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lintan

Display material and activity
 
My list has several material that can be used for different activites. What
would be the best way to display the material with each unique activities?
For discussion purposes, in Sheet 1

Material Activity

Thinner Thinning
Thinner Equipment Cleaning
Primer Metal Coating
Primer Wood Coating
Thinner Thinning
Primer Metal Coating
Enamel Metal Coating
Enamel Wood Coating

Therefore in Sheet 2, a table with two columns will contain the following
information:

Material Activity

Thinner Thinning
Thinner Equipment Cleaning
Primer Metal Coating
Primer Wood Coating
Enamel Wood Coating
Enamel Metal Coating






Jason Morin

You can use an advanced filter to extract unqiue records.
See:

http://www.contextures.com/xladvfilter01.html#FilterUR

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

-----Original Message-----
My list has several material that can be used for

different activites. What
would be the best way to display the material with each

unique activities?
For discussion purposes, in Sheet 1

Material Activity

Thinner Thinning
Thinner Equipment Cleaning
Primer Metal Coating
Primer Wood Coating
Thinner Thinning
Primer Metal Coating
Enamel Metal Coating
Enamel Wood Coating

Therefore in Sheet 2, a table with two columns will

contain the following
information:

Material Activity

Thinner Thinning
Thinner Equipment Cleaning
Primer Metal Coating
Primer Wood Coating
Enamel Wood Coating
Enamel Metal Coating





.


Peo Sjoblom

Select the range and do datafilteradvanced filte, select copy to another
location and unique records only


Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"lintan" wrote:

My list has several material that can be used for different activites. What
would be the best way to display the material with each unique activities?
For discussion purposes, in Sheet 1

Material Activity

Thinner Thinning
Thinner Equipment Cleaning
Primer Metal Coating
Primer Wood Coating
Thinner Thinning
Primer Metal Coating
Enamel Metal Coating
Enamel Wood Coating

Therefore in Sheet 2, a table with two columns will contain the following
information:

Material Activity

Thinner Thinning
Thinner Equipment Cleaning
Primer Metal Coating
Primer Wood Coating
Enamel Wood Coating
Enamel Metal Coating






lintan

Thanks for your help. Would advanced filters update Sheet 2 if I add/update
information in Sheet 1.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

Select the range and do datafilteradvanced filte, select copy to another
location and unique records only


Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"lintan" wrote:

My list has several material that can be used for different activites. What
would be the best way to display the material with each unique activities?
For discussion purposes, in Sheet 1

Material Activity

Thinner Thinning
Thinner Equipment Cleaning
Primer Metal Coating
Primer Wood Coating
Thinner Thinning
Primer Metal Coating
Enamel Metal Coating
Enamel Wood Coating

Therefore in Sheet 2, a table with two columns will contain the following
information:

Material Activity

Thinner Thinning
Thinner Equipment Cleaning
Primer Metal Coating
Primer Wood Coating
Enamel Wood Coating
Enamel Metal Coating






Frank Kabel

Hi
no, advanced filter won't update automatically. You have to rerun the
filter.

Maybe a nice addin for this:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/easyfilter.htm

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany
"lintan" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Thanks for your help. Would advanced filters update Sheet 2 if I
add/update
information in Sheet 1.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

Select the range and do datafilteradvanced filte, select copy to
another
location and unique records only


Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"lintan" wrote:

My list has several material that can be used for different activites.
What
would be the best way to display the material with each unique
activities?
For discussion purposes, in Sheet 1

Material Activity

Thinner Thinning
Thinner Equipment Cleaning
Primer Metal Coating
Primer Wood Coating
Thinner Thinning
Primer Metal Coating
Enamel Metal Coating
Enamel Wood Coating

Therefore in Sheet 2, a table with two columns will contain the
following
information:

Material Activity

Thinner Thinning
Thinner Equipment Cleaning
Primer Metal Coating
Primer Wood Coating
Enamel Wood Coating
Enamel Metal Coating









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