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Default Filtering Duplicate Course Names Using an Existing Formula

Hello again, Pete...

Thanks for your response. I think I am partially understanding this. Since
column C is the column that contains all course names (there are several
different course names...some duplicated...some not), is it possible to look
at all course names and give me a count of courses with no duplication? Am I
understanding your latest reply correctly that the additional part of the
formula is only searching for the "Introduction to College Math" course?
What if I had this example in Columns B & C:

B C
804-106-011 INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE MATH
804-106-014 INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE MATH
804-106-016 INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE MATH
152-137-001 JAVA PROGRAMMING
152-137-002 JAVA PROGRAMMING

In the formula I'm using, is it possible to have some kind of wildcard or
something that would look at the course titles in Column C and just count the
"Intro to College Math" course one time and the "Java Programming" course one
time as well [even though there are unique course section numbers (Column
B)]? I currently have over 100 rows of courses (again, some course titles
duplilcated...some not).

Thanks.
Chris

"Pete_UK" wrote:

Hi Chris,

You can add another condition like so:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(MONTH('Fall 2008'!D2:D1000)=8),--('Fall 2008'!
E2:E1000="Yes"),--('Fall 2008'!F2:F1000="New"),--('Fall 2008'!
C2:C1000="Introduction to College Math"))

It would be better if you put "Introduction to College Math" (without
the quotes) in a cell somewhere (say, A1 on the same sheet as the
formula) and then reference it within the formula. I also prefer this
form:

=SUMPRODUCT((MONTH('Fall 2008'!D2:D1000)=8)*('Fall 2008'!
E2:E1000="Yes")*('Fall 2008'!F2:F1000="New")*('Fall 2008'!
C2:C1000=A1))

where the * can be read as the AND operator. You can easily change the
entry in A1 to get a result for another course - NOTE that it has to
match the course title exactly, so you might want to apply data
validation on A1 to look at a list of course names elsewhere. This
could also be done for column C of your 'Fall 2008' sheet.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Apr 27, 6:06 pm, Chris Hofer
wrote:
Sure...not a problem...

To answer your first question, I am not actually checking the course number
at all in any formulas I have set up.

In column E, I have a drop-down list set up where the heading is called
"Blended". If the couse fits this criteria, we select "Yes" from the
drop-down. If not, we select "No".

In column F, I have a drop-down list set up where the heading is called "New
OR Revised". If the course is brand new or revised, we select the
appropriate choice ("New" or "Revised") from the drop-down list.

The course number resides in column B. Generally, this is a nine-digit
number which varies from course to course. In the "College Math" course
example, the number is 804-106-### where ### is a three digit course section
number. I have this column set up where I can enter in a string of 9 digits
(ex: 123456789) and it will automatically add the dashes for me (ex:
123-456-789) upon hitting Enter.

Column C contains the course title. Again, in the example, the course title
would be "Introduction to College Math", but I only want to count that title
one time in my formula even though we have three unique course section
numbers for it (example: 804-106-001, -002, -003)

Chris



"Pete_UK" wrote:
Where are you checking for the course number now? This formula is
looking for month=8 in column D, column E="Yes" and column F = "New".
What do the columns E and F represent? Presumably you have a field
where the course title is recorded?


Please give further details of the layout of your data.


Pete


On Apr 27, 3:26 pm, Chris Hofer
wrote:
Here is a formula that I am using which is working very well for what I need:


=SUMPRODUCT(--(MONTH('Fall 2008'!D2:D1000)=8),--('Fall
2008'!E2:E1000="Yes"),--('Fall 2008'!F2:F1000="New"))


This formula is in a worksheet tab called "Reports", and it's pulling data
from my "Fall 2008" tab.


Is there a way I can add something to this formula so that it also looks at
a listing of course titles in a column and does not count any that are
duplicated? For example, if I have an "Introduction to College Math" course
that is being taught by three instructors, each has a different course
number, but I want
to only count the "Introduction to College Math" course one time. Right
now, the way the formula is set up, it's counting every instance (section) of
the "Introduction to College Math" course. I would probably want to filter
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