Looking to index some data based on multiple criteria, then index further data based on the 1st indexed data results

freeb1893

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I have a set of data / records regarding changes to a list of tickets

  • My ticket #’s are in Column B
  • My change date/time stamp is in Column O
  • The old value of that data point that changed is in Column Q
  • The new value of that data point that changed is in Column R
  • Some records indicate a particular ticket went to “External Block” status in Column R
  • Other records in this data set indicate a particular ticket went from “External Block” status to some other status in Column Q

I’d like to do some indexing of this data

1st set of indexing:

To start, I’d like to index all the tickets where a change record exists where the new value has changed to “External Block”, identified via that value being found in Column R, in another column I’d like to index the change data/time stamp from Column O that’s associated to the record of when the new value was changed to “External Block”

2nd set of indexing:

Then with that data I just indexed, I’d like to also index IF another record is found that matches the ticket #, and has a record for the new value changed to External Block, and is after the change date/time stamp I just indexed for when a record changed to External Block, but before the next change date/time stamp I just indexed for when a record change to External Block (if applicable – if there is another record of that for the ticket number – won’t always be applicable), where the record changed from External Block (via Column Q) to some other status

Logic considerations with the 2nd set of indexing, sometimes there may be a record for a ticket moving to External Block priority status indexed via my 1st set of indexing, but not a record for it being moved from External Status afterwards at some point to another priority status, where I’d want n/a returned in those cases for the 2nd indexing results

Also logic considerations-wise, I may have multiple cases of External Block being set on a ticket, as well

Anyone able to help me put this into indexing formulas? Thanks in advance!

Here is some sample data:
LABELPKEYNUMSUMMARYPNAMEPNAME_1'STORYPOINTS'NUMBERVALUECREATEDUPDATEDRESOLUTIONDATEREPORTERASSIGNEECURRENT STATUSCHANGE AUTHORCHANGE DATEFIELD CHANGEDOLDSTRINGNEWSTRING
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7/27/2022 12:51:16​
statusGathering RequirementsCancelled
EDGE-13901StoryTrivialStory Points
1​
7/27/2022 12:52:30​
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EDGE-13901StoryTrivialStory Points
1​
11/8/2022 07:55:42​
statusOpenCancelled
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6/30/2022 07:30:21​
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EDGE-13905StoryMajorStory Points
7/6/2022 09:18:07​
priorityMajorExternal Block
EDGE-13905StoryMajorStory Points
7/18/2022 08:03:37​
priorityExternal BlockMajor
EDGE-13905StoryMajorStory Points
7/18/2022 12:55:47​
statusGathering RequirementsCancelled
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11/8/2022 07:56:05​
statusOpenCancelled
EDGE-13907StoryMinorStory Points
7/19/2022 09:16:50​
statusGathering RequirementsCancelled
EDGE-13908StoryMinorStory Points
7/25/2022 11:00:25​
statusGathering RequirementsCancelled
EDGE-13908StoryMinorStory Points
7/26/2022 13:33:00​
statusCancelledCancelled
EDGE-13908StoryMinorStory Points
7/27/2022 10:41:39​
statusCancelledCancelled
EDGE-13908StoryMinorStory Points
7/27/2022 12:57:57​
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7/5/2022 13:29:16​
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7/11/2022 09:15:54​
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7/18/2022 09:24:14​
statusGathering RequirementsCancelled
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7/18/2022 09:27:52​
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EDGE-13987StoryExternal BlockStory Points
7/28/2022 11:52:57​
statusGathering RequirementsCancelled
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45103.47​
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EDGE-14199StoryMajorStory Points
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45103.47​
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Fix VersionEDGE Monthly October 2022 / COV Phase 1.16 Release -- 2022-10-20
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See my explanation in post #5. The LET function allows one to define variables: In this case "feb" is the resultant array obtained by applying FILTER to Table4 to obtain only those rows where [NEWSTRING]="External Block"...that's what tells you which Ticket #'s need to be examined (this is equivalent to what you described as the 1st indexing). If you want to get a better idea about what each step does (and what the results of each step look like), try the formula below instead. In this formula, I've named the original last step "origfinal" and then have instructed the LET function to return the result of the "feb" formula. If you want to see what the "febtkt" result looks like, simply replace the final "feb" with febtkt...and so on with other variables.

