How do I sort things in the right order when events happen at the same time

[jconkl02]

I need to find a way to sort each line by Column A and then by Column D. The problem is that some events happened at the same time. The idea is to provide a timeline of each Incident Number in Column A. How can I get excel to know that if the timestamp is the same, the line that goes first is the one where the value in column B has to equal the value in column C in the row above it. Let's say the example below starts at A1. So C2 is OPENED and so is B3. That is what I want. But C3 is ASSIGNED and B4 is RECOVERED. The D row should be where C row is. Ideas?

Incident: Number	Old Value	New Value	Edit Date	DUR	does previous new equal this lines old
3585		OPENED	5/12/2019 7:57
3585	OPENED	ASSIGNED	5/12/2019 7:59	2	TRUE
3585	RECOVERED	ASSIGNED	5/17/2019 15:05	7626	FALSE
3585	ASSIGNED	RECOVERED	5/17/2019 15:05	0	TRUE
3585	ASSIGNED	RECOVERED	5/22/2019 9:46	6881	FALSE
3585	RECOVERED	RESOLVED	6/6/2019 18:05	22099	TRUE
3585	RESOLVED	CLOSED	7/11/2019 14:33	50188	TRUE
3658		OPENED	5/16/2019 14:11
3658	OPENED	ACCEPTED	5/17/2019 9:10	1139	TRUE
3658	ACCEPTED	ASSIGNED	5/17/2019 9:11	1	TRUE
3658	ASSIGNED	PENDING CUSTOMER	5/18/2019 14:40	1769	TRUE
3658	PENDING CUSTOMER	PENDING RELEASE	5/29/2019 18:29	16069	TRUE
3658	PENDING RELEASE	PENDING CUSTOMER	6/27/2019 15:17	41568	TRUE
3658	PENDING CUSTOMER	ASSIGNED	7/17/2019 11:56	28599	TRUE
3658	PENDING CUSTOMER	ASSIGNED	7/25/2019 9:03	11347	FALSE
3658	ASSIGNED	PENDING CUSTOMER	7/25/2019 9:03	0	TRUE
3658	ASSIGNED	PENDING CUSTOMER	8/6/2019 11:32	17429	FALSE
3658	PENDING CUSTOMER	RECOVERED	8/8/2019 10:17	2805	TRUE
3658	RECOVERED	RESOLUTION SUBMITTED	8/8/2019 10:17	0	TRUE
3658	RESOLUTION SUBMITTED	RESOLVED	8/9/2019 7:15	1258	TRUE
3658	RESOLVED	CLOSED	8/9/2019 10:18	183	TRUE

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[lrobbo314]

Is this what you're looking for?

Book1
	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	Incident: Number	Old Value	New Value	Edit Date	DUR	3rd Sort Level
2	3585		OPENED	5/12/2019 7:57		TRUE
3	3585	OPENED	ASSIGNED	5/12/2019 7:59	2	FALSE
4	3585	ASSIGNED	RECOVERED	5/17/2019 15:05	0	FALSE
5	3585	RECOVERED	ASSIGNED	5/17/2019 15:05	7626	FALSE
6	3585	ASSIGNED	RECOVERED	5/22/2019 9:46	6881	FALSE
7	3585	RECOVERED	RESOLVED	6/6/2019 18:05	22099	FALSE
8	3585	RESOLVED	CLOSED	7/11/2019 14:33	50188	FALSE
9	3658		OPENED	5/16/2019 14:11		TRUE
10	3658	OPENED	ACCEPTED	5/17/2019 9:10	1139	FALSE
11	3658	ACCEPTED	ASSIGNED	5/17/2019 9:11	1	FALSE
12	3658	ASSIGNED	PENDING CUSTOMER	5/18/2019 14:40	1769	FALSE
13	3658	PENDING CUSTOMER	PENDING RELEASE	5/29/2019 18:29	16069	FALSE
14	3658	PENDING RELEASE	PENDING CUSTOMER	6/27/2019 15:17	41568	FALSE
15	3658	PENDING CUSTOMER	ASSIGNED	7/17/2019 11:56	28599	FALSE
16	3658	ASSIGNED	PENDING CUSTOMER	7/25/2019 9:03	0	FALSE
17	3658	PENDING CUSTOMER	ASSIGNED	7/25/2019 9:03	11347	FALSE
18	3658	ASSIGNED	PENDING CUSTOMER	8/6/2019 11:32	17429	FALSE
19	3658	PENDING CUSTOMER	RECOVERED	8/8/2019 10:17	2805	FALSE
20	3658	RECOVERED	RESOLUTION SUBMITTED	8/8/2019 10:17	0	FALSE
21	3658	RESOLUTION SUBMITTED	RESOLVED	8/9/2019 7:15	1258	FALSE
22	3658	RESOLVED	CLOSED	8/9/2019 10:18	183	FALSE
Sheet3

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
F2	=NOT(B2=C1)
F3	=NOT(B3=C2)
F4	=NOT(B4=C3)
F5	=NOT(B5=C4)
F6	=NOT(B6=C5)
F7	=NOT(B7=C6)
F8	=NOT(B8=C7)
F9	=NOT(B9=C8)
F10	=NOT(B10=C9)
F11	=NOT(B11=C10)
F12	=NOT(B12=C11)
F13	=NOT(B13=C12)
F14	=NOT(B14=C13)
F15	=NOT(B15=C14)
F16	=NOT(B16=C15)
F17	=NOT(B17=C16)
F18	=NOT(B18=C17)
F19	=NOT(B19=C18)
F20	=NOT(B20=C19)
F21	=NOT(B21=C20)
F22	=NOT(B22=C21)

 

[jconkl02]

I am looking for that result, but I have like 4000 rows to sort out. I'm trying to avoid going through all 4000 lines to manually sort it out. Column F on my sheet is how I am identifying the ticket numbers I need to a 2nd look at.

 

[lrobbo314]

In my post I included the formula to put into column F. So, throw that formula in, copy it down, then sort the range by Item Number, then by Edit Date, then by column F. The sort dialogue will have 3 levels in that order.

 

[jconkl02]

Irobbo314,

I appreciate the help. Your idea helped, but for some reason did not catch every instance. I ended up just hunting them down manually. However I greatly appreciate your help.
Jason