Searching and returning closest date

[SummerStudent]

Hello,

I could use some help on this one. I need to construct a formula that scans a range of cells containing dates (eg. 29-Jun) and returns data corresponding to the closest date in the range.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Dino Vilimek

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Hi Aladin,

I've tried the formula and it didn't quite workout the way I expected.

So, in column A I have multiple instances of John Smith and Dave Wall.
Column B are different dates for each person (the date is the unique identifier for the workers)
Column C will tell me how many hours they worked on those days.

So, now I want to find out the Column C info based on two criteria, name and date closest to the date i choose.

John Smith 1/22/2010 5
John Smith 2/02/2010 4
John Smith 3/15/2010 7
John Smith 4/22/2010 10
Dave Wall 2/24/2010 8
Dave Wall 3/1/2010 9
Dave Wall 3/15/2010 10


1st criteria is John Smith
2nd criteria is 4/1/2010
So it should return 7 ideally.

Is there a formula that will return that value?

Thanks,
Dan

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G2, control+shift+enter, not just enter, and copy down:

=INDEX($C$2:$C$8,MATCH(MAX(IF($A$2:$A$8=E2,IF($B$2:$B$8<=F2,$B$2:$B$8))),IF($A$2:$A$8=E2,$B$2:$B$8),0))

 

[justcurry]

Thanks again!

 

[Silverjman]

I'm so confused about why I'm #N/A-ing out on this. Then again I've never not got this right before...but was prob always using exact match "0", but also kind of think approx. match is an urban legend! Please Help!

I think this could really save me some SUMIFS() between two dates calculation time!

=INDEX($AKD15:$AKK15,MATCH(ANA$13,$AIV15:$AJC15))

=INDEX({0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},MATCH(42400,{44681,45046,45412,45777,46142,46507,46873,47238}))

Thanks, John

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

@Silverjman

What is the question? The formulas, in particular no-working formulas, fail to tell the question that is behind...

 

[Silverjman]

The first eight 0s are rent amounts and the last eight numbers in the MATCH are Excel date numbers, and the first MATCH number is a date number.

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

The first eight 0s are rent amounts and the last eight numbers in the MATCH are Excel date numbers, and the first MATCH number is a date number.

Sill no cigar... You seem to have a SUMIFS which you want to speed up. Care to post that formula?

 

[Silverjman]

ahhh I think it's because all the dates are past the first match date, duhhh auggg THANKS this will be nice to have

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

ahhh I think it's because all the dates are past the first match date, duhhh auggg THANKS this will be nice to have

Care to post a scaled-down sample along with the desired results?

 

[Silverjman]

I couldn't figure out how to upload a file so that must not be possible right?

So the < or match type 1 is nice because B28 through I28 would be #N/A until the 5M hits in J28. Sure you could use a SUMIFS or something, but it's a nice weapon to have around!

F25

=INDEX($F15:$P15,MATCH(F$23,$F6:$P6,1))

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

I couldn't figure out how to upload a file so that must not be possible right?
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See: Attachments lists a few methods for posting sample exhibits which do not require retyping and the add-in https://app.box.com/s/soezox25h3w0q5s4rcyl is also a method for posting an exhibit.