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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 WestSteel 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 RIEBENCopper 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 WestSteel 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?