't have the time to play with Solver myself, but I would persist. Have you tried with a less demanding set of conditions, just to get the procedure under your belt?