By far the easiest option is a pivot table. Pivot tables aggregate based on
area, name, ... They can sort based on the total and show the top X number of
items... Are pivot tables an option???
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Bigfoot17" wrote:

I was trying to figure this out and posted a question in "Worksheet
Functions" but not getting an answer I thought perhaps I should write a VBA
macro to acomplish the task. With a macro I can use filtering to select all
entries (rows) that fit the criteria, and fall in the report month, but I am
still having some trouble.

I have 400 rows of entries. And a person may have one or more entries. My
first task is to figure out how to add (sum) their points and then rank the
results.

Bob 100
Bob 25
Jim 75
Bob 15
Jim 100
George 150

Should yield:
175 Jim
150 George
140 Bob

=====Here is what I worte under Functions==========

I don't ever seem to ask the obvious. I have a table made up in part of the
following:
Col A - Area (there are 8 areas so I am trying to get a top ten for each area)
Col C - Names (this is what I want returned)
Col H - Points (a person may have multiple lines so I want to total their
points and base the rank on the total).
Col G - Date (there is a date when the points were scored so I want to total
the points for the month selected)

And I want the top ten for each area to appear on a different page from the
data! (I am not asking for much, I know)

So on tab2 I have a Spinner selecting the Area, and a Spinner selecting the
month. SO I want to return the top ten scorers for the selected month.

Thank you for even taking the time to read down this far!