Need help with Sum by month

I am working on creating a summary sheet to show totals by the monthly forecast. Not sure how to connect the data correctly to this sheet.


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Thanks in advance

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  • Mike TV
    Mike TV ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Kashmala Zaman

    Thanks. Here's an example of how to do this from one sheet to another.

    First, you're going to want to add a column on sheet 2 which takes the date and lets us know what month it falls in. Like so:

    Month formula:

    =MONTH([SAP ETA]@row)

    Then on the first sheet you can fill it out like so. Since you're using parent/child rows, you'll want to use cell formulas instead of column formulas. That means each time you add a new Customer Account you'll want to either copy-paste the formula from the cell above or drag it down with the little box in the corner of the cell above. Here's sheet 1 finished:

    The cell formula will look something like this for January:

    =SUMIFS({Quantity (kg) Sheet 2}, {Plant Sheet 2}, =[Account Name]@row, {Month Sheet 2}, =1)

    For the following months, you just change the number at the end to coincide with the number month. 2 for February, 3 for March, 4 for April, etc.

    Then in the January for the Customer Accounts row, you can use a formula =SUM(CHILDREN()) to get a grand total of all of the accounts for January.

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  • Mike TV
    Mike TV ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    @Kashmala Zaman

    Where would the data go on the first sheet? It looks like the first sheet has a monetary value (dollars $) and the second sheet has a weight in kilos. I'm not sure how you'd like to match things up onto the first sheet without some additional information.

  • Kashmala Zaman
    Kashmala Zaman ✭✭✭✭
    edited 05/19/22

    @Mike TV Yes, good catch. This should be in kilos. I have fixed the sheet at my end.


  • Mike TV
    Mike TV ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    @Kashmala Zaman

    Thanks. Here's an example of how to do this from one sheet to another.

    First, you're going to want to add a column on sheet 2 which takes the date and lets us know what month it falls in. Like so:

    Month formula:

    =MONTH([SAP ETA]@row)

    Then on the first sheet you can fill it out like so. Since you're using parent/child rows, you'll want to use cell formulas instead of column formulas. That means each time you add a new Customer Account you'll want to either copy-paste the formula from the cell above or drag it down with the little box in the corner of the cell above. Here's sheet 1 finished:

    The cell formula will look something like this for January:

    =SUMIFS({Quantity (kg) Sheet 2}, {Plant Sheet 2}, =[Account Name]@row, {Month Sheet 2}, =1)

    For the following months, you just change the number at the end to coincide with the number month. 2 for February, 3 for March, 4 for April, etc.

    Then in the January for the Customer Accounts row, you can use a formula =SUM(CHILDREN()) to get a grand total of all of the accounts for January.

  • Kashmala Zaman
    Kashmala Zaman ✭✭✭✭

    @Mike TV Thanks a lot. It works perfectly :)

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