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How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information
in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets. In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet are not required. Enter in B2 of Summary =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()) and copy across and down -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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Thanks Roger
The layout is the same for each of the 12 months, but obviously the name of each sheet is different. At this point it is not obvious to me that your solution will work, but I am excited at the prospect that it might, and will most certainly report back after I have tried it. I anticipate that it will be a great breakthrough for me if it works. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets. In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet are not required. Enter in B2 of Summary =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()) and copy across and down -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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When I paste that expression into the top left empty cell of the table,
'internet' appears in the cell, although the edit line still shows =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()). If pasted anywhere else, '0.00' appears. There is obviously a problem; #1. my ignorance; #2 the table does NOT start at A1. I thought I might help solve it by telling you that the first empty cell is C3; The first three columns of row 2 are : =Jan!$B$4; =Jan!$C$4; =Jan!$D$4 and the first three rows of column B are : =Jan!$B$4; =Feb!$B$4; =Mar!$B$4 Could you please adapt your 'formula' to fit those details ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks Roger The layout is the same for each of the 12 months, but obviously the name of each sheet is different. At this point it is not obvious to me that your solution will work, but I am excited at the prospect that it might, and will most certainly report back after I have tried it. I anticipate that it will be a great breakthrough for me if it works. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets. In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet are not required. Enter in B2 of Summary =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()) and copy across and down -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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What I was assuming was the following A B C 1 Jan Feb 2 Heading 1 3 Heading 2 Heading in this case will be the same Cost centre headings that appear on all Sheets. Sheets are assumed to be named Jan, Feb, Mar etc. If they are not named that, just put in B1:M1 etc, the actual name of each of your 12 sheets Now, enter the formula I posted in cell B2 and copy across and down, and you should see the information pulled from each sheet -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... When I paste that expression into the top left empty cell of the table, 'internet' appears in the cell, although the edit line still shows =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()). If pasted anywhere else, '0.00' appears. There is obviously a problem; #1. my ignorance; #2 the table does NOT start at A1. I thought I might help solve it by telling you that the first empty cell is C3; The first three columns of row 2 are : =Jan!$B$4; =Jan!$C$4; =Jan!$D$4 and the first three rows of column B are : =Jan!$B$4; =Feb!$B$4; =Mar!$B$4 Could you please adapt your 'formula' to fit those details ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks Roger The layout is the same for each of the 12 months, but obviously the name of each sheet is different. At this point it is not obvious to me that your solution will work, but I am excited at the prospect that it might, and will most certainly report back after I have tried it. I anticipate that it will be a great breakthrough for me if it works. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets. In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet are not required. Enter in B2 of Summary =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()) and copy across and down -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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Thanks again, Roger
Your assumption matches the layout of my totals SS, but not of the monthly sheets. There the data does not start until row 6. I originally entered your formula into C3 instead of B2 (shame on me !). When I enter it into B2, there is obviously reproduction of content from January's sheet but the fit is still not right because the monthly data starts in row 6. Can you please tweak the formula to accomodate that fact ? We are obviously making good progress. Thank you. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi What I was assuming was the following A B C 1 Jan Feb 2 Heading 1 3 Heading 2 Heading in this case will be the same Cost centre headings that appear on all Sheets. Sheets are assumed to be named Jan, Feb, Mar etc. If they are not named that, just put in B1:M1 etc, the actual name of each of your 12 sheets Now, enter the formula I posted in cell B2 and copy across and down, and you should see the information pulled from each sheet -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... When I paste that expression into the top left empty cell of the table, 'internet' appears in the cell, although the edit line still shows =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()). If pasted anywhere else, '0.00' appears. There is obviously a problem; #1. my ignorance; #2 the table does NOT start at A1. I thought I might help solve it by telling you that the first empty cell is C3; The first three columns of row 2 are : =Jan!$B$4; =Jan!$C$4; =Jan!$D$4 and the first three rows of column B are : =Jan!$B$4; =Feb!$B$4; =Mar!$B$4 Could you please adapt your 'formula' to fit those details ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks Roger The layout is the same for each of the 12 months, but obviously the name of each sheet is different. At this point it is not obvious to me that your solution will work, but I am excited at the prospect that it might, and will most certainly report back after I have tried it. I anticipate that it will be a great breakthrough for me if it works. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets. In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet are not required. Enter in B2 of Summary =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()) and copy across and down -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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Roger
