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Finding the average across multiple sheets
I'm trying to find the average for a person with scores in column 4 on 3 separate sheets. The following function returns #VALUE.. What am I doing wrong? Because the person may be in a different row on each sheet, I'm thinking I need to use the VLOOKUP function.... Help!!! Also, as an aside, the person may have a zero on one sheet that would affect the average score... =AVERAGE(VLOOKUP(A4,Week03:Week01!A$4:G$30,4,0)) -- quailhunter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ quailhunter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27739 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=477377 |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
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the person may have a zero on one sheet that would affect the average score... Does that mean you want to exclude any zeros from the average? Biff "quailhunter" wrote in message ... I'm trying to find the average for a person with scores in column 4 on 3 separate sheets. The following function returns #VALUE.. What am I doing wrong? Because the person may be in a different row on each sheet, I'm thinking I need to use the VLOOKUP function.... Help!!! Also, as an aside, the person may have a zero on one sheet that would affect the average score... =AVERAGE(VLOOKUP(A4,Week03:Week01!A$4:G$30,4,0)) -- quailhunter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ quailhunter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27739 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=477377 |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
Hi Biff, Yes. If they have a zero, then this should not count in their average score. Thanks. Biff Wrote: Hi! the person may have a zero on one sheet that would affect the average score... Does that mean you want to exclude any zeros from the average? Biff "quailhunter" wrote in message ... I'm trying to find the average for a person with scores in column 4 on 3 separate sheets. The following function returns #VALUE.. What am I doing wrong? Because the person may be in a different row on each sheet, I'm thinking I need to use the VLOOKUP function.... Help!!! Also, as an aside, the person may have a zero on one sheet that would affect the average score... =AVERAGE(VLOOKUP(A4,Week03:Week01!A$4:G$30,4,0)) -- quailhunter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ quailhunter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27739 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=477377 -- quailhunter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ quailhunter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27739 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=477377 |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
Hi!
After reading your post again I see that the name and score can be anywhere within the range on each of the sheets. I don't think this is possible to do (at least, I don't know how to do it!). If the data was in the same cell on each sheet this would be simple but a multi-conditional (name and score greater than zero)average across sheets is not possible! Excel just doesn't handle 3D referencing easily. If anyone CAN do this I be interested to see how! (using a single formula!) Biff "quailhunter" wrote in message ... Hi Biff, Yes. If they have a zero, then this should not count in their average score. Thanks. Biff Wrote: Hi! the person may have a zero on one sheet that would affect the average score... Does that mean you want to exclude any zeros from the average? Biff "quailhunter" wrote in message ... I'm trying to find the average for a person with scores in column 4 on 3 separate sheets. The following function returns #VALUE.. What am I doing wrong? Because the person may be in a different row on each sheet, I'm thinking I need to use the VLOOKUP function.... Help!!! Also, as an aside, the person may have a zero on one sheet that would affect the average score... =AVERAGE(VLOOKUP(A4,Week03:Week01!A$4:G$30,4,0)) -- quailhunter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ quailhunter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27739 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=477377 -- quailhunter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ quailhunter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27739 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=477377 |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
quailhunter wrote...
I'm trying to find the average for a person with scores in column 4 on 3 separate sheets. The following function returns #VALUE.. What am I doing wrong? Because the person may be in a different row on each sheet, I'm thinking I need to use the VLOOKUP function.... Help!!! Also, as an aside, the person may have a zero on one sheet that would affect the average score... =AVERAGE(VLOOKUP(A4,Week03:Week01!A$4:G$30,4,0) ) If you're using VLOOKUP, there'd be at most only one match for A4 in any of the worksheets' A4:A30 ranges? If so, you'd need a list of the worksheet names in some range (I'll refer to it as WSL), then you could try =SUMPRODUCT(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),A4, INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"))) /SUMPRODUCT(--(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),A4,INDIRECT("' "&WSL&"'!D4:D30"))0)) |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
That doesn't work for me.
