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Can I span a record (or row of information) over more than one row
At the moment we store information on different shops in a central
spreadsheet, with one row for each shop. The information for each shop is stored in one row. Eg the address, the size, the sale price, etc. Many of them have more than one floor, and it would be great if we could store information about them with a separate line for each floor. Eg there could be 300 square metres on the ground floor and the first floor has 200 square metres, and each floor is worth a different amount, so having two or three lines for each shop would be the best. Is there a way to somehow specify how many rows a record is, and have it still sorting by either the top row or a row that can be specified somehow? Also, some information is stored in rows, (again, about a certain shop), but the comments are quite lengthy and the the comments column gets too large to look good in a report. Is there a way to have a merged comments column below the main row that is the property information and have it sort with the main row of the record? |
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Can I span a record (or row of information) over more than one row
Look in the help files under "Outline", or "Group and Outline".
-- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "caramon2000" wrote in message ... At the moment we store information on different shops in a central spreadsheet, with one row for each shop. The information for each shop is stored in one row. Eg the address, the size, the sale price, etc. Many of them have more than one floor, and it would be great if we could store information about them with a separate line for each floor. Eg there could be 300 square metres on the ground floor and the first floor has 200 square metres, and each floor is worth a different amount, so having two or three lines for each shop would be the best. Is there a way to somehow specify how many rows a record is, and have it still sorting by either the top row or a row that can be specified somehow? Also, some information is stored in rows, (again, about a certain shop), but the comments are quite lengthy and the the comments column gets too large to look good in a report. Is there a way to have a merged comments column below the main row that is the property information and have it sort with the main row of the record? |
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Can I span a record (or row of information) over more than one row
Are you trying to use Excel as a database?
"caramon2000" wrote in message ... At the moment we store information on different shops in a central spreadsheet, with one row for each shop. The information for each shop is stored in one row. Eg the address, the size, the sale price, etc. Many of them have more than one floor, and it would be great if we could store information about them with a separate line for each floor. Eg there could be 300 square metres on the ground floor and the first floor has 200 square metres, and each floor is worth a different amount, so having two or three lines for each shop would be the best. Is there a way to somehow specify how many rows a record is, and have it still sorting by either the top row or a row that can be specified somehow? Also, some information is stored in rows, (again, about a certain shop), but the comments are quite lengthy and the the comments column gets too large to look good in a report. Is there a way to have a merged comments column below the main row that is the property information and have it sort with the main row of the record? |
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"Tyro" wrote: Are you trying to use Excel as a database? "caramon2000" wrote in message ... At the moment we store information on different shops in a central spreadsheet, with one row for each shop. The information for each shop is stored in one row. Eg the address, the size, the sale price, etc. Many of them have more than one floor, and it would be great if we could store information about them with a separate line for each floor. Eg there could be 300 square metres on the ground floor and the first floor has 200 square metres, and each floor is worth a different amount, so having two or three lines for each shop would be the best. Is there a way to somehow specify how many rows a record is, and have it still sorting by either the top row or a row that can be specified somehow? Also, some information is stored in rows, (again, about a certain shop), but the comments are quite lengthy and the the comments column gets too large to look good in a report. Is there a way to have a merged comments column below the main row that is the property information and have it sort with the main row of the record? |
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Can I span a record (or row of information) over more than one
I checked out the outlining functions. for some reason, though, even though
I group rows, once I sort them, eg in ascending order, the detail rows stay together and the summary row gets sorted differently. The collapsable tree stays in the same cell as it was before the sort. According to the help files, there are not meant to be blank cells. My spreadsheet has blank rows. Most records have one line but some have 2 or more (depending on how many levels the building has). An example of the layout is below. Column A Column D Column E Column K Column Q Column G Primary Street Number Street Name Rental Amount Level Rent per Key square m 1 114 William $100,000 2 55 Swanston $500,000 Ground $500 2 Level 1 $200 3 (as per record 1) 4 "Ragdyer" wrote: Look in the help files under "Outline", or "Group and Outline". -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "caramon2000" wrote in message ... At the moment we store information on different shops in a central spreadsheet, with one row for each shop. The