I have Mac:2011 version of Excel.
Here's what I'm trying to do...
I have 5 sheets, 1 for each week of a typical month, and then a 5th sheet in which I want to add cumulative values.
In the first four sheets, column A is the name of a person. Columns B through H are daily performance values. Column I is the weekly sum of columns B-H. I am sorting each of these first 4 sheets by column I, from highest-lowest; so a person's row position changes from sheet 1 through sheet 4, based on how well they did in comparison to other people.
I should also mention that a person may or may not appear in each sheet for weeks 1-4. They might be there in week 1, miss week 2, and be back for week 3 and 4, etc.
Now, in sheet 5, the 'cumulative values sheet', is where I'm having difficulty. Column A is again, where the names of people should go. Columns B, C, D & E are what I want to be the sum values from Weeks 1-4. And finally, Column F is a sum of these columns B-E, yielding a monthly total. Here's the logic of what I want to do...
Part 1:
Look at the name of the person in [Sheet 1:Column A through Sheet 4:Column A]...
If a person's name from [Sheet 1:Column A through Sheet 4:Column A] doesn't appear in sheet 5, column A, copy that name to sheet 5, column A. Otherwise, move on to part 2...
Part 2: Look-up the week 1 value of the Sheet 5: Column A name, from sheet 1, and copy the associated sum value of that name (sheet1:column I) to Sheet 5:Column B. Repeat for Sheet/Week 2 value to Sheet 5:Column C... Week 3 to Column D, and Week 4 to Column E...
And finally, sum the values of Sheet 5, Columns B-E to column F. Sort highest-lowest.
No issues with the summing function, but I'm not sure the best way to achieve 'Part 2'. I've been fooling around with VLOOKUP, and have had some success with =VLOOKUP(A2,Week1!A2:I26,9) for column B, =VLOOKUP(A2,Week2!A2:I26,9) for column C, etc... but it's only performing properly for my first row, and then I mostly get #N/A. So what am I missing? Or is there an alternate function that would achieve this in an easier fashion?
Any advice would be appreciated. I'm a tinkerer... but my brain has tinkered on this about as far as it can.
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