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convert negative numbers to a zero
Hi,
I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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=MAX(30-(#sales*5),0)
Hope this helps. -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Hi, I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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Perfect, thanks!!!
-- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: =MAX(30-(#sales*5),0) Hope this helps. -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Hi, I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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Thanks for the feedback. Don't forget to check 'yes' below. :)
-- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Perfect, thanks!!! -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: =MAX(30-(#sales*5),0) Hope this helps. -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Hi, I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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You seem to be very knowledgeable about excel, so one more question :)
I'm trying to get their performance percentage now, but running into another problem... If # of required activities is 0, but they complete 10 activities, they should be over 100%. However, I'm getting a "divide by zero" error because 10/0. Any suggestions of how I can fix this? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Thanks for the feedback. Don't forget to check 'yes' below. :) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Perfect, thanks!!! -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: =MAX(30-(#sales*5),0) Hope this helps. -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Hi, I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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Setup:
B2: #sales C2: =MAX(30-(B2*5),0) ... required activities D2: activities E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)) ... This would assign a 1 as a divisor if no activities are required, so in your example below, this would mean 1000%. Effectively, it gives 100% per activity done if they have no required activities. Note, this is an arbitrary value, as the mathematical reality is that if 0 activities are required, and they do 1 activity, then they have done infinitely more activities than required. If you want to show nothing, then you could have the E2 formula like this: =IF(C2=0,"",D2/C2) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: You seem to be very knowledgeable about excel, so one more question :) I'm trying to get their performance percentage now, but running into another problem... If # of required activities is 0, but they complete 10 activities, they should be over 100%. However, I'm getting a "divide by zero" error because 10/0. Any suggestions of how I can fix this? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Thanks for the feedback. Don't forget to check 'yes' below. :) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Perfect, thanks!!! -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: =MAX(30-(#sales*5),0) Hope this helps. -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Hi, I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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I like this: E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)), however it's not showing 1000%, but 100%.
Do you know what I'm doing wrong? I would also like it to show the different % for any # of activities done over the 0 they were required to do...example 120%, 250% 1000%. Is that possible with this function or is that getting to complicated? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Setup: B2: #sales C2: =MAX(30-(B2*5),0) ... required activities D2: activities E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)) ... This would assign a 1 as a divisor if no activities are required, so in your example below, this would mean 1000%. Effectively, it gives 100% per activity done if they have no required activities. Note, this is an arbitrary value, as the mathematical reality is that if 0 activities are required, and they do 1 activity, then they have done infinitely more activities than required. If you want to show nothing, then you could have the E2 formula like this: =IF(C2=0,"",D2/C2) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: You seem to be very knowledgeable about excel, so one more question :) I'm trying to get their performance percentage now, but running into another problem... If # of required activities is 0, but they complete 10 activities, they should be over 100%. However, I'm getting a "divide by zero" error because 10/0. Any suggestions of how I can fix this? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Thanks for the feedback. Don't forget to check 'yes' below. :) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Perfect, thanks!!! -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: =MAX(30-(#sales*5),0) Hope this helps. -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Hi, I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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I got it!!!! It's E2: =D2/(MAX(C2,1))
Thanks so much for your help John!!!! Very, very helpful! -- Thanks, Cheryl "Cheryl" wrote: I like this: E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)), however it's not showing 1000%, but 100%. Do you know what I'm doing wrong? I would also like it to show the different % for any # of activities done over the 0 they were required to do...example 120%, 250% 1000%. Is that possible with this function or is that getting to complicated? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Setup: B2: #sales C2: =MAX(30-(B2*5),0) ... required activities D2: activities E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)) ... This would assign a 1 as a divisor if no activities are required, so in your example below, this would mean 1000%. Effectively, it gives 100% per activity done if they have no required activities. Note, this is an arbitrary value, as the mathematical reality is that if 0 activities are required, and they do 1 activity, then they have done infinitely more activities than required. If you want to show nothing, then you could have the E2 formula like this: =IF(C2=0,"",D2/C2) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: You seem to be very knowledgeable about excel, so one more question :) I'm trying to get their performance percentage now, but running into another problem... If # of required activities is 0, but they complete 10 activities, they should be over 100%. However, I'm getting a "divide by zero" error because 10/0. Any suggestions of how I can fix this? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Thanks for the feedback. Don't forget to check 'yes' below. :) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Perfect, thanks!!! -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: =MAX(30-(#sales*5),0) Hope this helps. -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Hi, I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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I am so close to having it be perfect...
