Index & Match

[stan]

Hello,

I'm using the following formula but am running into an issue.

INDEX(Data!$A$12:$A$1314,MATCH(LARGE(OFFSET(Data!$T$12:$T$1314,0,0),1),OFFSET(Data!$T$12:$T$1314,0,0),0))

When trying to find the n-th largest value multiple entries have the same
value so they are all the n-th largest value. Therefore the list comes up
with one name being entered as, for example, the 4th, 5th, and 6th largest.
Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thank you!

 

[Bernie Deitrick]

Stan,

You will need to have a column of formulas that breaks the ties by adding some small amount based on
another criteria - I often will use a formula like

=T12+ROW()/100000000
or
=T12 +0.1/ROW()

Then use those tie-broken values in your formula.

Note that the constant values used will depend on the actual values in the data set - you need to
add an amount smaller than the smallest delta in your data set.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP