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Need to summarzie a "status" flag
We have a worksheet that tracks approx 400 applications and each application
can have up to 30 project plans. We track the status of each plan (ie completed, n/a, open, or a blank value means a plan is not expected). There are 30 plan status columns per application starting in column C. For example, the 1st application may have Plan #1 Status as "open", Plan #2 status as "N/a", Plan #3 Status is blank, Plan #4 status as "completed", etc etc etc up to approx 30 status columns. I would like to a quick way to automate an overall summary status for each application. If any of the status's are "open", then the overall status should be "open". If all are "completed" or "N/a" or blank, then the overall status should be "completed". Without doing a huge IF/AND/OR statement, is there an easy way to sum this up? By arrays perhaps? |
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Need to summarzie a "status" flag
You can use an expression like the following:
=IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(A1:A30,"Open")),"Open",IF(<repea t for other statuses) The FIND function will search the range for a text string matching the second argument, and return the position of that match if found. ISNUMBER essentially converts the outcome to TRUE or FALSE, which is used by the IF statement to trigger one of two outcomes. Build out the expression to cover the other statuses, and you should be all set. My only concern is if the status cells are not in a single range you can pass to the FIND function. HTH. Write back if stuck. "MLK" wrote: We have a worksheet that tracks approx 400 applications and each application can have up to 30 project plans. We track the status of each plan (ie completed, n/a, open, or a blank value means a plan is not expected). There are 30 plan status columns per application starting in column C. For example, the 1st application may have Plan #1 Status as "open", Plan #2 status as "N/a", Plan #3 Status is blank, Plan #4 status as "completed", etc etc etc up to approx 30 status columns. I would like to a quick way to automate an overall summary status for each application. If any of the status's are "open", then the overall status should be "open". If all are "completed" or "N/a" or blank, then the overall status should be "completed". Without doing a huge IF/AND/OR statement, is there an easy way to sum this up? By arrays perhaps? |
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Need to summarzie a "status" flag
Hi, I tried yours out and it works, but that gave me an idea to simplify it
more by using countif statments and checking the total of opens. Thanks very much for your prompt reply and assistance. "andy62" wrote: You can use an expression like the following: =IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(A1:A30,"Open")),"Open",IF(<repea t for other statuses) The FIND function will search the range for a text string matching the second argument, and return the position of that match if found. ISNUMBER essentially converts the outcome to TRUE or FALSE, which is used by the IF statement to trigger one of two outcomes. Build out the expression to cover the other statuses, and you should be all set. My only concern is if the status cells are not in a single range you can pass to the FIND function. HTH. Write back if stuck. "MLK" wrote: We have a worksheet that tracks approx 400 applications and each application can have up to 30 project plans. We track the status of each plan (ie completed, n/a, open, or a blank value means a plan is not expected). There are 30 plan status columns per application starting in column C. For example, the 1st application may have Plan #1 Status as "open", Plan #2 status as "N/a", Plan #3 Status is blank, Plan #4 status as "completed", etc etc etc up to approx 30 status columns. I would like to a quick way to automate an overall summary status for each application. If any of the status's are "open", then the overall status should be "open". If all are "completed" or "N/a" or blank, then the overall status should be "completed". Without doing a huge IF/AND/OR statement, is there an easy way to sum this up? By arrays perhaps? |
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