Please Help! Can't solve excel problem
 

I've dabbled in excel over the years but have hit a cross roads. I help teach a middle school track summer camp. Now every week we do certain timed activities and keep track of the results. Here is the problem- I can't find a way to average these results.

My excel sheet is set up with 5 sheets. Sheets 1-4 Being labeled Week1, Week2, Week3, Week4 and sheet 5 is for my calculations. Each sheet is set up identical with students name in column A (i.e. John, Tim, Sarah, Connie) and the timed events in the remaining columns (ex. 100m, 200m, 3 cone drill, etc, etc)

Now I would like to have a master sheet that will tell me Johns (and every other students) average time for each event across the 4 week period. (i.e. average time for 100m, 200m, 3 cone drill, etc) The problem i seem to be running into is that John is not always in cell A1 one week he will be in cell A1 the next week he will be in cell A19.

Any help would be appreciated.

Here is a VERY basic example of what I think you mean.

Let me know if you need anything explaining.

If this is along the right line of what you're after, I'm more than happy to help you develop it to meet all your needs.

S.

Please Help! Can't solve excel problem
 

On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:27:33 +0000, sully017 wrote:


I've dabbled in excel over the years but have hit a cross roads. I help
teach a middle school track summer camp. Now every week we do certain
timed activities and keep track of the results. Here is the problem- I
can't find a way to average these results.

My excel sheet is set up with 5 sheets. Sheets 1-4 Being labeled Week1,
Week2, Week3, Week4 and sheet 5 is for my calculations. Each sheet is
set up identical with students name in column A (i.e. John, Tim, Sarah,
Connie) and the timed events in the remaining columns (ex. 100m, 200m, 3
cone drill, etc, etc)

Now I would like to have a master sheet that will tell me Johns (and
every other students) average time for each event across the 4 week
period. (i.e. average time for 100m, 200m, 3 cone drill, etc) The
problem i seem to be running into is that John is not always in cell A1
one week he will be in cell A1 the next week he will be in cell A19.

Any help would be appreciated.

Problem is that AVERAGEIF, which you could use on a single sheet, does not accept 3D (multisheet) references.
So one way is to execute SUMIF and COUNTIF on each sheet, then divide the sum by the count to get the average.

Depending on exactly how your sheet is set up, something like this might work:

A2:
=(SUMIF(Week1!$A$2:$A$20,A2,Week1!B$2:B$20)+
SUMIF(Week2!$A$2:$A$20,A2,Week2!B$2:B$20)+
SUMIF(Week3!$A$2:$A$20,A2,Week3!B$2:B$20)+
SUMIF(Week4!$A$2:$A$20,A2,Week4!B$2:B$20)+
SUMIF(Week5!$A$2:$A$20,A2,Week5!B$2:B$20))/
(COUNTIF(Week1!$A$2:$A$20,A2) +
COUNTIF(Week2!$A$2:$A$20,A2)+
COUNTIF(Week3!$A$2:$A$20,A2)+
COUNTIF(Week4!$A$2:$A$20,A2)+
COUNTIF(Week5!$A$2:$A$20,A2))

The trick is to use addressing modes so the formulas will self-adjust as you fill right and/or down.

You could also try using the Pivot Table Wizard to set up a pivot table consolidating multiple ranges.

Please Help! Can't solve excel problem
 

On Sunday, July 29, 2012 10:27:33 PM UTC-5, sully017 wrote:
I've dabbled in excel over the years but have hit a cross roads. I help

teach a middle school track summer camp. Now every week we do certain

timed activities and keep track of the results. Here is the problem- I

can't find a way to average these results.



My excel sheet is set up with 5 sheets. Sheets 1-4 Being labeled Week1,

Week2, Week3, Week4 and sheet 5 is for my calculations. Each sheet is

set up identical with students name in column A (i.e. John, Tim, Sarah,

Connie) and the timed events in the remaining columns (ex. 100m, 200m, 3

cone drill, etc, etc)



Now I would like to have a master sheet that will tell me Johns (and

every other students) average time for each event across the 4 week

period. (i.e. average time for 100m, 200m, 3 cone drill, etc) The

problem i seem to be running into is that John is not always in cell A1

one week he will be in cell A1 the next week he will be in cell A19.



Any help would be appreciated.









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sully017

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