As the title suggests I'm wondering if there is a way to count days from 1 Column from the current day, then when filling in another column it stops counting the difference in days?
I'm using the following formula (found online)
={"Days";ArrayFormula(if(A3:A="",,int(B3:I)-left(A3:A,10)))}
Column A being where my date of entry is, column B is a hidden column with every row set to the
=Today()
I have another column, Column C that I will enter the date manually after date of completion, at which point I would like it to then stop counting the days and show me the number of days between Column A and C (Date 1 and Date 2)
I'm not overly experienced in google sheets but I'm thinking maybe there's a way to
check if column C is empty, if so carry on with todays date, if it's not empty to
calculate Column C - Column A?
Would making an new column for checking if the completion date has been entered work?
ISBLANK(C:C)
If so would it be possible to get one formula to check whether True or False and determine what 2 dates to work with? Lets say Column D is for ISBLANK the following is what I think of
={"Days";ArrayFormula(if(CD:D="False",,int(C3:C)-left(A3:A,10)))}
={"Days";ArrayFormula(if(D3:D="True",,int(B3:B)-left(A3:A,10)))}
When I try this I have no luck and get a "Result was not expanded automatically, please insert more rows (1)" error message
Any help would be appreciated!
Apply the formula :
=if(B2="",today(),B2)-A2
at C2. And drag downwards. That's should do.
Please share if it work/understandable/not.
Sorry it's a bit hard to understand this question, if you could post a current and desired screenshot example that would help I think.
So, I think your best bet here is to review this video if you're wanting sheets to auto-input a time entry when a cell is modified:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=548dD3iXetg
And it will show you how to script a cell to enter in a time entry when another cell is edited, and then you could use a variation of formulas to calculate the difference between the days of the original minus the date from the script (such as the once referenced below or by #p.phidot )
So for an example, once you script the time entry to work in the background of the sheet, you have a formula using an IF statement to make it pull between your today date or the new date being entered.
My cell references below are an example as I can't follow the question sheet.
=if(b2="",A2-B2,A2-C2)
This way if b2 is not blank it'll do a2-c2. You could also use ISBLANK if you like.
Related
Tableau will generally show every single date within table output of the date ranges filtered for. Is there a way to only show the first and last date in the table for the date of ranges selected?
I created an image of the desired output in excel. Link below:
Desired output example
Thank you in advance!
The feature that will address your goal is called a Level of Detail (LOD) calculation. They have many uses and take various forms. I suggest reading about the in the online help.
But, to answer your question, the LOD calc to find the first (i.e. minimum) value in a date field called, say, Transaction Date, is;
{ MIN([Transaction Date]) }
The formula for the latest value is left as an exercise for the reader 😊
Assume: in a google sheet the attendance to courses is logged with crosses.
Goal is to get the last attendance date of a person and add 6 months to it. ( course needs to be followed every six months ).
I've tried to retrieve the date of the last course in one column and add the +6months immediately and tried to have the +6 months in the second column, but I didn't succeed in both attempts.
See this link for example google sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10DG2I4VgTlOHJ5TG0qH4pJ5hJ9zsYuJCgRzEtuiTE60/edit?usp=sharing
=lookup("x",$B4:$F4,B$2:F$2)
Enter this formula in cell G4 and copy down the rows.
This formula looks for "x" (the attendance indicator) in cells in row 4 (columns B to F) - it's looking for the last instance. Then it returns the cell value from row 2 (the course date) of the relevant column.
=EDATE(G4, 6)
Enter this formula in cell H4, and copy down the rows.
This is pretty straightforward. It takes the date obtained from the lookup formula and adds 6 months.
Note that the lookup formula references column F. That's because as you create more courses you'll want the formula to automatically include them. So in cell F1, type something like "Don't use this column" - and then don't use that column!
Now when you add a new course, insert a new column to the left of the column headed "Don't use this column". This will ensure that the range in the lookup formula will expand to include the new column/course, and your latest attendance date will be updated automatically.
BTW, there's no guarantee that the date of the next course is a working day.
I have been struggling to find the new incoming volume per day.
I have categories as : - total ticket, Resolved, closed and Daily left.
So the calc is everyday resolved and closed are moved from the queue and
'daily left = Total Ticket- (Pending + Closed)'
Now there is some carry forward everyday hence the total ticket for the next day includes some volume i.e. Daily left of previous day.
I am not able to figure out how to show that number, I have tried using previous value but it is not helping. Please suggest. Attaching a print screen of the data.
