Conditional Average across worksheets
Hi all, Was wondering if anyone could help. I have 6 worksheets each containing a table as so A4 down has dates B4 down has one set of data "quality" C4 down has one set of data "score" etc... across to G4. I want to set up another sheet that contains the average of the corresponding cells ie:=SUM(Andrew!B4,Lucy!B4,Corina!B4,Owen!B4,Anthon y!B4,Bruce!B4)/6 My problem is sometimes there is do data in one of the cells :ie Owen!B4.value = 0 I want the average of the cells excluding the cells that have a zero. I can do this using ={AVERAGE(IF(B3:B16<0, B3:B16,""))} for data on the same sheet, but how do I do it across sheets? Thanks Much -- madduck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ madduck's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36313 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=560951 |
Conditional Average across worksheets
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Make a list of sheet names: H1 = Andrew H2 = Lucy H3 = Corina etc Array entered: =AVERAGE(IF(N(INDIRECT("'"&H1:H6&"'!B4"))<0,N(IND IRECT("'"&H1:H6&"'!B4")))) Biff "madduck" wrote in message ... Hi all, Was wondering if anyone could help. I have 6 worksheets each containing a table as so A4 down has dates B4 down has one set of data "quality" C4 down has one set of data "score" etc... across to G4. I want to set up another sheet that contains the average of the corresponding cells ie:=SUM(Andrew!B4,Lucy!B4,Corina!B4,Owen!B4,Anthon y!B4,Bruce!B4)/6 My problem is sometimes there is do data in one of the cells :ie Owen!B4.value = 0 I want the average of the cells excluding the cells that have a zero. I can do this using ={AVERAGE(IF(B3:B16<0, B3:B16,""))} for data on the same sheet, but how do I do it across sheets? Thanks Much -- madduck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ madduck's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36313 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=560951 |
Conditional Average across worksheets
OMG !! Thanks for the Reply Biff, as you can see I tried that already ;) (just with different cell range) But thanks to your Post I noticed that my formula had a space between N & ( after removing this it now works.... yah ! If anyone can explain HOW this formula works, I would also apprieciate it, I hate using things without know why :rolleyes: anyway thanks again Biff -- madduck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ madduck's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36313 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=560951 |
Conditional Average across worksheets
=AVERAGE(IF(N(INDIRECT("'"&H1:H6&"'!B4"))<0,N(IND IRECT("'"&H1:H6&"'!B4"))))
The Indirect function evaluates to an array of sheet ranges (even though the range size is a single cell). Without the N function this would cause a #VALUE! error. I've seen some people refer to this as "dereferencing". So the N function passes the array as the numeric values. Not much of an explanation but I don't know the exact technical reason. I just know that this behavior is present and how to get around it. Harlan Grove can explain it really well in technical terms. Biff "madduck" wrote in message ... OMG !! Thanks for the Reply Biff, as you can see I tried that already ;) (just with different cell range) But thanks to your Post I noticed that my formula had a space between N & ( after removing this it now works.... yah ! If anyone can explain HOW this formula works, I would also apprieciate it, I hate using things without know why :rolleyes: anyway thanks again Biff -- madduck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ madduck's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36313 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=560951 |
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