Here is the challenge:

1) On row 3 there are headings: 1st qrt, 2nd qrt, 3rd qrt, 4th qrt, 1st
qrt, 2nd qrt., etc. representing subdivisions of calendar years.

2) On row 4, under each quarter heading, there is a sales forecast. The
basic assumption is that what is forecast for the quarter must be on hand at
the beginning of that quarter.

3) In cell A2: the user enters a leadtime in weeks for obtaining the product.

4) Based on the leadtime entered in cell A2, I want to auto-populate row 5,
showing when the product should be ordered. So, if I need 500k pounds at the
beginning of qrt 4 and the leadtime is is 16 weeks (1.33 quarters), 500K
pounds are entered under qrt 2.

5) whatever macro or VBA could make this happen, would need to handle 8 data
sets (got the 8 different products in the forecast) each with its own leadtime

Am I wasting my time?

One way:

You don't say how your data is organized, so I don't know how to deal
with the other seven products (where is their lead time entered?), but
you could do something like (assuming the 1st "1st qrt" heading is in
column B):

B5: =INDEX(C4:$IV4,CEILING($A$2/13,1))

copy to the right as far as required.


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"KG" wrote:

Here is the challenge:

1) On row 3 there are headings: 1st qrt, 2nd qrt, 3rd qrt, 4th qrt, 1st
qrt, 2nd qrt., etc. representing subdivisions of calendar years.

2) On row 4, under each quarter heading, there is a sales forecast. The
basic assumption is that what is forecast for the quarter must be on hand at
the beginning of that quarter.

3) In cell A2: the user enters a leadtime in weeks for obtaining the product.

4) Based on the leadtime entered in cell A2, I want to auto-populate row 5,
showing when the product should be ordered. So, if I need 500k pounds at the
beginning of qrt 4 and the leadtime is is 16 weeks (1.33 quarters), 500K
pounds are entered under qrt 2.

5) whatever macro or VBA could make this happen, would need to handle 8 data
sets (got the 8 different products in the forecast) each with its own leadtime

Am I wasting my time?