For 3rd the # of records are 33 however there is 1 carry forward from previous
day hence the Fresh Vol should be 32. I have used the formula to calc but it is
not giving correct result
sum([Number of Records]) - (PREVIOUS_VALUE([Daily Left Volume]))
This is taking the left over of current day and not previous day.
I am also using look Up function but that also does not show the current output.
The output from tableau after using the lookup function is below attached as well
I am new to this community and dont have enought reputation to comment :P. So writing few possible solutions here:
1) Make sure the data is sorted by date and is unique on date level. If it is not then Previous or lookup might not work
2) Another solution will be take running_sum of every field and then apply the operations. This should give right answer
3) If this does not will it possible to change the way you import the data?
a) Simply create another filed as Date_past = Date-1 in your raw data.
b) Duplicate your data.
c) join the two data sets on Date = Date_past
d) Now you have all the data of today's date and last day in one field and you can perform operations as you need
I am working on a home accounting template (and could not find any good one :-/), so I am creating one for each month. Both in my expenses and my incomes, I would like to have a date column where I just have to insert the "day" (e.g.: 22) and it automatically fills the rest with the current month and year (or I could set them in another cell).
For example: 22 + ENTER would return: 22/12/2014
If I do this, I automatically get a default date: 22/01/1900
I do not know if it is possible to change this defaul date depending on the current one or any other value.
I have tried with a different strategy: if the amount column is not empty, fill in with today's date: =IF(A3="";"";TODAY())
The problem is that I do not always register today's expenses, so I need to change it manually. I was just wondering if this is possible and there is a better way (maybe a macro?).
You need Excel to modify the cell contents after you press ENTER. The only option seems to be a Macro using the Worksheet_Change event.
Please check out this other question. I think that will help.
This can be achieved with simple formatting and use of controls that are available in Excel. VBA will give you drastically more flexibility, however the request above can be accomplished without learning VBA.
I have included a sample file here.
Steps to recreate:
Create a range of months. I created a range including the current month through 12/2014
Insert a combo box from the developer tab. Right click and select Format Control. On the Control tab, input the range you just created and then select a "linked cell". This will insert an integer to indicate which item you picked in the list, starting at 1.
Use the attached formula to add the DAY that you enter in the first column and VLOOKUP the month and year from the value chosen in the combo box.
Enhancements: I used conditional formatting to change the text color of the days you enter to WHITE. This way you won't see them. I also included some checking in the VLOOKUP formula: the day you enter must be a number and must be non-blank for a date to populate.
I am working on data in Spotfire. The table has 4 columns:
RowID
StudID
IMT
Date
I am trying to insert a calculated column in Spotfire to get the date from the previous row for a specific StudID. The date should not be filled for first entry for a specific StudID since it does not have a previous row.
Please refer to the image for details:
This will be a calculated column using the OVER function, along with Intersect, Previous and the First aggregation.
First([Date]) OVER Intersect(Previous([Date]), [StudID])
It reads: over the intersection between (group of) the previous (to the current row) dates (which are the same) and the Student ID's (the same as the current row), give me the first row of that group. In your example, it will only ever return one date for that group, but the formula needs to be able to handle what happens if there are multiple rows. You may also need to think about whether this will happen in your data and what you're going to do about it. I.e.
StudID Date
124-639 6/12/2018
124-639 6/12/2018
124-639 6/14/2018
Building off of JasonJ's answer, it looks like his solution ran into issues when the dates of different StudIDs overlapped with one another.
So I was seeing something along the lines of this:
StudID, Date, Result
A, 10/1/2014,
A, 10/10/2014, 10/1/2014
A, 10/17/2014, 10/10/2014
B, 10/20/2014,
A, 10/21/2014,
B, 10/22/2014,
B, 10/24/2014, 10/22/2014
I created a weird workaround by adding another Calculated Column.
I doubt this is the IDEAL way to do this (I'd bet there's a better OVER function, but I couldn't identify it right off), but it looks like it's working.
First Calculated Column (Named [CalcRank]):
Rank(Concatenate([StudID],Year([Date]),If(DayOfYear([Date])<10,"0",""),If(DayOfYear([Date])<100,"0",""),DayOfYear([Date])))
Second Calculated Column:
Max([Date]) OVER (Intersect(Previous([CalcRank]),[StudID]))
Please note, you may have to pad your StudID with 0s to make sure it orders properly, like I did with the Date column.