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Change over time fornula
Trying to calculate change % with a couple criteria. Here's what I'm doing...
Column a (labels) easy--data input Column b (2004 number) easy--data input, all =0 Column c (2005 number) easy--data input, all =0 Column d (Change #) easy [=c2-b2] conditional format red font for neg# Column e (Change %) here is the problem...I need to iclude all of these conditions. * if d2=0, then e2 should show "No Change" (or display 0%)...pretty easy so far * if there is a difference between b2 and c2, then change over time formula is ((c2-b2)/b2). No problem s long as b2 is NOT zero * trouble is, if b2=0 then I get a DIV error in the change over time formula. I need any change from zero in 2004 to any number 0 in 2005 to display "100%" Would like some help creating a formula to care for this. Thank you. |
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In e2: =if(b2=0,1,d2/b2). Format the result as a percent.
"Trevor" wrote: Trying to calculate change % with a couple criteria. Here's what I'm doing... Column a (labels) easy--data input Column b (2004 number) easy--data input, all =0 Column c (2005 number) easy--data input, all =0 Column d (Change #) easy [=c2-b2] conditional format red font for neg# Column e (Change %) here is the problem...I need to iclude all of these conditions. * if d2=0, then e2 should show "No Change" (or display 0%)...pretty easy so far * if there is a difference between b2 and c2, then change over time formula is ((c2-b2)/b2). No problem s long as b2 is NOT zero * trouble is, if b2=0 then I get a DIV error in the change over time formula. I need any change from zero in 2004 to any number 0 in 2005 to display "100%" Would like some help creating a formula to care for this. Thank you. |
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Disarmingly simple, it seems; works like a charm, thank you very much. I am
trying to understand what the formula does...(okay, besides the fact that it works!)...may I ask you to break it down for me? It tells me that if b2 is one or zero to divide the difference (d2) by the 2004 number (b2). Yes? "bpeltzer" wrote: In e2: =if(b2=0,1,d2/b2). Format the result as a percent. |
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The formula says that if b2 is 0, return 1 (100%) as the result. Otherwise,
the result is d2/b2. --Bruce "Trevor" wrote: Disarmingly simple, it seems; works like a charm, thank you very much. I am trying to understand what the formula does...(okay, besides the fact that it works!)...may I ask you to break it down for me? It tells me that if b2 is one or zero to divide the difference (d2) by the 2004 number (b2). Yes? "bpeltzer" wrote: In e2: =if(b2=0,1,d2/b2). Format the result as a percent. |
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Okay Bruce, on further review, there is a missing element he "* if d2=0,
then e2 should show "No Change" (or display 0%)." -- even if the numbers are zero. Using your suggested formula below, and considering the above criteria, when the 2004 number is zero and the 2005 number is zero, cell e2 returns "100%" when I was hoping for "0%" because a change from 0 to 0 is nil. Thoughts, please? Trevor "Trevor" wrote: snip< Column e (Change %) here is the problem...I need to iclude all of these conditions. * if d2=0, then e2 should show "No Change" (or display 0%)...pretty easy so far * if there is a difference between b2 and c2, then change over time formula is ((c2-b2)/b2). No problem s long as b2 is NOT zero * trouble is, if b2=0 then I get a DIV error in the change over time formula. I need any change from zero in 2004 to any number 0 in 2005 to display "100%" |
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