Louise,

Assuming that the namesare in column A, put the list of months in A123 down
as Jan, Feb, etc.,, then then add this to F123

=SUMPRODUCT(--(TEXT(F$20:F$122,"mmm")=$A123))

and then copy down and across to J

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HTH

RP
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"louise" wrote in message
...
The course I teach consists of 5 units. I need to record the date each
student completes each of the 5 units and produce a report each month
detailing how many students have completed each unit within that month.

i.e. Unit 1 10 Unit 2 15

The dates are contained in cells F20:J122 and I need a total for each
column.

I hope this makes it clearer!

Thanks


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Louise,

There is, but to properly help you, describe the data and the cells it
is
in.

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HTH

RP
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"louise" wrote in message
...
I am a teacher and use a spreadsheet to keep a record of when students
have
completed an assignment.

I need to produce a monthly report detailing how many students
completed
each unit within the last month.

Is there a function that can do this?

Thanks