Formula to retrieve most frequent number
Hi all,
I believe I'd use MODE for this in Excel but can't find an equivalent in Smartsheet. I need to build a formula to retrieve the most commonly found numbers from a column in a referenced sheet. Does anyone have a suggestion for how this can be done without MODE?
For example, if I have a column in another sheet that includes the following numbers, each in their own row:
19-001
19-001
19-008
19-001
19-002
The formula would produce "19-001". I would really love to avoid exporting to Excel as this is a metric we'd like to display on a Smartsheet dashboard.
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I would suggest a helper column in the original sheet that gives you the count of each number row by row such as
=COUNTIFS([Column Name]:[Column Name], [Column Name]@row)
You can then use an INDEX/MATCH or VLOOKUP to pull the data that is in the cell that has the highest count next to it.
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I have found that countifs fails to work with index/match column formulas. How can I fix it?
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Can you describe what happens in more detail or/and some screenshots? (Delete/replace any confidential/sensitive information before sharing) That would make it easier to help. (share too, andree@workbold.com)
I hope that helps!
Be safe and have a fantastic weekend!
Best,
Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD
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I am not sure what happened, the formulas I have used are vlookup and index/match. Sometimes they come up with "#no match".
It looks as though the countif and sum formulas (as I just found out) choke if there is at least one “#no match” in the range. That it affects countif is weird since I specify the term to count.
So, I guess this is where I would stop for now.
Thanks again!
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You're more than welcome!
Just to make sure, is it working or not now?
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SMARTSHEET EXPERT CONSULTANT & PARTNER
Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD
W: www.workbold.com | E:andree@workbold.com | P: +46 (0) - 72 - 510 99 35
Feel free to contact me for help with Smartsheet, integrations, general workflow advice, or anything else.
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I am also trying to calculate MODE in a sheet summary field for data in a column titled DAYS TO REPORT. Values in that column range from 0 to 5 currently (but are continually changing). I'm trying to follow the workaround suggested above. I added a column MODE HELPER immediately after DAYS TO REPORT and added this formula =COUNTIFS([DAYS TO REPOR]:[DAYS TO REPOR], [DAYS TO REPOR]@row) to MODE HELPER. This appears to be working correctly and accurately identifies the total count for each number in the DAYS TO REPORT column. For example, there are 19 counts of 0, 17 counts of 1, 1 count of 2, 3 counts of 3, 3 counts of 5. I'm stuck on the next step, using the INDEX/MATCH or VLOOKUP formula as mentioned above. I've tried a variety of options that all resulted in "#unparseable". What is the formula that I would use to return the number in the DAYS TO REPORT column that corresponds to the rows with the highest count in the MODE HELPER column?
Thank you!
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