You have given me a formula that seems to relate back directly to every total on every worksheet. But for that to work, surely you need to know where those totals are on each monthly sheet (rather than the irrelevant information I gave in my last post). The totals are in B4, C4, D4 etc. Can you tweak your formula for me, taking that information into account ? My efforts have failed. I am now confident that your method will work and am grateful for being shown that technique, but it DOES beg the question of a method to autocomplete a table with reference to its own contents only. I had expected to be shown how to partially or fully trigger autocompletion of the summary sheet FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE LEFT COLUMN AND TOP ROW. Do you know if such a function exists ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks again, Roger Your assumption matches the layout of my totals SS, but not of the monthly sheets. There the data does not start until row 6. I originally entered your formula into C3 instead of B2 (shame on me !). When I enter it into B2, there is obviously reproduction of content from January's sheet but the fit is still not right because the monthly data starts in row 6. Can you please tweak the formula to accomodate that fact ? We are obviously making good progress. Thank you. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi What I was assuming was the following A B C 1 Jan Feb 2 Heading 1 3 Heading 2 Heading in this case will be the same Cost centre headings that appear on all Sheets. Sheets are assumed to be named Jan, Feb, Mar etc. If they are not named that, just put in B1:M1 etc, the actual name of each of your 12 sheets Now, enter the formula I posted in cell B2 and copy across and down, and you should see the information pulled from each sheet -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... When I paste that expression into the top left empty cell of the table, 'internet' appears in the cell, although the edit line still shows =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()). If pasted anywhere else, '0.00' appears. There is obviously a problem; #1. my ignorance; #2 the table does NOT start at A1. I thought I might help solve it by telling you that the first empty cell is C3; The first three columns of row 2 are : =Jan!$B$4; =Jan!$C$4; =Jan!$D$4 and the first three rows of column B are : =Jan!$B$4; =Feb!$B$4; =Mar!$B$4 Could you please adapt your 'formula' to fit those details ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks Roger The layout is the same for each of the 12 months, but obviously the name of each sheet is different. At this point it is not obvious to me that your solution will work, but I am excited at the prospect that it might, and will most certainly report back after I have tried it. I anticipate that it will be a great breakthrough for me if it works. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets. In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet are not required. Enter in B2 of Summary =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()) and copy across and down -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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Send me your file directly, and I will take a look To mail direct, send to roger at technology4u dot co dot uk Do the obvious with at and dot -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... Roger You have given me a formula that seems to relate back directly to every total on every worksheet. But for that to work, surely you need to know where those totals are on each monthly sheet (rather than the irrelevant information I gave in my last post). The totals are in B4, C4, D4 etc. Can you tweak your formula for me, taking that information into account ? My efforts have failed. I am now confident that your method will work and am grateful for being shown that technique, but it DOES beg the question of a method to autocomplete a table with reference to its own contents only. I had expected to be shown how to partially or fully trigger autocompletion of the summary sheet FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE LEFT COLUMN AND TOP ROW. Do you know if such a function exists ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks again, Roger Your assumption matches the layout of my totals SS, but not of the monthly sheets. There the data does not start until row 6. I originally entered your formula into C3 instead of B2 (shame on me !). When I enter it into B2, there is obviously reproduction of content from January's sheet but the fit is still not right because the monthly data starts in row 6. Can you please tweak the formula to accomodate that fact ? We are obviously making good progress. Thank you. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi What I was assuming was the following A B C 1 Jan Feb 2 Heading 1 3 Heading 2 Heading in this case will be the same Cost centre headings that appear on all Sheets. Sheets are assumed to be named Jan, Feb, Mar etc. If they are not named that, just put in B1:M1 etc, the actual name of each of your 12 sheets Now, enter the formula I posted in cell B2 and copy across and down, and you should see the information pulled from each sheet -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... When I paste that expression into the top left empty cell of the table, 'internet' appears in the cell, although the edit line still shows =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()). If pasted anywhere else, '0.00' appears. There is obviously a problem; #1. my ignorance; #2 the table does NOT start at A1. I thought I might help solve it by telling you that the first empty cell is C3; The first three columns of row 2 are : =Jan!$B$4; =Jan!$C$4; =Jan!$D$4 and the first three rows of column B are : =Jan!$B$4; =Feb!$B$4; =Mar!$B$4 Could you please adapt your 'formula' to fit those details ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks Roger The layout is the same for each of the 12 months, but obviously the name of each sheet is different. At this point it is not obvious to me that your solution will work, but I am excited at the prospect that it might, and will most certainly report back after I have tried it. I anticipate that it will be a great breakthrough for me if it works. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets. In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet are not required. Enter in B2 of Summary =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()) and copy across and down -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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Thank you. It is on its way.
