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In my spreadsheet I have a list of people. In column A I have got their name, in column B the society they work for, in column C how many times they held a positionX, in column D how many times they held a positionY, in column E how many times they held a positionZ. Not all of them held a position X, Y or Z. They could have held one of them, two of them, all of them or none.
I need to know how many of them held a position (no matter which one, how many times or how many of them), divided by society. Is that possible?
Solved by I. L. in 12 mins
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Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:45
Hello. Welcome to Excel chat.
User
01/03/2018 - 04:45
Hello!
User
01/03/2018 - 04:46
My spreadsheet looks like this
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:46
Good to see you working on the sample data. That will help in finding a solution.
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:47
Ok. I have understood how the data looks like. So what is your expected outcome.
User
01/03/2018 - 04:48
In this case, I should get a 6
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:48
For ?
User
01/03/2018 - 04:48
Because all of them 6 held a position, no matter which one nor how many times
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:49
Oh Ok. Got it.
User
01/03/2018 - 04:49
Even with the last addition, it still is 6
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:49
So if some one has held no position then, it will ignore that value.
User
01/03/2018 - 04:49
Exactly
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:51
The sum of the column F is your answer.
User
01/03/2018 - 04:52
Thank you very much!
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:52
I have entered a formula in that, which will give 0 if all the columns C, D and E are blank, and 1 if either of them is filled.
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:52
If you are satisfied with the solution, I am happy to explain it for you.
User
01/03/2018 - 04:52
I really am
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:52
Great! Happy to help you.
User
01/03/2018 - 04:53
You've been really helpful, thank you
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:53
I have used an AND function inside an IF. The AND function will result TRUE when all the conditions in it are TRUE.
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:54
The condition I am checking is if the cell is blank by using ISBLANK function.
User
01/03/2018 - 04:54
It looks great
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:54
Now if my AND condition returns TRUE, then it means that all the 3 columns are blank hence contains no value for us i.e 0
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:55
And if AND function returns false, then atleast 1 column has been used and hence 1 is used. And our final result is the sum of the column where this formula is applied.
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01/03/2018 - 04:56
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01/03/2018 - 04:56
I surely will
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01/03/2018 - 04:57
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01/03/2018 - 04:57
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User
01/03/2018 - 04:57
I want to thank you again for your time and your help. See you soon
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:57
Have a nice day ahead!
User
01/03/2018 - 04:57
You too!
Excelchat Expert
01/03/2018 - 04:57
:) Bye!
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