Hi all:
I have this problem. I want to write a formula in award column, so that the
"Y" only appears on the first occurance of when user ID have Y in Data, no
other place after first occurance. How can I do that? Hope you can give me
some advice. Thanks much.

ID Data Award
1 Y Y
1 N
1 Y
1 Y
2 N
2 Y Y
2 Y
2 Y

Don't know if it is the most elegant solution, but creat a hidden column with
ID & Data concatenated. Order your data by ID then by Data. Your award
formula is if(and(Data="Y",Data(row current)<Data(row previous)),"Y",""

in C2 = A2 & B2
Order by ID then Data ascending
d2 = if(and(B2="Y",D2<D1),"Y",""
copy C2 and D2 down to the end of your data
hide column C

Maybe someone will have a better solution. Good luck.
"luvgreen" wrote:

Hi all:
I have this problem. I want to write a formula in award column, so that the
"Y" only appears on the first occurance of when user ID have Y in Data, no
other place after first occurance. How can I do that? Hope you can give me
some advice. Thanks much.

ID Data Award
1 Y Y
1 N
1 Y
1 Y
2 N
2 Y Y
2 Y
2 Y

try
=IF(AND(B2="Y",SUMPRODUCT(--($A$1:A2=A2),--($B$1:B2="Y"))=1),"Y","")

"luvgreen" wrote:

Hi all:
I have this problem. I want to write a formula in award column, so that the
"Y" only appears on the first occurance of when user ID have Y in Data, no
other place after first occurance. How can I do that? Hope you can give me
some advice. Thanks much.

ID Data Award
1 Y Y
1 N
1 Y
1 Y
2 N
2 Y Y
2 Y
2 Y