Find multiple last entries in a dataset

Jockeyp

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Hi, have checked other related posts and not found anything that can help me yet.

I have a list of data with 3 columns; date, fruit and amount sold. The list is added to every day with new data.

I would like a formula to find the last 4 entries of a fruit (i.e Banana) from the most recent date and then produce the sum of the amount of bananas sold on those 4 identified days. When the data is updated, I would like the formula to also update to include the latest additions in finding the last 4 entries.

I appreciate that if I put my data into an Excel table and have the formulas search that, it will dynamically update when I add new data. My problem is finding a formula that searches the whole data set but only finds the last 4 entries.

I have attached an image of the excel layout. Im looking for a formula if F3. In the image, the answer for bananas for the last 4 entries should sum up to 16.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Sum the last n values in a row based on a criteria.

Answer is:
Book1.xlsm
ABCDEFGH
1DateFruitsTotal Sold
21/1/2021Bananas2FruitsTotal Last 4 Entries
31/2/2021Bananas2Bananas12
41/3/2021Apples4Apples11
51/4/2021Pears5Pears11
61/5/2021Apples3
71/6/2021Apples2
81/7/2021Pears2
91/8/2021Bananas5
101/9/2021Pears3
111/10/2021Pears4
121/11/2021Bananas3
131/12/2021Bananas4
141/13/2021Apples3
151/14/2021Pears5
161/15/2021Apples5
171/16/2021Apples3
181/17/2021Pears4
191/18/2021Bananas5
201/19/2021Pears5
211/20/2021Pears4
221/21/2021Bananas2
231/22/2021Bananas2
241/23/2021Apples4
251/24/2021Pears3
261/25/2021Apples4
271/26/2021Apples3
281/27/2021Pears4
291/28/2021Bananas2
301/29/2021Pears2
311/30/2021Pears3
321/31/2021Bananas4
332/1/2021Bananas4
342/2/2021Apples2
352/3/2021Pears4
362/4/2021Apples3
372/5/2021Apples3
382/6/2021Pears2
39
Sheet2
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
F3:F5F3=SUMPRODUCT(($B$2:$B$38=E3)*(ROW(2:38)=LARGE(($B$2:$B$38=E3)*ROW(2:38),{1,2,3,4}))*$C$2:$C$38)
 
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Thanks so much for this - it worked! Can you talk me through the formula please? I would like to learn how the logic is working.

I can see that the overall formula is a sum product of the fruit name and the amounts in column C. Is the LARGE in relation to the dates to find the most recent one?
 
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Not Date, this formula working based Row number of Data. If you want to do based dates change row section to column A range.
 
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this is formula based Column A values
Excel Formula:
=SUMPRODUCT(($B$2:$B$38=E3)*($A$2:$A$38=LARGE(($B$2:$B$38=E3)*$A$2:$A$38,{1,2,3,4}))*$C$2:$C$38)
 
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Hey , Sorry for the late post

How about

Book1
ABCDEFGH
1DateFruitsTotal SoldLast 4
21-Jan-21Bananas2FruitsTotal Last 4 Entries4
32-Jan-21Bananas2Bananas12
43-Jan-21Apples4Apples11
54-Jan-21Pears5Pears11
65-Jan-21Apples3
76-Jan-21Apples2
87-Jan-21Pears2
98-Jan-21Bananas5
109-Jan-21Pears3
1110-Jan-21Pears4
1211-Jan-21Bananas3
1312-Jan-21Bananas4
1413-Jan-21Apples3
1514-Jan-21Pears5
1615-Jan-21Apples5
1716-Jan-21Apples3
1817-Jan-21Pears4
1918-Jan-21Bananas5
2019-Jan-21Pears5
2120-Jan-21Pears4
2221-Jan-21Bananas2
2322-Jan-21Bananas2
2423-Jan-21Apples4
2524-Jan-21Pears3
2625-Jan-21Apples4
2726-Jan-21Apples3
2827-Jan-21Pears4
2928-Jan-21Bananas2
3029-Jan-21Pears2
3130-Jan-21Pears3
3231-Jan-21Bananas4
331-Feb-21Bananas4
342-Feb-21Apples2
353-Feb-21Pears4
364-Feb-21Apples3
375-Feb-21Apples3
386-Feb-21Pears2
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
F3:F5F3=SUM(IF($B$2:$B$38=E3,IF(ROW($A$2:$A$38)>=LARGE(IF($B$2:$B$38=E3,ROW($A$2:$A$38)),$H$2),$C$2:$C$38)))
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter array formulas.
 
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