Joe "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi Send me your file directly, and I will take a look To mail direct, send to roger at technology4u dot co dot uk Do the obvious with at and dot -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... Roger You have given me a formula that seems to relate back directly to every total on every worksheet. But for that to work, surely you need to know where those totals are on each monthly sheet (rather than the irrelevant information I gave in my last post). The totals are in B4, C4, D4 etc. Can you tweak your formula for me, taking that information into account ? My efforts have failed. I am now confident that your method will work and am grateful for being shown that technique, but it DOES beg the question of a method to autocomplete a table with reference to its own contents only. I had expected to be shown how to partially or fully trigger autocompletion of the summary sheet FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE LEFT COLUMN AND TOP ROW. Do you know if such a function exists ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks again, Roger Your assumption matches the layout of my totals SS, but not of the monthly sheets. There the data does not start until row 6. I originally entered your formula into C3 instead of B2 (shame on me !). When I enter it into B2, there is obviously reproduction of content from January's sheet but the fit is still not right because the monthly data starts in row 6. Can you please tweak the formula to accomodate that fact ? We are obviously making good progress. Thank you. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi What I was assuming was the following A B C 1 Jan Feb 2 Heading 1 3 Heading 2 Heading in this case will be the same Cost centre headings that appear on all Sheets. Sheets are assumed to be named Jan, Feb, Mar etc. If they are not named that, just put in B1:M1 etc, the actual name of each of your 12 sheets Now, enter the formula I posted in cell B2 and copy across and down, and you should see the information pulled from each sheet -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... When I paste that expression into the top left empty cell of the table, 'internet' appears in the cell, although the edit line still shows =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()). If pasted anywhere else, '0.00' appears. There is obviously a problem; #1. my ignorance; #2 the table does NOT start at A1. I thought I might help solve it by telling you that the first empty cell is C3; The first three columns of row 2 are : =Jan!$B$4; =Jan!$C$4; =Jan!$D$4 and the first three rows of column B are : =Jan!$B$4; =Feb!$B$4; =Mar!$B$4 Could you please adapt your 'formula' to fit those details ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks Roger The layout is the same for each of the 12 months, but obviously the name of each sheet is different. At this point it is not obvious to me that your solution will work, but I am excited at the prospect that it might, and will most certainly report back after I have tried it. I anticipate that it will be a great breakthrough for me if it works. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets. In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet are not required. Enter in B2 of Summary =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()) and copy across and down -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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Hi Joe
File sorted and returned. I hadn't appreciated that your data was going across the columns on the Monthly sheets. The solution (for the benefit of others) was to enter in cell B2 =INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!$4:$4"),ROW()) and copy down through cells B3:B25 and B28:B29 then copy across through columns C:M Row 1 of the Data sheet held Month Names (Sheet names) I also set up another sheet for you Joe, showing how you could enter all data on a single sheet with Date, Amount and Heading and to be able to produce a summary with a Pivot Table to report for the 12 months of the year. Just another alternative -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... Thank you. It is on its way. Joe "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi Send me your file directly, and I will take a look To mail direct, send to roger at technology4u dot co dot uk Do the obvious with at and dot -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... Roger You have given me a formula that seems to relate back directly to every total on every worksheet. But for that to work, surely you need to know where those totals are on each monthly sheet (rather than the irrelevant information I gave in my last post). The totals are in B4, C4, D4 etc. Can you tweak your formula for me, taking that information into account ? My efforts have failed. I am now confident that your method will work and am grateful for being shown that technique, but it DOES beg the question of a method to autocomplete a table with reference to its own contents only. I had expected to be shown how to partially or fully trigger autocompletion of the summary sheet FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE LEFT COLUMN AND TOP ROW. Do you know if such a function exists ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks again, Roger Your assumption matches the layout of my totals SS, but not of the monthly sheets. There the data does not start until row 6. I originally entered your formula into C3 instead of B2 (shame on me !). When I enter it into B2, there is obviously reproduction of content from January's sheet but the fit is still not right because the monthly data starts in row 6. Can you please tweak the formula to accomodate that fact ? We are obviously making good progress. Thank you. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi What I was assuming was the following A B C 1 Jan Feb 2 Heading 1 3 Heading 2 Heading in this case will be the same Cost centre headings that appear on all Sheets. Sheets are assumed to be named Jan, Feb, Mar etc. If they are not named that, just put in B1:M1 etc, the actual name of each of your 12 sheets Now, enter the formula I posted in cell B2 and copy across and down, and you should see the information pulled from each sheet -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... When I paste that expression into the top left empty cell of the table, 'internet' appears in the cell, although the edit line still shows =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()). If pasted anywhere else, '0.00' appears. There is obviously a problem; #1. my ignorance; #2 the table does NOT start at A1. I thought I might help solve it by telling you that the first empty cell is C3; The first three columns of row 2 are : =Jan!$B$4; =Jan!$C$4; =Jan!$D$4 and the first three rows of column B are : =Jan!$B$4; =Feb!$B$4; =Mar!$B$4 Could you please adapt your 'formula' to fit those details ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks Roger The layout is the same for each of the 12 months, but obviously the name of each sheet is different. At this point it is not obvious to me that your solution will work, but I am excited at the prospect that it might, and will most certainly report back after I have tried it. I anticipate that it will be a great breakthrough for me if it works. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets. In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet are not required. Enter in B2 of Summary =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()) and copy across and down -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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"Peese" wrote: How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array....