This formula is not quite correct based on my observation/realization/question above. Right now the formula is taking the Change Date that follows [NEWSTRING]="External Block", but it does not check whether [OLDSTRING]="External Block"...that's the new twist to make it work that way I think you've described. I'll post a correction later this evening. In the mean time, you might want to get comfortable seeing how the different components in the formula work by using this version and editing the argument...so if you want to see what "origfinal" returns, change the last "feb" to origfinal.

Excel Formula:
=LET(feb,CHOOSECOLS(FILTER(Table4,Table4[NEWSTRING]="External Block"),2),febtkt,SORT(CHOOSECOLS(FILTER(Table4,ISNUMBER(MATCH(Table4[PKEYNUM],feb,0))),2,15,18),{1,2}),tkt,CHOOSECOLS(febtkt,1),  dt,CHOOSECOLS(febtkt,2),  str,CHOOSECOLS(febtkt,3), s,SEQUENCE(ROWS(str)),bin,SCAN(0,str,LAMBDA(a,v,IF(v<>"External Block",a,a+1))),nxtidx,SCAN(0,s,LAMBDA(a,s,IFERROR(IF(AND(INDEX(str,s)="External Block",INDEX(bin,s)=INDEX(bin,s+1),INDEX(str,s+1)<>"Cancelled"),INDEX(dt,s+1),"n/a"),"n/a")  )  ), origfinal,FILTER(HSTACK(tkt,dt,nxtidx),str="External Block"),    feb    )
 
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Here is a corrected version of the formula. This version eliminates the check for "Cancelled" and instead replaces it with a confirmation that the row below a [NEWSTRING]="External Block" contains {OLDSTRING]="External Block" as a condition for using that 2nd Change Date, otherwise "n/a" is returned. This simplifies the first couple of steps, and I was able to eliminate the febtkt part of the formula and incorporate that idea into the initial feb part.

MrExcel_20231113.xlsx
TUV
3Ticket #Date/Time Moved to External BlockDate/Time Moved from External Block
4EDGE-139057/6/22 09:18:077/18/22 08:03:37
5EDGE-139877/18/22 09:27:52n/a
6EDGE-140749/22/22 13:58:4110/19/22 09:06:51
7EDGE-141998/23/22 08:25:528/23/22 08:31:09
8EDGE-141998/23/22 08:31:239/1/22 16:17:50
9EDGE-1424010/10/22 17:38:1310/12/22 11:45:30
10EDGE-142428/26/22 09:27:049/19/22 09:27:24
11EDGE-1433610/10/22 09:09:5910/19/22 09:27:31
12EDGE-1433610/21/22 14:06:07n/a
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Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
T4:V12T4=LET(eba,"External Block", feb,SORT(CHOOSECOLS(FILTER(Table4,(Table4[NEWSTRING]=eba)+(Table4[OLDSTRING]=eba)),2,15,17,18),{1,2}), tkt,CHOOSECOLS(feb,1), dt,CHOOSECOLS(feb,2), stro,CHOOSECOLS(feb,3), strn,CHOOSECOLS(feb,4), s,SEQUENCE(ROWS(feb)), bin,SCAN(0,strn,LAMBDA(a,v,IF(v<>eba,a,a+1))), nxtidx,SCAN(0,s,LAMBDA(a,s,IFERROR(IF(AND(INDEX(strn,s)=eba,INDEX(bin,s)=INDEX(bin,s+1),INDEX(stro,s+1)=eba),INDEX(dt,s+1),"n/a"),"n/a"))), fin,FILTER(HSTACK(tkt,dt,nxtidx),strn=eba), fin)
Dynamic array formulas.
 
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=LET(eba,"External Block", feb,SORT(CHOOSECOLS(FILTER(Table4,(Table4[NEWSTRING]=eba)+(Table4[OLDSTRING]=eba)),2,15,17,18),{1,2}), tkt,CHOOSECOLS(feb,1), dt,CHOOSECOLS(feb,2), stro,CHOOSECOLS(feb,3), strn,CHOOSECOLS(feb,4), s,SEQUENCE(ROWS(feb)), bin,SCAN(0,strn,LAMBDA(a,v,IF(v<>eba,a,a+1))), nxtidx,SCAN(0,s,LAMBDA(a,s,IFERROR(IF(AND(INDEX(strn,s)=eba,INDEX(bin,s)=INDEX(bin,s+1),INDEX(stro,s+1)=eba),INDEX(dt,s+1),"n/a"),"n/a"))), fin,FILTER(HSTACK(tkt,dt,nxtidx),strn=eba), fin)
Sorry I forgot to reply to this. Thanks for the the updated version of this formula! This was very helpful!
 
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