Tearing my hair out with badly formatted base data!

[spjmorris]

Hi all


I'm trying to write a workbook to do a comparison between sets of data, where the user can simply dump three sheets of base data in and an output sheet will highlight errors.

background: some guys in our customer service dept have to carry out SKU movements on two systems and I need to check daily that they are not making errors.


the issue I have is that the base data from one the customers' system (SAP) is awful, it has one column of both negative and positive vales denoting outbound and inbound movements, and the actual SKU to be calculated is not on the same row as any of these.


I've attached the workbook here so you can see what I'm up against, the SAP data is exactly as I receive the report.

the Thinv in & out sheets are nice and clean and easy to work with - no issues there!


what I'm tying to get on the output sheet is a nice summary with a line for each SKU and the totals from each system, but I can't figure out how: 1 - to pull the SKUs from the input sheet, and and 2 - how to total the figures when there is no regular structure., basically its columns B, C & D on the output sheet I can't crack!


can you help?

I have uploaded the file here with edit permissions

http://sdrv.ms/112jZvL


Thanks, from a defeated, and deflated, Steve


PS - using 2007

 

[SirJB7]

Hi, spjmorris!


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Despite of this, have you ever considered firing your IT guys or the owner of the customer's system? Wouldn't be a bad idea, I guess...


And in the meanwhile...

a) in A2, type this and copy down:

=SI(C2="";SI(B2="";"";F2);A1) -----> in english: =IF(C2="",IF(B2="","",F2),A1)

b) select row 3, set autofilter, filter by column A not empty

c) select filtered rows from 3 in advance, copy and paste on a clean worksheet

d) work with this new worksheet.


Regards!

 

[spjmorris]

Thank you for both the welcome and the formula!


I realise I was heading down the wrong path and your formula above has set me on a better course, having spent most of this morning on the issue I have finally cracked it!


Steve