SUMPRODUCT(--(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),A4,INDIRECT("' "&WSL&"'!D4:D30"))0)) Returns the incorrect count Biff "Harlan Grove" wrote in message oups.com... quailhunter wrote... I'm trying to find the average for a person with scores in column 4 on 3 separate sheets. The following function returns #VALUE.. What am I doing wrong? Because the person may be in a different row on each sheet, I'm thinking I need to use the VLOOKUP function.... Help!!! Also, as an aside, the person may have a zero on one sheet that would affect the average score... =AVERAGE(VLOOKUP(A4,Week03:Week01!A$4:G$30,4,0 )) If you're using VLOOKUP, there'd be at most only one match for A4 in any of the worksheets' A4:A30 ranges? If so, you'd need a list of the worksheet names in some range (I'll refer to it as WSL), then you could try =SUMPRODUCT(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),A4, INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"))) /SUMPRODUCT(--(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),A4,INDIRECT("' "&WSL&"'!D4:D30"))0)) |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
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Biff wrote: That doesn't work for me. SUMPRODUCT(--(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),A4,INDIRECT("' "&WSL&"'!D4:D30"))0)) Returns the incorrect count [...] Do you have negative numbers in the ranges of interest? |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
No negatives, either a value or zero. -- quailhunter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ quailhunter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27739 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=477377 |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
Aladin Akyurek wrote...
Biff wrote: That doesn't work for me. SUMPRODUCT(--(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),A4,INDIRECT("' "&WSL&"'!D4:D30"))0)) Returns the incorrect count .... Do you have negative numbers in the ranges of interest? Interesting point. As I've written before, if there can be valid positive and negative values, there can also be valid zero values. If there can be valid zero values, you can't ignore all zeros in averages. That said, if all the values were positive *and* there were only one entry matching A1 in each other worksheets' A3:A30 range, then this should work (at least it works in my tests). |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
Do you have negative numbers in the ranges of interest?
No negatives. The second Sumproduct is only counting a single instance where the value is 0 per sheet: Sheet2 Sue....... 34 Joe........ 34 Bob....... 93 Jim........ 26 Joe....... 100 Tom...... 82 Sheet3 Tom....... 7 Sue........ 9 Liz........ 88 Joe........ 0 Joe....... 93 Bob...... 66 =SUMPRODUCT(--(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&wsl&"'!A4:A30"),A4,INDIRECT("' "&wsl&"'!D4:D30"))0)) Returns 2 Biff "Aladin Akyurek" wrote in message ... D Biff wrote: That doesn't work for me. SUMPRODUCT(--(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),A4,INDIRECT("' "&WSL&"'!D4:D30"))0)) Returns the incorrect count [...] Do you have negative numbers in the ranges of interest? |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
That said, if all the values were positive *and* there were only one
entry matching A1 in each other worksheets' A3:A30 range, then this should work (at least it works in my tests). Yes, it works under those conditions, where there is only a single instance (or none) per sheet. I was working on a solution in which there were multiple instances per sheet. How could that be done? Nothing I've tried works. The difficult part is the count. Biff "Harlan Grove" wrote in message ups.com... Aladin Akyurek wrote... Biff wrote: That doesn't work for me. SUMPRODUCT(--(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),A4,INDIRECT("' "&WSL&"'!D4:D30"))0)) Returns the incorrect count ... Do you have negative numbers in the ranges of interest? Interesting point. As I've written before, if there can be valid positive and negative values, there can also be valid zero values. If there can be valid zero values, you can't ignore all zeros in averages. That said, if all the values were positive *and* there were only one entry matching A1 in each other worksheets' A3:A30 range, then this should work (at least it works in my tests). |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
Biff wrote...
