I am having a work sheet with each column representing a month from January
to December. i.e from C column to N column) The list of branch offices are
indicated in column B.The details of sales from various branch offices are
fed against each month in the corresponding row. Some offices report the
details promptly while many report belatedly. My requirement is that at a
glance I want to know the latest month for which the details are recd from
branch office to be indicated in the last column next to December by a
formula( month name not figures). Is this possible? Thanks for the
respondents in advance.

For row 2

=INDEX($C2:$N2,1,MONTH(TODAY()))

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HTH

RP
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"srinivasan" wrote in message
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I am having a work sheet with each column representing a month from
January
to December. i.e from C column to N column) The list of branch offices are
indicated in column B.The details of sales from various branch offices are
fed against each month in the corresponding row. Some offices report the
details promptly while many report belatedly. My requirement is that at a
glance I want to know the latest month for which the details are recd
from
branch office to be indicated in the last column next to December by a
formula( month name not figures). Is this possible? Thanks for the
respondents in advance.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

For row 2

=INDEX($C2:$N2,1,MONTH(TODAY()))

--

HTH

RP
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"srinivasan" wrote in message
...
I am having a work sheet with each column representing a month from
January
to December. i.e from C column to N column) The list of branch offices are
indicated in column B.The details of sales from various branch offices are
fed against each month in the corresponding row. Some offices report the
details promptly while many report belatedly. My requirement is that at a
glance I want to know the latest month for which the details are recd
from
branch office to be indicated in the last column next to December by a
formula( month name not figures). Is this possible? Thanks for the
respondents in advance.


No. this does not work.The formula should see if there is any figures in a column and if so it should indicate the month noted against the same in the top row

Okay, so adjust it

=INDEX($C2:$N2,1,MONTH(TODAY()))

--

HTH

RP
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=INDEX($1:$1,1,MAX(($C2:$N2<"")*(COLUMN($C2:$N2)) ))

which is an array formula so commit with Ctrl-Shift-Enter


"srinivasan" wrote in message
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"Bob Phillips" wrote:

For row 2

=INDEX($C2:$N2,1,MONTH(TODAY()))

--

HTH

RP
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"srinivasan" wrote in message
...
I am having a work sheet with each column representing a month from
January
to December. i.e from C column to N column) The list of branch offices
are
indicated in column B.The details of sales from various branch offices
are
fed against each month in the corresponding row. Some offices report
the
details promptly while many report belatedly. My requirement is that
at a
glance I want to know the latest month for which the details are recd
from
branch office to be indicated in the last column next to December by a
formula( month name not figures). Is this possible? Thanks for the
respondents in advance.


No. this does not work.The formula should see if there is any figures in
a column and if so it should indicate the month noted against the same in
the top row

Hi,

IF your first month data for the first branch is in cell C3, then enter
this formula for the first branch after the December month column and
copy it down to all branch rows

=OFFSET(C3,0,COUNT($C$3:$N$3)-1)

Regards

Govind.


srinivasan wrote:
I am having a work sheet with each column representing a month from January
to December. i.e from C column to N column) The list of branch offices are
indicated in column B.The details of sales from various branch offices are
fed against each month in the corresponding row. Some offices report the
details promptly while many report belatedly. My requirement is that at a
glance I want to know the latest month for which the details are recd from
branch office to be indicated in the last column next to December by a
formula( month name not figures). Is this possible? Thanks for the
respondents in advance.

Hi,

A small correction. Assuming that the months are listed from C3 to N3
and monthwise data from branches are listed in cells C4 to N4, paste
this formula for the first branch and copy it down


=OFFSET($C$3,0,COUNT(C4:N4)-1)

Govind.

Govind wrote:

Hi,

IF your first month data for the first branch is in cell C3, then enter
this formula for the first branch after the December month column and
copy it down to all branch rows

=OFFSET(C3,0,COUNT($C$3:$N$3)-1)

Regards

Govind.


srinivasan wrote:

I am having a work sheet with each column representing a month from
January to December. i.e from C column to N column) The list of branch
offices are indicated in column B.The details of sales from various
branch offices are fed against each month in the corresponding row.
Some offices report the details promptly while many report belatedly.
My requirement is that at a glance I want to know the latest month for
which the details are recd from branch office to be indicated in the
last column next to December by a formula( month name not figures). Is
this possible? Thanks for the respondents in advance.

"Govind" wrote:

Hi,

A small correction. Assuming that the months are listed from C3 to N3
and monthwise data from branches are listed in cells C4 to N4, paste
this formula for the first branch and copy it down


=OFFSET($C$3,0,COUNT(C4:N4)-1)

Govind.

Govind wrote:

Hi,

IF your first month data for the first branch is in cell C3, then enter
this formula for the first branch after the December month column and
copy it down to all branch rows

=OFFSET(C3,0,COUNT($C$3:$N$3)-1)

Regards

Govind.


srinivasan wrote:

I am having a work sheet with each column representing a month from
January to December. i.e from C column to N column) The list of branch
offices are indicated in column B.The details of sales from various
branch offices are fed against each month in the corresponding row.
Some offices report the details promptly while many report belatedly.
My requirement is that at a glance I want to know the latest month for
which the details are recd from branch office to be indicated in the
last column next to December by a formula( month name not figures). Is
this possible? Thanks for the respondents in advance.


Thanks a lot Mr Govind and Mr Bob, Both the formulas are fine working. I
was searching for the same for a long time. My regards.
srinivasan

Hi Srinivasan,

Try,

=INDEX($C$1:$N$1,MATCH(1E+307,C2:N2))

where C1:N1 houses months

Govind's formula will fail if there is a blank cell among the data
range.


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"Krishnakumar" wrote:


Hi Srinivasan,

Try,

=INDEX($C$1:$N$1,MATCH(1E+307,C2:N2))

where C1:N1 houses months

Govind's formula will fail if there is a blank cell among the data
range.


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Thanks Mr Krishnakumar, your formula is working fine and shows error message
whenever all the columns are emplty and is useful. But I want to know the
logic behind 1+307 you used next to match function

srinivasan

Hi Srinivasan,

But I want to know the logic behind 1+307 you used next to match
function

This value is the highest value that can be represented in Excel.

Infact the value is 9.999999999999999E+307

HTH


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