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Rank order of errors
Hi all
I am confusing myself here i know it, i have a spreadsheet showing all the errors that could occur on a particular piece of equipment down one side (a3:a30) I have January to December at the top (b1:m1) I have another worksheet excatly the same format but filled with number data ( the number of times the error occured in that month) How do i generate a top 5 error list based on this data in the new worksheet? Or alternatively i would also be happy with January to December at the top and underneath each month a list of the five errors in text format i.e. January Febraury Gear Gear Motor Motor Harness Spring Spring Sensor Sensor Harness Thanks for any help you can give Derek |
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Rank order of errors
You can use LARGE function.
For the top error, =LARGE(A1:A30,1). For 2nd highest, change 1 to 2 etc. Then you can use vlookup to return the month. Suppose you entered this formula in Sheet2 A1 to A5. In B1 type, =VLOOKUP(B33,Sheet1!$A$1:$A$30,2,FALSE) and drag it down to B5. Hope this helps. Post back if it works. Thanks "Derek" wrote in message ... Hi all I am confusing myself here i know it, i have a spreadsheet showing all the errors that could occur on a particular piece of equipment down one side (a3:a30) I have January to December at the top (b1:m1) I have another worksheet excatly the same format but filled with number data ( the number of times the error occured in that month) How do i generate a top 5 error list based on this data in the new worksheet? Or alternatively i would also be happy with January to December at the top and underneath each month a list of the five errors in text format i.e. January Febraury Gear Gear Motor Motor Harness Spring Spring Sensor Sensor Harness Thanks for any help you can give Derek |
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