That said, if all the values were positive *and* there were only one entry matching A1 in each other worksheets' A3:A30 range, then this should work (at least it works in my tests). Yes, it works under those conditions, where there is only a single instance (or none) per sheet. I was working on a solution in which there were multiple instances per sheet. How could that be done? Nothing I've tried works. The difficult part is the count. .... There are times it's a PITA that Excel really isn't a 3D spreadsheet. The simplest solution would be using Laurent Longre's MOREFUNC.XLL add-in, specifically, using that add-in's THREED function. =SUMPRODUCT(--(THREED(A:Z!$A$4:$A$30)=A4),THREED(A:Z!$D$4:$D$30) ) /SUMPRODUCT((THREED(A:Z!$A$4:$A$30)=A4)*(THREED(A:Z !$D$4:$D$30)0)) Using only built-in functions, it gets very ugly, but it's possible. If WSL, the named list of worksheets to process, were a horizontal array, =SUMPRODUCT( --(T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4), N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"),ROW(INDIRECT ("4:30"))-4,0,1,1)) )/SUMPRODUCT( (T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4)* (N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))0) ) |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
Using only built-in functions, it gets very ugly
It's not all that ugly and it works! Very nice! I was headed in the right direction but was still a long ways off. Wonder how the OP made out? Biff "Harlan Grove" wrote in message oups.com... Biff wrote... That said, if all the values were positive *and* there were only one entry matching A1 in each other worksheets' A3:A30 range, then this should work (at least it works in my tests). Yes, it works under those conditions, where there is only a single instance (or none) per sheet. I was working on a solution in which there were multiple instances per sheet. How could that be done? Nothing I've tried works. The difficult part is the count. ... There are times it's a PITA that Excel really isn't a 3D spreadsheet. The simplest solution would be using Laurent Longre's MOREFUNC.XLL add-in, specifically, using that add-in's THREED function. =SUMPRODUCT(--(THREED(A:Z!$A$4:$A$30)=A4),THREED(A:Z!$D$4:$D$30) ) /SUMPRODUCT((THREED(A:Z!$A$4:$A$30)=A4)*(THREED(A:Z !$D$4:$D$30)0)) Using only built-in functions, it gets very ugly, but it's possible. If WSL, the named list of worksheets to process, were a horizontal array, =SUMPRODUCT( --(T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4), N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"),ROW(INDIRECT ("4:30"))-4,0,1,1)) )/SUMPRODUCT( (T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4)* (N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))0) ) |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
Guys... I feel like you're both pouring your guts out on this one, but I'm definitely doing something wrong. When I entered Biff's function, I get #NAME? returned... Here's my setup: Sheet1 --- (This is where I'd like to store the average of sheet2 & sheet3 for each person on Sheet1...) Bob Jim Joe Joex Liz Sue Tom Sheet2... Bob 93 Jim 26 Joe 34 Joe 100 Sue 34 Tom 82 Sheet3... Bob 66 Joe 0 Joex 93 Liz 88 Sue 9 Tom 7 So in Sheet1, in B4, I inserted Biff's function and get #NAME returned.... Biff Wrote: Using only built-in functions, it gets very ugly It's not all that ugly and it works! Very nice! I was headed in the right direction but was still a long ways off. Wonder how the OP made out? Biff "Harlan Grove" wrote in message oups.com... Biff wrote... That said, if all the values were positive *and* there were only one entry matching A1 in each other worksheets' A3:A30 range, then this should work (at least it works in my tests). Yes, it works under those conditions, where there is only a single instance (or none) per sheet. I was working on a solution in which there were multiple instances per sheet. How could that be done? Nothing I've tried works. The difficult part is the count. ... There are times it's a PITA that Excel really isn't a 3D spreadsheet. The simplest solution would be using Laurent Longre's MOREFUNC.XLL add-in, specifically, using that add-in's THREED function. =SUMPRODUCT(--(THREED(A:Z!$A$4:$A$30)=A4),THREED(A:Z!$D$4:$D$30) ) /SUMPRODUCT((THREED(A:Z!$A$4:$A$30)=A4)*(THREED(A:Z !$D$4:$D$30)0)) Using only built-in functions, it gets very ugly, but it's possible. If WSL, the named list of worksheets to process, were a horizontal array, =SUMPRODUCT( --(T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4), N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"),ROW(INDIRECT ("4:30"))-4,0,1,1)) )/SUMPRODUCT( (T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4)* (N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))0) ) -- quailhunter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ quailhunter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27739 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=477377 |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
Hi!
