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jaolvera
Brass Contributor
Jul 18, 2023

List months and totals

Hello, So I want to create a formula that would reference a Column in another worksheet, the referenced Column will have a list of dates and I would like to pull out Month and year and count the number of times each is referenced in that range. 

i.e

Nov 2023-3

Dec 2023-6

January 2024-5

I am not sure if that can all be referenced in one cell or if it needs 2 or 3.  please let me know

 

 

10 Replies

  • jaolvera 

    Yet another option: a pivot table with the date field (column) in both the Rows and Values areas.

    Group the row field by Years and Months.

     

  • sookoon's avatar
    sookoon
    Copper Contributor

    Hi jaolvera 

    I think you can use FREQUENCY combine with UNIQUE to solve this.

     

    FREQUENCY has two parameters; first is data range and second is a "bin" to group the count. UNIQUE give us a unique list of

     

    Example lets say your dates are in column A21 to A27. Below formula gets the unique values in range A21 to A27 and the frequency of the number of count.

     

     

    =IFNA( TEXT(SORT(UNIQUE(A21:A27)), "mmm yy") & " - " & FREQUENCY(A21:A27, SORT(UNIQUE(A21:A27))), "")

     

     

    • jaolvera's avatar
      jaolvera
      Brass Contributor

      Harun24HR 

      is there a way to count for blanks so "jan 1900" doesnt get counted? also not sure what the first line is representing? also the formula will be calculated as data is being inputted so there will be blank cells, so the range can vary.

      not sure if there is a way to account for that

      • Harun24HR's avatar
        Harun24HR
        Bronze Contributor
        Yes, we can exclude blank cells. Can you share a sample workbook? Are the blank cells inside data or you referencing full column?
    • jaolvera's avatar
      jaolvera
      Brass Contributor
      this worked! is there anyway that we can account for blanks in this formula, since the data rance can vary, and this formula will be in place prior to data being entered, I want to make sure it wont calculate the "blank " cell as "jan 1900"

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