Hi Walter,

Am Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:07:29 +0100 schrieb Walter Briscoe:

I have some calculations in a sheet, which make me shudder.

I am hoping for suggestions of simplification from here.

I excerpt from my data
A B C D E
1 Job Section 0Key Need MaxNeed
...
262 1263 5 12635 4 4
263 1264 1 12641 4 5
264 1264 2 12642 4 5
265 1264 3 12643 5 5
266 1264 4 12644 5 5
267 1264 5 12645 4 5
268 1363 1 13631 3 3

I don't know, if I understand you correctly.
You need the MAX of Need for each job and each section?
Then try:
=MAX(IF($D$2:$D$100=D2,$E$2:$E$100))
and enter the array formula with CTRL+Shift+Enter


Regards
Claus Busch
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