For what it's worth....... Some of the "biggest hitters" there are have replied to this thread. If they can't do it, it can't be done! At least one of the formulas offered here should work so I'm guessing that you're missing some minor detail. If you want to send me a copy of your file I'll take a look. Just let me know how to contact you. Biff "quailhunter" wrote in message ... Guys... I feel like you're both pouring your guts out on this one, but I'm definitely doing something wrong. When I entered Biff's function, I get #NAME? returned... Here's my setup: Sheet1 --- (This is where I'd like to store the average of sheet2 & sheet3 for each person on Sheet1...) Bob Jim Joe Joex Liz Sue Tom Sheet2... Bob 93 Jim 26 Joe 34 Joe 100 Sue 34 Tom 82 Sheet3... Bob 66 Joe 0 Joex 93 Liz 88 Sue 9 Tom 7 So in Sheet1, in B4, I inserted Biff's function and get #NAME returned.... Biff Wrote: Using only built-in functions, it gets very ugly It's not all that ugly and it works! Very nice! I was headed in the right direction but was still a long ways off. Wonder how the OP made out? Biff "Harlan Grove" wrote in message oups.com... Biff wrote... That said, if all the values were positive *and* there were only one entry matching A1 in each other worksheets' A3:A30 range, then this should work (at least it works in my tests). Yes, it works under those conditions, where there is only a single instance (or none) per sheet. I was working on a solution in which there were multiple instances per sheet. How could that be done? Nothing I've tried works. The difficult part is the count. ... There are times it's a PITA that Excel really isn't a 3D spreadsheet. The simplest solution would be using Laurent Longre's MOREFUNC.XLL add-in, specifically, using that add-in's THREED function. =SUMPRODUCT(--(THREED(A:Z!$A$4:$A$30)=A4),THREED(A:Z!$D$4:$D$30) ) /SUMPRODUCT((THREED(A:Z!$A$4:$A$30)=A4)*(THREED(A:Z !$D$4:$D$30)0)) Using only built-in functions, it gets very ugly, but it's possible. If WSL, the named list of worksheets to process, were a horizontal array, =SUMPRODUCT( --(T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4), N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"),ROW(INDIRECT ("4:30"))-4,0,1,1)) )/SUMPRODUCT( (T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4)* (N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))0) ) -- quailhunter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ quailhunter's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27739 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=477377 |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
"quailhunter"
wrote... .... Here's my setup: Sheet1 --- (This is where I'd like to store the average of sheet2 & sheet3 for each person on Sheet1...) Bob Jim Joe Joex Liz Sue Tom Sheet2... Bob 93 Jim 26 Joe 34 Joe 100 Sue 34 Tom 82 Sheet3... Bob 66 Joe 0 Joex 93 Liz 88 Sue 9 Tom 7 So in Sheet1, in B4, I inserted Biff's function and get #NAME returned.... .... What's the *EXACT* formula you're trying? If you're using something like =SUMPRODUCT( --(T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4) , N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"),ROW(INDIRECT ("4:30"))-4,0,1,1)) )/SUMPRODUCT( (T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4)* (N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30"),ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))0) ) did you create a list of worksheet names and define the name WSL referring to that list? If not, that'd explain the #NAME? error. If I define WSL referring to ={"Sheet2","Sheet3"} and put your sample names in col A and sample numbers in col D beginning in row 4, then with Bob in cell A4 in Sheet1 and the other names below it, I enter the *array* formula above in cell B4 in Sheet1, then fill it down into B5:B10, I get the following results in A4:B10. Bob 79.5 Jim 26 Joe 67 Joex 93 Liz 88 Sue 21.5 Tom 44.5 |
Finding the average across multiple sheets
Hi Harlan Grove, When you get a chance. Can You explain step by step how this formula works*?* SUMPRODUCT((T(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!A4:A30"), ROW(INDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))=A4)*(N(OFFSET(INDIRECT("'"&WSL&"'!D4:D30 ),ROWINDIREC T("4:30"))-4,0,1,1))0) -- Fin Fang Foom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fin Fang Foom's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36516 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=477377 |
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