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matt0020190
Feb 10, 2025Brass Contributor
Two way sum lookup (by month & name)
Hi all I am trying to perform a two way lookup from a source table. Basically I have names of colleagues with a number of days per week recorded. I want to then in another table using a formul...
- Feb 11, 2025
Another option for modern Excel:
=LET( rϑws, MAP(A12:A15, LAMBDA(v, LET(x, XLOOKUP(v, A4:A7, B4:W7, B2:W2), LAMBDA(x)))), cϑls, MAP(B11:G11, EOMONTH(+B11:G11, 0), LAMBDA(s,e, LAMBDA(n, CHOOSE(n, s, e)))), MAP(IFNA(rϑws, cϑls), IFNA(cϑls, rϑws), LAMBDA(r,c, SUMIFS(r(), B3:W3, ">=" & c(1), B3:W3, "<=" & c(2)))) )
This method uses the concept of "thunks" to store the applicable row of data for each name, as well as the applicable start and end dates for each period, inside a separate LAMBDA function. The two resulting vectors of "thunks" are then broadcast both across and down to fill an array for the entire output grid, and MAP loops through both arrays together, applying SUMIFS to each applicable row for each applicable period.
Alternatively, GROUPBY could also be used, but the order of names will not be exactly the same as the desired output table shown in your sample file:
=LET( tbl, TRANSPOSE(A3:W7), mth, IFERROR(EOMONTH(TAKE(tbl,, 1), 0), "Name"), arr, TRANSPOSE(GROUPBY(mth, DROP(tbl,, 1), SUM, 3, 0)), VSTACK(TEXT(TAKE(arr, 1), "mmm-yy"), DROP(arr, 1)) )
Cheers!
matt0020190
Feb 10, 2025Brass Contributor
Thanks very much for your detailled and quick reply.
This may be a stupid question but what is "pivoted" data that needs "flattening out"?
Patrick2788
Feb 10, 2025Silver Contributor
Flattend data:
"Pivoted" data:
Flattened data is much easier to summarize because we know the dates are in column 2 and the values are in column 3. PIVOTBY and a PivotTable can make quick work of vertically arranged data. The screen cap of "pivoted" data shows an actual pivot table with ungrouped dates.