Excel Formula to count no. activities across number of days and time. Array formula?

nvdunn

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HI there
I am tracking the daily activities of staff to see where they are spending the majority of their time and where their pain points are. I have a tab full of data that has been entered in intervals and i want to be able to count the differerent users activities across the whole time period and summarise how much time they are spending in each activities.

For example, i have 4 users being tracked across 4 days for 8 hours. example below:

8am9am10am 11am12pm1pm2PM3pm4pm5pm
20/06/2016John SmithPhone CallMeetingClient Meeting Internal MeetingPhone CallMeetingClient Meeting Internal MeetingPhone CallMeeting
20/06/2016Candy LaneEmailsEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
20/06/2016Susan DryBoard MeetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone Call
20/06/2016Boris SmittenClient meetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmails
21/06/2016John SmithPrepare for meetingBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
21/06/2016Candy LanePhone CallPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone Call
21/06/2016Susan DryEmailsClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmails
21/06/2016Boris SmittenBoard MeetingBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
22/06/2016John SmithClient meetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmails
22/06/2016Candy LanePrepare for meetingMeetingClient Meeting Internal MeetingPhone CallMeetingClient Meeting Internal MeetingPhone CallMeeting
22/06/2016Susan DryPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
22/06/2016Boris SmittenEmailsPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone Call
23/06/2016John SmithBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmails
23/06/2016Candy LaneClient meetingBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
23/06/2016Susan DryPrepare for meetingMeetingClient Meeting Internal MeetingPhone CallMeetingClient Meeting Internal MeetingPhone CallMeeting
23/06/2016Boris SmittenEmailsEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting

<colgroup><col><col><col><col><col span="4"><col><col span="3"></colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>


I would like a nice summary summing the amount of Phone Calls entered for John Smith in total (across all the data entries). I've tried an array formula but it didn't quite work. Can someone please help me. This is the result i'm trying to achieve:

Phone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingInternal Meeting
John Smith
Candy Lane
Susan Dry
Boris Smitten

<colgroup><col><col><col><col span="4"></colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>

If anyone can please help me it would be very much appreciated.
many thanks :)
 

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8am9am10am11am12pm1pm2PM3pm4pm5pm
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20/06/2016John SmithPhone CallMeetingClient MeetingInternal MeetingPhone CallMeetingClient MeetingInternal MeetingPhone CallMeeting
3
20/06/2016Candy LaneEmailsEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
4
20/06/2016Susan DryBoard MeetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone Call
5
20/06/2016Boris SmittenClient meetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmails
6
21/06/2016John SmithPrepare for meetingBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
7
21/06/2016Candy LanePhone CallPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone Call
8
21/06/2016Susan DryEmailsClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmails
9
21/06/2016Boris SmittenBoard MeetingBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
10
22/06/2016John SmithClient meetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmails
11
22/06/2016Candy LanePrepare for meetingMeetingClient MeetingInternal MeetingPhone CallMeetingClient MeetingInternal MeetingPhone CallMeeting
12
22/06/2016Susan DryPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
13
22/06/2016Boris SmittenEmailsPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone Call
14
23/06/2016John SmithBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingPhone CallEmails
15
23/06/2016Candy LaneClient meetingBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingEmailsPhone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
16
23/06/2016Susan DryPrepare for meetingMeetingClient MeetingInternal MeetingPhone CallMeetingClient MeetingInternal MeetingPhone CallMeeting
17
23/06/2016Boris SmittenEmailsEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meeting
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Phone CallEmailsBoard MeetingClient meetingPrepare for meetingInternal Meeting
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John Smith
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Candy Lane
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Susan Dry
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Boris Smitten
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</tbody>

b23=SUMPRODUCT(($B$2:$B$17=$A23)*($C$2:$L$17=B$22)) copy across and down
 
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