Check out Debra's site also for how to copy unique items to another sheet using
Advanced Filter.
http://www.contextures.on.ca/xladvfi...html#ExtractWs
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 10:33:02 -0700, hankinator
wrote:
I'm only vaguely familiar with pivot tables, but I've heard that they are
quite useful. I will check the links you provided.
Thanks!
"Ron Coderre" wrote:
I think that may be more work than necesary.
Have you considered a pivot table?
After importing the data to Excel,
the pivot table could easily list
the count of unique items AND list the Top 10
See these websites for instructions:
If you're already familiar with pivot tables, start he
Pivot Table count of unique items:
http://www.contextures.com/xlPivot07.html#Unique
Show top items:
http://www.contextures.com/xlPivot05.html#TopItems
Otherwise, for Pivot Table basics:
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivottables.htm
Is that something you can work with?
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Regards,
Ron
XL2002, WinXP
"hankinator" wrote:
Here's the situation:
I have a workseet that contains data on defective parts. The pertinent
columns are item# (Col C), defect code (Col D), and number of defective parts
(Col E).
I would like to be able to copy/paste this data from an external source
(some crappy locally-created database).
After pasting the data, I would like to have the list automatically filtered
for unique defect codes, put that list onto another sheet where I can then do
a SUMIF for each defect code and come up with a Top 10 list.
Then the same thing for unique part#'s.
So, is there a way to automate the unique records filter?