Rank order of errors

[Guest]

Hi all

I am confusing myself here i know it, i have a spreadsheet showing all the
errors that could occur on a particular piece of equipment down one side
(a3:a30)

I have January to December at the top (b1:m1)

I have another worksheet excatly the same format but filled with number data
( the number of times the error occured in that month)

How do i generate a top 5 error list based on this data in the new worksheet?

Or alternatively i would also be happy with January to December at the top
and underneath each month a list of the five errors in text format

i.e.

January Febraury
Gear Gear
Motor Motor
Harness Spring
Spring Sensor
Sensor Harness

Thanks for any help you can give

Derek

 

[Gaurav]

You can use LARGE function.

For the top error, =LARGE(A1:A30,1). For 2nd highest, change 1 to 2 etc.

Then you can use vlookup to return the month. Suppose you entered this
formula in Sheet2 A1 to A5. In B1 type,
=VLOOKUP(B33,Sheet1!$A$1:$A$30,2,FALSE) and drag it down to B5.

Hope this helps. Post back if it works.

Thanks