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Top n vs. Others in Excel
Hi all, I'm seeking some help because I'm kind of new to the more intermediate stuff in Excel. I have an Excel table with the following columns: Subcategory in column A, Brand in column B, Region in column C, Year in column D and Values Month in column E. I want to create a PivotTable and a Pivot line chart from this PivotTable that ranks the Top 5 Brands vs. Other Competitors by each region. For added context: There are 5 subcategories, 3 regions and 25 brands. Currently, I've tried grouping the remaining 20 brands as "Other Competitors" vs. the Top 5 brands within a selected region and possibly all regions (when no selection is made). I'm seeking a solution similar to this... Please mind the colours. I will sort those out later. But, the problem that I'm faced with is that upon selection of a region, the PivotTable won't update to the Top 5 brands of a selected region because they've already been grouped. How can I make this more dynamic so that I'm able to show The Top 5 brands vs. Others? Please help. EDIT: My operating system is Windows 10 (64-bit) and I use Excel 365 (Desktop version). For reference, I've attached a link to a sample file. https://1drv.ms/x/c/b2d878e32a062614/IQC1wcnwLICcQasOfnGcwKn0ASjpXp9xQ6rjnOP10Jal5cc?e=HaXEWd Thank you all once again.
Return a value based on different parameters
Not sure if my title is describing my issue correctly. I have one column where each cell contains the same drop down list from which I can choose one of six options, and depending on what option is chosen, I want the cell in another column to return certain value: Option Chosen Return Value Not Started 0% Started 25% In Progress 50% Nearly There 75% Complete 100% I found this example formula online, which is only repeated once but works perfectly for two parameters: =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Not Started",F3)),"0%",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Started",F3)),"25%")) However, when I start to extend/repeat the formula more than once for the remaining parameters I cannot get it to work. I've extended it as follows... =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Not Started",F3)),"0%",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Started",F3)),"25%",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("In Progress",F3)),"50%",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Nearly There",F3)),"75%",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Complete",F3)),"100%")) ... and it returns the error 'the formula is missing an opening or closing parenthesis' Please can anyone help with this. Thank you in advance.
Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action
Hi there, Whenever I copy paste special in excel, my excel file freezes and after a waiting for a few seconds to few minutes, depending on the amount of data being copy pasted, I get this error 'Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action' I tried a few things like this but none help and the problem persists. 1st troubleshooting 1. Open the Excel sheet and go the File menu. In the File menu, click on Options. 2. An Excel Options dialog box will appear. Go to the Advanced tab and scroll down to the General area. Over there check Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE). 3. Restart Excel. 2nd troubleshooting Tried opening Excel in safe mode 3rd troubleshooting Removed all the Add ins 4th troubleshooting Reinstalled MS Office. Can someone help.Losing Hyperlinks in Office 365 and OneDrive
Hello, first-time poster here. I hope someone can help with a dilemma I'm experiencing. I have an Excel 2016 workbook which contains 2 worksheets. The first worksheet consists of icons I inserted. I wanted the icons so that I could rotate them to suit my needs. Within the icons, I created a text box and inserted a hyperlink in each one that referred to a specific cell in the 2nd worksheet. In regular Excel, the links work great. However, when trying to test/edit in Office 365 or OneDrive, I find that all of the hyperlinks have disappeared, as well as the ability to create any new ones. This has really stumped me. Does anyone have any suggestions? Many thanks! 🙂
INDEX MATCH with VLOOKUP
This is my first time posting here, as I hit a roadblock that I'm sure is simple enough. I am using the following formula, but the source data ('FY26 Income Statement Data'!$A$4:$A$2158) has several rows with the same criteria on 'Cash Flow'!$A7. I think I need to include a VLOOKUP formula but I don't know how to do this. Any help will be appreciated. =INDEX('FY26 Income Statement Data'!$A$4:$AB$2158,MATCH('Cash Flow'!$A7,'FY26 Income Statement Data'!$A$4:$A$2158,0),MATCH('Cash Flow'!C$1,'FY26 Income Statement Data'!$A$4:$AB$4,0))Formulas Not Calculating in Workbook
Hello, I have a very large workbook with many formulas across different sheets. I currently have this workbook set to manual calculations only. And it is saved in a Sharepoint Directory with autosave enabled. When the source data for this workbook is updated. None of the formulas are updating when 1. The Calculate Now button is pressed. 2. The workbook is set back to automatic calculation. 3. When the work book is manually saved and closed. I have noticed another issue. When I go to File > Options. The Options dialogue never appears. I am wondering if anyone else have experienced this issue, and if so have been able to successfully troubleshoot the problem?
