Shuffle a list of numbers / items in excel spreadsheet

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Here is a quick Monday tip for data junkies.

shuffle a list of numbers / items in random order in excel

If you want to shuffle a list of numbers or cells in excel in random order you can do that with “data > sort” menu option of excel.

  • First insert a column next to the list you want to shuffle and enter random numbers in each cell in using =rand(). See below: shuffle-cells-using-random-excel-function
  • Now select the entire list and sort it by the new column with random numbers. (Menu > data > sort)
  • If you want a fresh set of shuffled list, just hit f9 (recalculates all formulas) and sort again

Like this? Also learn how to sort horizontally, fill only weekdays while auto-filling dates

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11 Responses to “Who is the most consistent seller? [BYOD]”

  1. Hui... says:

    The Date column in the sample file is Text not Dates

  2. Great Chandoo. Keep it up, Looking forward more from BYOD..

  3. gayani says:

    Thanks

  4. Frank Tonsen says:

    With Excel 2013 the pivot table could be connected to the data model which provides a distinct count.

  5. Mak says:

    This will do for invoice count
    =COUNTIF(F:F,H12)
    Instead of
    =COUNTIFS(sales[SELLER],$H12)

  6. Alejandro says:

    Excellent document. How did you make the last graphic? Witch app. Thanks for answer.

  7. Chris says:

    Can someone tell me what =countif(sales[date],sales[date]) is counting? The value is 19. Its found in the =SUMPRODUCT(IF(sales[SELLER]=H12,1/COUNTIFS(sales[SELLER],H12,sales[date],sales[date]),0))

    • Vândalo says:

      Hi Chris,

      =countif(sales [date],sales[date]) function is counting the unique dates in the table.

      Vândalo

  8. Nguyen says:

    Excellent document!

    Can you explain more about the calculation on Weighted consistency? More specific the small number is 0,00001 ?

    How come the number should be smaller if there is more sellers?

  9. TS says:

    Hi,

    Not understood this formula: {=SUMPRODUCT(IF(sales[SELLER]=H12,1/COUNTIFS(sales[SELLER],H12,sales[date],sales[date]),0))}

    Please explain.

    Thanks.

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