How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array....
"Roger Govier" wrote:
Hi Joe
File sorted and returned.
I hadn't appreciated that your data was going across the columns on the
Monthly sheets.
The solution (for the benefit of others) was to enter in cell B2
=INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!$4:$4"),ROW())
and copy down through cells B3:B25 and B28:B29
then copy across through columns C:M
Row 1 of the Data sheet held Month Names (Sheet names)
I also set up another sheet for you Joe, showing how you could enter all
data on a single sheet with Date, Amount and Heading and to be able to
produce a summary with a Pivot Table to report for the 12 months of the
year. Just another alternative
--
Regards
Roger Govier
"Peese" wrote in message
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Thank you. It is on its way.
Joe
"Roger Govier" wrote:
Hi
Send me your file directly, and I will take a look
To mail direct, send to
roger at technology4u dot co dot uk
Do the obvious with at and dot
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Regards
Roger Govier
"Peese" wrote in message
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Roger
You have given me a formula that seems to relate back directly to every
total on every worksheet. But for that to work, surely you need to know
where
those totals are on each monthly sheet (rather than the irrelevant
information I gave in my last post). The totals are in B4, C4, D4 etc.
Can
you tweak your formula for me, taking that information into account ?
My
efforts have failed.
I am now confident that your method will work and am grateful for being
shown that technique, but it DOES beg the question of a method to
autocomplete a table with reference to its own contents only. I had
expected
to be shown how to partially or fully trigger autocompletion of the
summary
sheet FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE LEFT COLUMN AND TOP ROW. Do you know if
such a
function exists ?
"Peese" wrote:
Thanks again, Roger
Your assumption matches the layout of my totals SS, but not of the
monthly
sheets.
There the data does not start until row 6.
I originally entered your formula into C3 instead of B2 (shame on me
!).
When I enter it into B2, there is obviously reproduction of content
from
January's sheet but the fit is still not right because the monthly
data
starts in row 6. Can you please tweak the formula to accomodate that
fact
?
We are obviously making good progress. Thank you.
"Roger Govier" wrote:
Hi
What I was assuming was the following
A B C
1 Jan Feb
2 Heading 1
3 Heading 2
Heading in this case will be the same Cost centre headings that
appear
on
all Sheets.
Sheets are assumed to be named Jan, Feb, Mar etc.
If they are not named that, just put in B1:M1 etc, the actual name
of
each
of your 12 sheets
Now, enter the formula I posted in cell B2 and copy across and down,
and you
should see the information pulled from each sheet
--
Regards
Roger Govier
"Peese" wrote in message
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When I paste that expression into the top left empty cell of the
table,
'internet' appears in the cell, although the edit line still shows
=INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW()). If pasted anywhere else, '0.00'
appears.
There is obviously a problem; #1. my ignorance; #2 the table does
NOT
start
at A1.
I thought I might help solve it by telling you that the first
empty
cell
is
C3; The first three columns of row 2 are : =Jan!$B$4; =Jan!$C$4;
=Jan!$D$4
and the first three rows of column B are : =Jan!$B$4; =Feb!$B$4;
=Mar!$B$4
Could you please adapt your 'formula' to fit those details ?
"Peese" wrote:
Thanks Roger
The layout is the same for each of the 12 months, but obviously
the
name
of
each sheet is different.
At this point it is not obvious to me that your solution will
work,
but I
am
excited at the prospect that it might, and will most certainly
report
back
after I have tried it.
I anticipate that it will be a great breakthrough for me if it
works.
"Roger Govier" wrote:
Hi
I assume that the layout is identical on all sheets.
In which case, the headings in Column A of the Summary sheet
are
not
required.
Enter in B2 of Summary
=INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!B"&ROW())
and copy across and down
--
Regards
Roger Govier
"Peese" wrote in message
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How to AUTOMATICALLY complete an Excel array (or matrix ?)
from
information
in the left column and top row; each cell to hold an
incrementally
changed
formula ?
That item/array/matrix is in the 13th sheet of a workbook
whose
other
12
sheets are monthly expenditures in categories.
The ITEM should be filled with pasted links from the totals
in
the 12
sheets
to create annual totals.
Thus the left column contains the links for total
expenditures
by
category
for January
and the top row contains twelve links for totals in one
category
for
each
month.
I can (and have) set this up manually, but it seems to me
that
Excel
should
be able to fill in the series automatically, expecially for
the
rows
where
the only variable item in the link formula is the month name.
I am interested because this whole thing has to be redone for
each
new
year.
If I had been able to I would have attached the workbook
whose
completion
I
want.
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