information for each shop is stored in one row. Eg the address, the size, the sale price, etc. Many of them have more than one floor, and it would be great if we could store information about them with a separate line for each floor. Eg there could be 300 square metres on the ground floor and the first floor has 200 square metres, and each floor is worth a different amount, so having two or three lines for each shop would be the best. Is there a way to somehow specify how many rows a record is, and have it still sorting by either the top row or a row that can be specified somehow? Also, some information is stored in rows, (again, about a certain shop), but the comments are quite lengthy and the the comments column gets too large to look good in a report. Is there a way to have a merged comments column below the main row that is the property information and have it sort with the main row of the record? |
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Can I span a record (or row of information) over more than one
See if this old post can help:
http://tinyurl.com/2slevy -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "caramon2000" wrote in message ... I checked out the outlining functions. for some reason, though, even though I group rows, once I sort them, eg in ascending order, the detail rows stay together and the summary row gets sorted differently. The collapsable tree stays in the same cell as it was before the sort. According to the help files, there are not meant to be blank cells. My spreadsheet has blank rows. Most records have one line but some have 2 or more (depending on how many levels the building has). An example of the layout is below. Column A Column D Column E Column K Column Q Column G Primary Street Number Street Name Rental Amount Level Rent per Key square m 1 114 William $100,000 2 55 Swanston $500,000 Ground $500 2 Level 1 $200 3 (as per record 1) 4 "Ragdyer" wrote: Look in the help files under "Outline", or "Group and Outline". -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "caramon2000" wrote in message ... At the moment we store information on different shops in a central spreadsheet, with one row for each shop. The information for each shop is stored in one row. Eg the address, the size, the sale price, etc. Many of them have more than one floor, and it would be great if we could store information about them with a separate line for each floor. Eg there could be 300 square metres on the ground floor and the first floor has 200 square metres, and each floor is worth a different amount, so having two or three lines for each shop would be the best. Is there a way to somehow specify how many rows a record is, and have it still sorting by either the top row or a row that can be specified somehow? Also, some information is stored in rows, (again, about a certain shop), but the comments are quite lengthy and the the comments column gets too large to look good in a report. Is there a way to have a merged comments column below the main row that is the property information and have it sort with the main row of the record? |
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Can I span a record (or row of information) over more than one
Thanks for the example. It shows how the group and outline funtion works
really well. Something rather bizarre that I found was that in the example when you sort for the first time, the groupings are in tact (eg sort descending by column C). When you sort immediately after that (eg sort ascending by column C) the groupings are ignored and values are sorted normally. So it doesn't seem to consistantly work, and in my main spreadsheet that i'm trying to get the groupings working with i can't get the groups to sort together at all. Any futher suggestions would be welcomed, but thanks for the help so far anyway. "RagDyeR" wrote: See if this old post can help: http://tinyurl.com/2slevy -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "caramon2000" wrote in message ... I checked out the outlining functions. for some reason, though, even though I group rows, once I sort them, eg in ascending order, the detail rows stay together and the summary row gets sorted differently. The collapsable tree stays in the same cell as it was before the sort. According to the help files, there are not meant to be blank cells. My spreadsheet has blank rows. Most records have one line but some have 2 or more (depending on how many levels the building has). An example of the layout is below. Column A Column D Column E Column K Column Q Column G Primary Street Number Street Name Rental Amount Level Rent per Key square m 1 114 William $100,000 2 55 Swanston $500,000 Ground $500 2 Level 1 $200 3 (as per record 1) 4 "Ragdyer" wrote: Look in the help files under "Outline", or "Group and Outline". -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "caramon2000" wrote in message ... At the moment we store information on different shops in a central spreadsheet, with one row for each shop. The information for each shop is stored in one row. Eg the address, the size, the sale price, etc. Many of them have more than one floor, and it would be great if we could store information about them with a separate line for each floor. Eg there could be 300 square metres on the ground floor and the first floor has 200 square metres, and each floor is worth a different amount, so having two or three lines for each shop would be the best. Is there a way to somehow specify how many rows a record is, and have it still sorting by either the top row or a row that can be specified somehow? Also, some information is stored in rows, (again, about a certain shop), but the comments are quite lengthy and the the comments column gets too large to look good in a report. Is there a way to have a merged comments column below the main row that is the property information and have it sort with the main row of the record? |
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