[OT] excel help in Pub Games http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22595887 en Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:24:59 EDT Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:24:59 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22597200 Dezbend : never mind... I am following the instructions in help.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22597200 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:45:28 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22597174 Dezbend : I have a macro, how do I make a button?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22597174 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:41:14 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22597103 bjl : you could probably create a macro and add a button to run it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22597103 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:30:23 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22597042 Dezbend : one last question.... and thanks for all the help.... is there a way to turn auto sorting on? (so when he drops the raw numbers into sheet 2 it will update the numbers with the functions bjl provided me, it will then sort sheet 1 by a certain column value(i have a total column that adds up the sales)?
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said by Dezbend See Profile :

said by bjl See Profile :

also, right now if the name from sheet 1 isn't in sheet 2, you'll get the nasty #N/A error. you can is ISNA() and IF() to change these errors to meaningful messages.
can you explain this a little more for me?

I do have a bunch of #n/a I need to clean up... I want it to result a "0" if there is no name found.
you need to wrap the vlookup functions with IF(ISNA()), e.g:

=IF(ISNA(vlookup statement),0,vlookup statement)
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said by bjl See Profile :

also, right now if the name from sheet 1 isn't in sheet 2, you'll get the nasty #N/A error. you can is ISNA() and IF() to change these errors to meaningful messages.
can you explain this a little more for me?

I do have a bunch of #n/a I need to clean up... I want it to result a "0" if there is no name found.
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DSLr Mafia Member.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596978 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:11:08 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596835 bjl : no problem!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596835 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:49:01 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596826 Dezbend : vlookup works for what I need. Thanks bjl!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596826 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:47:26 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596662 Dezbend : correct.

the vlookup function may be what I need. when I get a chance today, I will look at this function and play around with it a little.

Thanks for pointing me in that direction bjl. I will let you know.
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said by Dezbend See Profile :

The list of names on sheet 2 may change from day to day…
I took this to mean that sheet 1 won't change, but the data in sheet 2 will.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596600 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:10:13 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596587 drew : Sheet 1 won't always have the same names as Sheet 2. I don't think this is something they wanted to do "manually"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596587 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:08:19 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596572 bjl : looking at it again, I think you can use vlookup. see the attached.
dezbends exc···.xls.zip 1,708 bytes
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said by drew See Profile :

The issue is that there are two sheets and the rows aren't equivalent.
QFT

don't worry about it guys. If it isn't easy, it isn't worth it. This isn't a job requirement, it was a "hey this would be nice" kind of thing. It is easy enough for me to say Excel can't do it.
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That's called an Array Formula. You don't need VBA for that. Excel supports this.

But yeah, you definitely need to be "retrieving" instead of "pushing" data. Dez, hit me up in PM's. If I don't know how to do it in excel, it can't be done, or you need to be a programmer.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596146 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:00:30 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596145 yock : The problem too with delivering VBA-modified Excel workbooks to end users is that they WILL find some way to break it. Suddenly it isn't a formula not working or some Excel garbage, but the program YOU wrote and now must fix.

I think it's perfectly reasonable for you to tell him that Excel is not a practical solution.
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Let us know if you do decide to go further.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596095 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:50:49 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596046 Dezbend : thanks guys, but if it can't be done in Excel, I will just say it can't be done in Excel.

This is for work, and really just for a supervisor's sales tracking. He asked me to help him, but if it isn't something that can be done easily, I will refer him elsewhere :D
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DSLr Mafia Member.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22596046 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:38:53 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595981 drew : I didn't say it didn't serve a purpose, I'm just saying it's garbage.

I do a bit of "side" work for my CEO at one of his buddy's businesses. They have an application that stores all of their auto body work, etc. and it's entirely in Access. There are THREE people accessing the same DB in access.. the thing is so slow.... Incredible.

I don't even want to know how much better it would run if PostgreSQL was made to be the backend... their licensing is free even to commercial products.
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said by drew See Profile :

MS Access is a pile of garbage. GARBAGE.
Except that as a relational database engine it's designed to do the things Dez is talking about. Creating complex copy routines in VBA for Excel is essentially recreating the relational links designed into any RDBMS. Access may be a bad RDBMS, but it still is one.
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Geocaching.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595967 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:22:37 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595958 drew : RE: VBA

While VBA is a bastard-child of stuff that should've never been born, it's pretty freaking handy IMO.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595958 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:21:32 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595954 yock : Except, I should add, I'm happy to help with either. =)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595954 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:20:55 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595953 drew : MS Access is a pile of garbage. GARBAGE.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595953 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:20:50 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595951 yock : My hatred of Access is only surpassed by that of VBA.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595951 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:20:26 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595949 yock : Is this an application you own or are you merely a user? This kind of stuff is usually best done in Access (that is, if you're stuck on MS Office apps).
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Geocaching.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595949 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:20:01 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595947 bjl : I know more VBA than I want to admit. (I hate MS Access!)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595947 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:19:50 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595937 drew : Visual Basic for Applications.

Essentially, it's the programming language that allows you to do all sorts of complicated stuff in Office products without being a full-fledged developer.

While I cannot guarantee any results, if you'd be willing to share with me a copy of the XLS you have and maybe a bit more detail on the spec, I could *possibly* write the app. yock See Profile knows far more VBA than I do IIRC, but I know his time is more valuable than mine.
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It's a quasi-object-oriented macro language for automating complex tasks in Microsoft Office applications.
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Geocaching.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595934 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:17:28 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595921 Dezbend : not to sound dumb, but what is VBA?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595921 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:15:59 EDT Re: [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595920 drew : The issue here yock, and I'm no expert on Excel, is that he has to iterate through the "Name" column to find it if it's there. I don't think you can do that without said VBA-fu. Or at least that's what my googling.
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FYI, to reference a cell in another sheet: Sheet1!A1 would reference A1 in Sheet1. I believe it's based on Sheet name.
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Geocaching.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595900 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:13:13 EDT [OT] excel help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22595887 Dezbend : I need to move the values in fields from one sheet to another in Excel. How would I write the formula for:

If name=name then copy the value from field B (sheet 2) to B (sheet 1) and field D (sheet 2) to field C (sheet 1) and field F (sheet 2) to field D (sheet1)

Example:

Sheet 1:

Dezbend, Wolfgang | B | C | D

Sheet 2:

Name | B | C | D | E | F
Smith, Joe | 12 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2
Dezbend, Wolfgang | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3
Jones, Amanda | 5 | 8 | -1 | 7

The list of names on sheet 2 may change from day to day… so I can’t just sort in the same fashion and always copy the same field over. I need to write an if then formula to check for the same name.
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