Any way to show 0 activites done, 0 activites required = 100%??? (currently shows 0%) -- Thanks, Cheryl "Cheryl" wrote: I got it!!!! It's E2: =D2/(MAX(C2,1)) Thanks so much for your help John!!!! Very, very helpful! -- Thanks, Cheryl "Cheryl" wrote: I like this: E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)), however it's not showing 1000%, but 100%. Do you know what I'm doing wrong? I would also like it to show the different % for any # of activities done over the 0 they were required to do...example 120%, 250% 1000%. Is that possible with this function or is that getting to complicated? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Setup: B2: #sales C2: =MAX(30-(B2*5),0) ... required activities D2: activities E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)) ... This would assign a 1 as a divisor if no activities are required, so in your example below, this would mean 1000%. Effectively, it gives 100% per activity done if they have no required activities. Note, this is an arbitrary value, as the mathematical reality is that if 0 activities are required, and they do 1 activity, then they have done infinitely more activities than required. If you want to show nothing, then you could have the E2 formula like this: =IF(C2=0,"",D2/C2) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: You seem to be very knowledgeable about excel, so one more question :) I'm trying to get their performance percentage now, but running into another problem... If # of required activities is 0, but they complete 10 activities, they should be over 100%. However, I'm getting a "divide by zero" error because 10/0. Any suggestions of how I can fix this? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Thanks for the feedback. Don't forget to check 'yes' below. :) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Perfect, thanks!!! -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: =MAX(30-(#sales*5),0) Hope this helps. -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Hi, I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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Try:
=MAX(D2,1)/(MAX(C2,1)) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: I am so close to having it be perfect... Any way to show 0 activites done, 0 activites required = 100%??? (currently shows 0%) -- Thanks, Cheryl "Cheryl" wrote: I got it!!!! It's E2: =D2/(MAX(C2,1)) Thanks so much for your help John!!!! Very, very helpful! -- Thanks, Cheryl "Cheryl" wrote: I like this: E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)), however it's not showing 1000%, but 100%. Do you know what I'm doing wrong? I would also like it to show the different % for any # of activities done over the 0 they were required to do...example 120%, 250% 1000%. Is that possible with this function or is that getting to complicated? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Setup: B2: #sales C2: =MAX(30-(B2*5),0) ... required activities D2: activities E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)) ... This would assign a 1 as a divisor if no activities are required, so in your example below, this would mean 1000%. Effectively, it gives 100% per activity done if they have no required activities. Note, this is an arbitrary value, as the mathematical reality is that if 0 activities are required, and they do 1 activity, then they have done infinitely more activities than required. If you want to show nothing, then you could have the E2 formula like this: =IF(C2=0,"",D2/C2) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: You seem to be very knowledgeable about excel, so one more question :) I'm trying to get their performance percentage now, but running into another problem... If # of required activities is 0, but they complete 10 activities, they should be over 100%. However, I'm getting a "divide by zero" error because 10/0. Any suggestions of how I can fix this? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Thanks for the feedback. Don't forget to check 'yes' below. :) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Perfect, thanks!!! -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: =MAX(30-(#sales*5),0) Hope this helps. -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Hi, I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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You're the best!!! Thanks again for all your help!
-- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Try: =MAX(D2,1)/(MAX(C2,1)) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: I am so close to having it be perfect... Any way to show 0 activites done, 0 activites required = 100%??? (currently shows 0%) -- Thanks, Cheryl "Cheryl" wrote: I got it!!!! It's E2: =D2/(MAX(C2,1)) Thanks so much for your help John!!!! Very, very helpful! -- Thanks, Cheryl "Cheryl" wrote: I like this: E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)), however it's not showing 1000%, but 100%. Do you know what I'm doing wrong? I would also like it to show the different % for any # of activities done over the 0 they were required to do...example 120%, 250% 1000%. Is that possible with this function or is that getting to complicated? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Setup: B2: #sales C2: =MAX(30-(B2*5),0) ... required activities D2: activities E2: =D2/(MAX(D2,1)) ... This would assign a 1 as a divisor if no activities are required, so in your example below, this would mean 1000%. Effectively, it gives 100% per activity done if they have no required activities. Note, this is an arbitrary value, as the mathematical reality is that if 0 activities are required, and they do 1 activity, then they have done infinitely more activities than required. If you want to show nothing, then you could have the E2 formula like this: =IF(C2=0,"",D2/C2) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: You seem to be very knowledgeable about excel, so one more question :) I'm trying to get their performance percentage now, but running into another problem... If # of required activities is 0, but they complete 10 activities, they should be over 100%. However, I'm getting a "divide by zero" error because 10/0. Any suggestions of how I can fix this? -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: Thanks for the feedback. Don't forget to check 'yes' below. :) -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Perfect, thanks!!! -- Thanks, Cheryl "John C" wrote: =MAX(30-(#sales*5),0) Hope this helps. -- John C "Cheryl" wrote: Hi, I need to set up a function that converts a negative number to a zero. For example, I'm setting up a table to find out the amount of "required activities" my employees should have based on sales, but I do not want the number of "required activities" to be negative if they've sold a lot in a day. For example: the employees are required to do 30 "activities" in a day. For every sale they do, they are allowed 5 less activites. =30-(#of sales x 5) However if they sell more than 6, the number becomes negative. Thanks, I appreciate the help!! -- Thanks, Cheryl |
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