Maybe I need help with "Lookups"?

[garry05]

Hi all...a newbie here.

I'm okay with many Excel functions, but I don't go too deep: Can't do
macros, lookups, that sort of thing.

Here's my dilemma: Sheet-2 has a list of 10 aircraft, and the goal is
to accumulate the hours-flown for each aircraft...Column A is the
aircraft# (1-10), B is the aircraft name, C is the accumulated
hours-flown. Keeping it simple, let's say that A1=1, B1=Cessna, and
C1=26.5

Now, back to Sheet-1: Someone flew the Cessna for 2 hours...in A1 I'll
enter 1 for the aircraft#, and in B1 I'll enter "2" for the hours-flown.
Now Sheet-2 C1=28.5, or maybe some cell on Sheet-1, for all I care.

I can, of course, just go to Sheet 2, find the right column/cell and
update manually, but this is duplicated effort that leaves way too much
room for human error.

If anyone can help with this, it would be much appreciated...let me
know if you want a copy of the existing spreadsheet.

Thanks,
Garry ([email protected])

 

[Biff]

Hi!

Assume on sheet2 you have:

A1 = Acft #
B1 = Name
C1 = Hours

A2:A11 = 1,2,3,4...10

In sheet2 C2 enter this formula and copy down to C11:

=SUMIF(Sheet1!A:A,A2,Sheet1!B:B)

This assumes that every time an acft flies you make a new entry on sheet1 in
a new row.

Biff

 

[garry05]

Hi Biff!
Okay, the SUMIF works well, but it won't work for my application...I've
made a big mess of things by not asking the right questions, and by
trying to shortcut the explanation of what I really need. Let's go into
it backwards this time: First off, the Trip Report submitted by a
member (pilot) contains the flight#, hours-flown and aircraft info that
looks something like this: 5 Merlin III 425/41. (5) Is the aircraft
inventory#, (425) is the billing-rate per hour for that plane, and (41)
is the fuel-burn per hour for that plane.

We have a number of members (pilots) and I need to keep a record of
flights each pilot has flown, okay? So there are separate sheets for
(let's say) Bob, Sue, Jim, Fred, and so on, and this grows as we add
new pilots. When a Trip Report comes in from Sue, I go to her sheet
and enter the Flight#, hours-flown, billing-rate, and fuel-burn (each
flight she makes is a new row)...from that I do all the other math for
revenue, fuel-cost, and other summaries. This all works okay, but
what's missing is the accumulation of aircraft-time, no matter who
flies it or how often they fly it.

Obviously I could do what I'm doing now (go to their log sheet and
enter the data), then go to a separate sheet and log the aircraft# and
flight-time again, but this is duplicated efforts which invites entry
error.

The ultimate goals: (1) Reduce the number of steps required to enter
Trip Report data, and (2) Accumulate aircraft-time regardless of who
flies it or how or how often they fly it.

Again, if you want to see the actual spreadsheet, I'm glad to provide
it.

Thanks,
Garry ([email protected])

Hi!

Assume on sheet2 you have:

A1 = Acft #
B1 = Name
C1 = Hours

A2:A11 = 1,2,3,4...10

In sheet2 C2 enter this formula and copy down to C11:

=SUMIF(Sheet1!A:A,A2,Sheet1!B:B)

This assumes that every time an acft flies you make a new entry on
sheet1 in
a new row.

Biff

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[Biff]

Sent an email.

Biff

Hi Biff!
Okay, the SUMIF works well, but it won't work for my application...I've
made a big mess of things by not asking the right questions, and by
trying to shortcut the explanation of what I really need. Let's go into
it backwards this time: First off, the Trip Report submitted by a
member (pilot) contains the flight#, hours-flown and aircraft info that
looks something like this: 5 Merlin III 425/41. (5) Is the aircraft
inventory#, (425) is the billing-rate per hour for that plane, and (41)
is the fuel-burn per hour for that plane.

We have a number of members (pilots) and I need to keep a record of
flights each pilot has flown, okay? So there are separate sheets for
(let's say) Bob, Sue, Jim, Fred, and so on, and this grows as we add
new pilots. When a Trip Report comes in from Sue, I go to her sheet
and enter the Flight#, hours-flown, billing-rate, and fuel-burn (each
flight she makes is a new row)...from that I do all the other math for
revenue, fuel-cost, and other summaries. This all works okay, but
what's missing is the accumulation of aircraft-time, no matter who
flies it or how often they fly it.

Obviously I could do what I'm doing now (go to their log sheet and
enter the data), then go to a separate sheet and log the aircraft# and
flight-time again, but this is duplicated efforts which invites entry
error.

The ultimate goals: (1) Reduce the number of steps required to enter
Trip Report data, and (2) Accumulate aircraft-time regardless of who
flies it or how or how often they fly it.

Again, if you want to see the actual spreadsheet, I'm glad to provide
it.

Thanks,
Garry ([email protected])

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