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mmslimunga
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May 05, 2020

Help in creating table with offset and index and other formulas

Hi,

I am new here. I want to create an excel sheet with a series of formulas

1. there are four different 4 categories ( with each category having sub categories between 2 and 14) precisely Inquiry, complaint, Incident and Security.

2. users have to put in how many request were raised in the different subcategories found in the categories through out the week.

3. The sum of all the different request for the sub categories in the categories are calculated daily

4. attached is a draft file to explain a bit how things look like.

 

Thanks for helping

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  • mathetes's avatar
    mathetes
    Silver Contributor

    mmslimunga 

     

    I've looked at the sheet, read your post; it's not clear to me what you're asking; nor is it clear what the sheet is collecting or how it's working. Is there a macro behind what is visible? Are the answers to the drop-downs being collected somewhere?

    • mmslimunga's avatar
      mmslimunga
      Copper Contributor

      mathetesthanks a lot for reaching out.

      Actually the sheet is just to further explain the question. You see the categories and the subcategories below.

      The numbers are nothing. I was actually trying to use developer combo to see if I could use offset, and index function to help me build the solution.

      in my mind, I am thinking I can do sumifs with respect to index but I can't come out clear with something that works.

      Actually i want the total number of request made per week for all the categories

      e.g

      On Monday:

      Inquiry, 4 request were made Gen, 3 for How, 8 for Pol and 2 for sta 

      Incident: 2 request for AD, 0 for DC, 10 for DI

      Security: 6 for DS, 10 for Net, 8 for UAC

      and all the other are 0, i should get the sum of all (53 request for Monday)

      So i need to get the total number of all request for each day in the week. And at the end get the total for the whole week.

      I hope this is helpful

       

      • mathetes's avatar
        mathetes
        Silver Contributor

        mmslimunga 

         

        It's the first mention you've made  of the Developer Combo Box--so in that sense it's helpful. I've never used that part of Excel, so I'll defer to somebody else here who has.

         

        I have used INDEX and OFFSET, but not in this connection, so I'm afraid that you'll need to wait for somebody else there too, unless you can be more descriptive about where those even appear here absent the Combo Box, if at all.

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