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MICHON RIEBEN's avatar
MICHON RIEBEN
Copper Contributor
Aug 20, 2018

IFS, ANDS HELP

Hello and Thanks in advance for any efforts or insights to my excel problem, I have been searching for 2 weeks for a solution to this issue, I used ALOT  of nested "if" functions that seemed to sort of work out but I could only use one column (A or B) and need both columns to be true for the results in columns C & D to populate correctly.  The other issue is that Column A and B is data that is selected from a drop down selection of a LIST I created.  So, I have a couple of LISTS I use in my excel spreadsheet that I created as drop down selections in two different columns.  After these two columns data have been selected from the drop down list items, then I need two other columns to populate a number value.  Here is an example:

(PERSON),           (JOBSITE NAME),                       (RATE),             (BILLED RATE)

COLUMN A,          COLUMN B,                          COLUMN C,         COLUMN D

JOE (OR?)              RAMS (OR?)                                52                        57

 

(OR A SELECTION OF OTHER PERSONS SELECTED FROM A DROP DOWN LIST IN COLUMN A, AND A SELECTION OF OTHER JOBSITES SELECTED FROM A DROP DOWN LIST FROM COLUMN B), WILL GIVE OUTCOMES IN RATES FOR COLUMNS "C" AND "D")

 

  • Philip West's avatar
    Philip West
    Steel Contributor

    Can you have a table of names/jobs/rates/billed rates to look up against?

     

    If you can, you could use an 'index match match' to check find the details you are looking for.

     

    I've attached a copy of it working, I think this is what you are trying to do. If it is and you need more of an explanation how let me know.

    • MICHON RIEBEN's avatar
      MICHON RIEBEN
      Copper Contributor

      Phillip,

      Thanks so very much, I like the idea you have but I thought it would be best to better explain to you what I am attempting to actually do, so if you want to look at the 3 attachments I am including that would be quite wonderful.  However, please know if it isn't something you can bother with, I understand completely.  I have screen shots of what I am working on attached. 

      I do billing for subcontractors who don't want to deal with invoices and so I have a List of the Person (subcontractors) and their job sites (they all work together in a sort of co-op of jobs helping each other and the home owners pay them depending on what they are doing).  I just have different pay rates and billing rates b/c that is how they pay me is the Mark UPs on both the rates and materials).  Thanks again in advance! Take good care! 

      • Philip West's avatar
        Philip West
        Steel Contributor

        Can you attach a copy of the spreadsheet to play with?

         

        You can do what you are trying to do, the way you are trying to do it but you would need to have a nested IF per site, which is going to very quickly become unmanageable. It would look something like this (i'm on my phone so it wont look exactly like this :D )

        if(b2="fritcsh",if(c2="rick",54,if(c2="john",28)),if(b2="boseth",if(c2="rick",54,if(c2="john",28)),"unknown")

         

        Do the rates change depending on the job? or does everyone have a rate that they change?

        The invoice is per site per contractor? or just per site where all the costs are added up no matter who did the work?

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