[mso] Re: excel IF statement help

  • From: "Mr JOSEPH HERWIG" <herwigs911@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:00:13 -0400

Wow, I'll have to play with the anchoring a bit. That would have helped me 
get started. Thanks!!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Smart" <smartware@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:06 AM
Subject: [mso] Re: excel IF statement help


> Glad you got it OK.
>
> There are a couple of other tricks/techniques I use to help me set up
> two-dimensional areas full of formulas like this:
>
> (a)  Anchors.  Become familiar with how to anchor row and/or column so 
> that
> you can copy/paste these formulas to the 2D area without mucking up the
> formulas.  For instance, you can anchor the column that has the sale date,
> and also the column that contains the amount, while leaving the row
> unanchored so that the paste to different rows will work correctly.
>
> (b)  Column headers (not necessarily row 1).  If you plan it carefully, 
> you
> can put numbers at the top of the columns that you can then use in your
> determination of whether you should put the amount in this column or not.
> E.g. you could have zero, 30, 60, 120 to designate the start of the aging
> for the column, and also use it for the end of the aging by adding 30 to
> it - or even by looking at the figure at the top of the adjacent column. 
> In
> this case, you would anchor the row, but leave the column free, so that 
> your
> formulas would always look at the same row.
>
> Once you've played with anchors a bit, they'll become second nature.
>
> Just having a bit of a play myself.  Consider this environment:
>
> A2:A23  dates of sales
> B2:B23  amounts of sales
> D1:N1   0, 30, 60, 90, ... , 300, which is the aging information
>
> D2    =IF(AND($A2<=(TODAY()-D$1),$A2>(TODAY()-D$1-30)),$B2,"")
>
> and this is copy/pasted to D2:N23.
>
> This will give aging of the amounts into the various columns.  Pretty
> simplistic, but should give the idea.
>
> Regards, Dave S
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mr JOSEPH HERWIG" <herwigs911@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 5:44 AM
> Subject: [mso] Re: excel IF statement help
>
>
>> Thanks to David and Thomas for responding to my question. I actually
>> worked
>> it out in a totally different way. I created a coloumn that had "TODAY"
>> and
>> then a column for the different between the two (TODAY and the date of
>> sale)
>> equaling the age of the past due amounts. That way I was able to creat a
>> much simpler "If" statment utilizing the "AND" comand to get my range.
>> This
>> is an example =IF(AND(J11>=31,J11<60),C11,"").
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Beth
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Thomas Hutchins" <hutch99999@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 3:32 PM
>> Subject: [mso] Re: excel IF statement help
>>
>>
>>> Please ignore my first reply. Try this instead (still assuming Date of
>>> Sale is in B6):
>>>
>>>
>>> =IF(TODAY()-B6>90,">90",IF(TODAY()-B6>60,"90",IF(TODAY()-B6>30,"60",IF(TODAY()-B6>0,"30",""))))
>>>
>>>  Hope this helps,
>>>
>>>  Hutch
>>> Mr JOSEPH HERWIG <herwigs911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>  I am trying to make up an accounts receivable aging that automatically
>>> updates the outstanding amounts automatically each day to the 
>>> appropriate
>>> bucket (1 - 30 days, 31-60 days, 60 - 90 days, and >90). I have computed
>>> this formula, but it doesn't seem to do the job quite right.
>>> =IF($Date of SaleTODAY(),"",))))
>>>
>>> It needs to do a date range (1 - 30) rather then just less than 30 etc.
>>> Not sure if I'm even on the right track. Can anyone help?
>>>
>>>
>>> Beth Herwig
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