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Mutiplying values based on criteria
so there are few ways and assuming you don't need any particular exceptions for having combinations that don't exist or have multiple options your could use FILTER. I will use [ ] to indicate the related cells on that sheet and LU[ ] to indicate the LookUp table values so something like:
=[# cont] * FILTER( LU[multiplier], (LU[type]=[Cont type])*(LU[category]=[ODG]), 0)but that said I like where Peter was going with using a formula to calculate the multiplier instead of a lookup. Based on the pattern I see I might say:
=LET( TypeFactor, IFERROR( LEFT( [Cont type], 1) / 2 , 0), CatFactor, SWITCH( [ODG], "Y", 2 , "N", 1 , "OHOW", 4, "OHOW2", 6 , 0), [# cont] * TypeFactor * CatFactor )
Apologies for not being more specific. My spreadsheet looks like this:
Right now, depending on the values in column G and H, I would need to multiply values in column I accordingly to get the corresponding values in column J.
I would like to find a way to automate this, using the criterias that I provided in my original post (columns E-G). I would most likely put the criterias in these 3 columns in a separate sheet.
Hope this further clarifies the assistance I require?
so there are few ways and assuming you don't need any particular exceptions for having combinations that don't exist or have multiple options your could use FILTER. I will use [ ] to indicate the related cells on that sheet and LU[ ] to indicate the LookUp table values so something like:
=[# cont] * FILTER( LU[multiplier], (LU[type]=[Cont type])*(LU[category]=[ODG]), 0)but that said I like where Peter was going with using a formula to calculate the multiplier instead of a lookup. Based on the pattern I see I might say:
=LET(
TypeFactor, IFERROR( LEFT( [Cont type], 1) / 2 , 0),
CatFactor, SWITCH( [ODG], "Y", 2 , "N", 1 , "OHOW", 4, "OHOW2", 6 , 0),
[# cont] * TypeFactor * CatFactor
)
Thank you both! The formula worked :)