Pivot Table vs. CountIF

reneev

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I have a rather large HR survey that I have to do quarterly which counts certain positions by Full Time/Part Time/Per Diem status. This survey counts these by: headcount, new hires, voluntary/involuntary terminations. Before I came along, it was all done manually. I eventually turned it into a bunch of pivot tables which have to be updated each quarter for the data source, sometimes I forget to update one and then my numbers are off (usually not found until the following quarter). Basically, all the pivots make the data file a mess and only I can read it.

I have been considering redesigning it to countIF formulas in which I feel like would be cleaner. However there would be a lot of IF values (if column is this position, if column is "bedside" or "non-bedside", if column is Full time, if column is Part time, etc...).

Before I spend an entire day redesigning, can you think of any downside to doing this? I hate to get most of the way through it and find out that it doesn't work because of something I hadn't thought about.
 

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Hi,

Given the apparent size of our workbook ... Pivot Tables are far more efficient than formulas ...

In addition ... maintenance and documentation is also far more clearer ...

Hope this will help
 
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