Filter a list to only return top 2 most recent results?

[CamelDCamel]

Hi All,

I'm new here, so firstly nice to meet you all!

Trying to work out a way to approach this situation. I have a set of data similar to the following. What I want to do is find a way to only show the 2 most latest (most recent date) for each User. For example:

Date	Name	Value
01/01/19	User 1	17
02/03/19	User 1	4
13/04/19	User 1	12
01/01/19	User 2	5
02/03/19	User 2	23
13/04/19	User 2	2
18/05/19	User 2	44
01/01/19	User 3	12
02/03/19	User 3	46
01/01/19	User 4	11
02/03/19	User 4	62
13/04/19	User 4	21
18/05/19	User 4	4
01/01/19	User 5	2
02/03/19	User 5	61
13/04/19	User 5	33
18/05/19	User 5	11
20/06/19	User 5	34

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As an end result, I was trying to get something like this:

Date	Name	Value
2/03/19	User 1	4
13/04/19 <tbody> </tbody>	User 1	12
13/04/19 <tbody> </tbody>	User 2	2
18/05/19 <tbody> </tbody>	User 2	44
1/01/19 <tbody> </tbody>	User 3	12
2/03/19 <tbody> </tbody>	User 3	46
13/04/19 <tbody> </tbody>	User 4	21
18/05/19 <tbody> </tbody>	User 4	4
18/05/19 <tbody> </tbody>	User 5	31
20/06/19 <tbody> </tbody>	User 5	34

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</tbody>

I thought about putting the data in a pivot table, then sorting the pivot table so the most recent date is always leftmost, then having another sheet that gets the 2 leftmost values with data, however I feel that's probably quite convoluted and there is an easy way.

The data is transnational and will continue to change daily but I only way the last 3 days for each user.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to approach this?

Thanks in advance!

 

[DRSteele]

Welcome to the forum.

This might help you. Copy the A22 and C22 formulas downwards. You will have to populate the B column with the text two of each User. You can hide the helper column with the 2's and the 1's if you like. This will only work if there are no duplicates.

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	A	B	C	D
1	Date	Name	Value
2	1/1/2019	User 1	17
3	3/2/2019	User 1	4
4	4/13/2019	User 1	12
5	1/1/2019	User 2	5
6	3/2/2019	User 2	23
7	4/13/2019	User 2	2
8	5/18/2019	User 2	44
9	1/1/2019	User 3	12
10	3/2/2019	User 3	46
11	1/1/2019	User 4	11
12	3/2/2019	User 4	62
13	4/13/2019	User 4	21
14	5/18/2019	User 4	4
15	1/1/2019	User 5	2
16	3/2/2019	User 5	61
17	4/13/2019	User 5	33
18	5/18/2019	User 5	11
19	6/20/2019	User 5	34
20
21	Date	Name	Value	Recent
22	3/2/2019	User 1	4	2
23	4/13/2019	User 1	12	1
24	4/13/2019	User 2	2	2
25	5/18/2019	User 2	44	1
26	1/1/2019	User 3	12	2
27	3/2/2019	User 3	46	1
28	4/13/2019	User 4	21	2
29	5/18/2019	User 4	4	1
30	5/18/2019	User 5	11	2
31	6/20/2019	User 5	34	1
Sheet47

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
A22	=LARGE(($A$2:$A$19)*($B$2:$B$19=B22),D22)
C22	=INDEX($C$2:$C$19,MATCH(A22&B22,$A$2:$A$19&$B$2:$B$19,0))

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