Grouping dates on a chart

[Duncs]

I have a workbook with 12 sheets in it, one for each month of the
year. Each sheet has the day of the week in column B, several other
values in columns C -- J and a transaction value in column K. What I
want to do is create a chart that groups the dates into days of the
week and then displays a bar showing the sum of all transactions on
each of those days in the month. So, for example, the sheet for
March
would show:

1 x x x x x x x x 1250.00
2 x x x x x x x x 80.00
3 x x x x x x x x 3000.00
4 x x x x x x x x 5250.00
..
..
..
30 x x x x x x x x 150.00
31 x x x x x x x x 100.00


So, based on the values above, the chart should show 7 bars with the
values as follows:


Monday 1250.00
Tuesday 230.00
Wednesday 3100.00
Thursday 5250.00
Friday 0.00
Saturday 0.00
Sunday 0.00

How do I achieve this?

TIA

Duncs

 

[Luke M]

You will need to first create a sum of all your data. On each sheet, setup a
range (in the same spot, lets say AA1:AB7)
List the days of the week, and in AB1:AB7, do:
=SUMIF(A:A,AB1,K:K)
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Use this as the data for your plot.

 

[Jon Peltier]

The easiest way to apply this kind of grouping is with a pivot table.

Grouping by Date in a Pivot Table
http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/grouping-by-date-in-a-pivot-table/

- Jon

 

[Duncs]

Jon,

Unfortunately, I tried a Pivot Table and it wont let me get to the
level of detail that I need. I need the report to show me a sum for
all Monday's, Tuesday's etc. in the month. The Pivot Table doesn't,
AFAIK, let me get to that level of detail.

Duncs

 

[Duncs]

Luke,

Cheers for that. Works great.

Duncs

You will need to first create a sum of all your data. On each sheet, setup a
range (in the same spot, lets say AA1:AB7)
List the days of the week, and in AB1:AB7, do:
=SUMIF(A:A,AB1,K:K)
Copied down.

Use this as the data for your plot.

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Best Regards,










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[Jon Peltier]

I think I've done that with a dummy column that contains the name of the
days of the week.

- Jon