"Roger Govier" wrote: Hi Joe File sorted and returned. I hadn't appreciated that your data was going across the columns on the Monthly sheets. The solution (for the benefit of others) was to enter in cell B2 =INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!$4:$4"),ROW()) and copy down through cells B3:B25 and B28:B29 then copy across through columns C:M Row 1 of the Data sheet held Month Names (Sheet names) I also set up another sheet for you Joe, showing how you could enter all data on a single sheet with Date, Amount and Heading and to be able to produce a summary with a Pivot Table to report for the 12 months of the year. Just another alternative -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... Thank you. It is on its way. Joe "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi Send me your file directly, and I will take a look To mail direct, send to roger at technology4u dot co dot uk Do the obvious with at and dot -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... Roger You have given me a formula that seems to relate back directly to every total on every worksheet. But for that to work, surely you need to know where those totals are on each monthly sheet (rather than the irrelevant information I gave in my last post). The totals are in B4, C4, D4 etc. Can you tweak your formula for me, taking that information into account ? My efforts have failed. I am now confident that your method will work and am grateful for being shown that technique, but it DOES beg the question of a method to autocomplete a table with reference to its own contents only. I had expected to be shown how to partially or fully trigger autocompletion of the summary sheet FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE LEFT COLUMN AND TOP ROW. Do you know if such a function exists ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks again, Roger Your assumption matches the layout of my totals SS, but not of the monthly sheets. There the data does not start until row 6. I originally entered your formula into C3 instead of B2 (shame on me !). When I enter it into B2, there is obviously reproduction of content from January's sheet but the fit is still not right because the monthly data starts in row 6. Can you please tweak the formula to accomodate that fact ? We are obviously making good progress. Thank you. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi What I was assuming was the following A B C 1 Jan Feb 2 Heading 1 3 Heading 2 Heading in this case will be the same Cost centre headings that appear on all Sheets. Sheets are assumed to be named Jan, Feb, Mar etc. If they are not named that, just put in B1:M1 etc, the actual name of each of your 12 sheets Now, enter the formula I posted in cell B2 and copy across and down, and you should see the information pulled from each sheet -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... When I paste that expression into the top left empty cell of the table, 'internet' appears in the cell, although the edit line still shows =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()). If pasted anywhere else, '0.00' appears. There is obviously a problem; #1. my ignorance; #2 the table does NOT start at A1. I thought I might help solve it by telling you that the first empty cell is C3; The first three columns of row 2 are : =Jan!$B$4; =Jan!$C$4; =Jan!$D$4 and the first three rows of column B are : =Jan!$B$4; =Feb!$B$4; =Mar!$B$4 Could you please adapt your 'formula' to fit those details ? "Peese" wrote: Thanks Roger The layout is the same for each of the 12 months, but obviously the name of each sheet is different. At this point it is not obvious to me that your solution will work, but I am excited at the prospect that it might, and will most certainly report back after I have tried it. I anticipate that it will be a great breakthrough for me if it works. "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets. In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet are not required. Enter in B2 of Summary =INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()) and copy across and down -- Regards Roger Govier "Peese" wrote in message ... How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?) from information in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an incrementally changed formula ? That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook whose other 12 sheets are monthly expenditures in categories. The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals in the 12 sheets to create annual totals. Thus the left column contains the links for total expenditures by category for January and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one category for each month. I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me that Excel should be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for the rows where the only variable item in the link formula is the month name. I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for each new year. If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook whose completion I want. |
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