Hello Marnel Strydom,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum.
I understand what you are trying to do. To calculate the total cost in Sheet2 using the "Amount per Unit" from Sheet1, the most reliable approach—especially if you're using Microsoft 365—is to use the XLOOKUP function. It is more flexible and easier to maintain than VLOOKUP.
You can put this formula in the "cost" cell:
=XLOOKUP(A2, Sheet1!A:A, Sheet1!E:E, "Not Found") * B2
This formula looks up the product name in cell A2 of Sheet2, finds the matching product in column A of Sheet1, retrieves the corresponding "Amount per Unit" from column E, and multiplies it by the quantity in cell B2 of Sheet2.
Explanation:
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A2: Product name in Sheet2 -
Sheet1!A:A: Product column in Sheet1 -
Sheet1!E:E: "Amount per Unit" column in Sheet1 -
"Not Found": Optional message if the product is not found -
B2: Quantity in Sheet2
I hope this is what you're looking for.
Best regards,
Thomas
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Answer from Thomas4-N on learn.microsoft.comHow to calculate the average cost of something per unit that also includes # of actual supply?
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You could use VSTACK and stack both part number tables on top of each other and use VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP to find it. Or you could wrap your your lookup formula in an IFNA function to search the other table if the first lookup doesn't return a part number. You could also do an IF statement with a LEFT to check if the first character is a D or L for what is entered and then direct the IF statement to look up the D or L table depending on the the true or false of the LEFT check. Many ways to do this.
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Let's say I'm trying to buy and sell apples for a profit, and my goal is determine the actual average value of every single apple.
In A1, I have the price of apples from Shop #1, which is 3.00. In B1, I put down 50 since Shop #1 has 50 apples.
In A2, I put down 4.00 since that's the price of apples from Shop #2. However, in B2, I only put down 1 because the shop only sells 1 single apple.
If I take the average of A1 and A2, it will give me 3.50 as the average cost of apples. However, this is incorrect. Clearly it should be closer to 3.00 since there is a total of supply of 51 apples, and 50 of them are priced at 3.00.
Example below:
| A (Price per apple) | B (amount of apples) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.00 | 50 |
| 2 | 4.00 | 1 |
| AVERAGE PRICE PER APPLE | 3.5 (NOT CORRECT, but excel calculates it as so) |
How do I determine this in excel?
Well, here is one way, but you don't state what the rate is between 21 and 30...
very basic, but you should be able to edit and expand as you want.
Do note that the limits (30 miles, 50 miles) and rates used in the formula all come from the sheet - so if the 30 mile limit changes to 25 miles - all you need to do is change cell A7...
I apologize for not answering sooner, but I find this question a bit difficult to address due to the complexity of formulas we can encounter. I know the one you documented is not the most complex one we might encounter, but I was not sure if that was your actual problem or if it was intended as a simple example. I have seen a variety of other things which have often thrown me for a loop.
For example, take this set of rules:
Minimum Fee is $23.50 up to $500
$501 - $2,000 = $3.05 per 100 unit increment
$2,001 - $25,000 = $14.00 per 1000 unit increment over $2,000
$25,001 - $50,000 = $10.10 per 1000 unit increment over $25,000
$50,001 - $100,000 = $7.00 per 1000 unit increment over $50,000
$100,001 - $500,000 = $5.60 per 1000 unit increment over $100,000
$500,001 - $1,000,000 = $4.75 per 1000 unit increment over $500,000
$1,000,001 - $9,999,000 = $3.65 per 1000 unit increment over $1,000,000
$10,000,001 and up = $3.65 per 1000 unit increment over $10,000,000
It does not look too different from yours except that there is an increment of something other than a single unit. In other words for the $501 to $2,000 range, $501 to $600 would all get the same additional $3.05 incremental charge. Another dollar would actually double this because it jumps to the next increment. Like your example, each range builds on the prior range. Assuming that these amounts are in colums A through F:
i Low High Fee Base Fee Per
0 1 500 23.50
1 501 2,000 $3.05 100
2 2,001 25,000 $23.50 1000
3 25,001 50,000 $10.10 1000
4 50,001 100,000 $7.00 1000
5 100,001 500,000 $5.60 1000
6 500,001 1,000,000 $4.75 1000
7 1,000,001 9,999,999 $3.65 1000
8 10,000,000 $3.65 1000
Note also that the rate declines as the amounts increase whereas yours appears to increase.
What I did with this is create a maximum value in Column H as follows:
i Max
0 =E3
1 =INT((C4-C3)/F4)*D4
2 =INT((C5-C4)/F5)*D5
3 =INT((C6-C5)/F6)*D6
4 =INT((C7-C6)/F7)*D7
5 =INT((C8-C7)/F8)*D8
6 =INT((C9-C8)/F9)*D9
7 =INT((C10-C9)/F10)*D10
8
The first one, where i is zero, is simply the base fee. The others are computed and copied. There is no maximum for the last row. I did not really think I needed this column but it made it easier to devise the formulas.
Assuming that I put an amount to evaluate in Cell I2, it will be evaluated as follows where the formula in row 3 (where i=0) is the set fee but all others are basically a copied formula:
i 4,950
0 =IF(I$2>=$B3,$H3,0)
1 =IF(I$2>=$B4,IF($H4="",INT((I$2-$C3)/$F4)*$D4,MIN($H4,INT((I$2-$C3)/$F4)*$D4)),0)
2 =IF(I$2>=$B5,IF($H5="",INT((I$2-$C4)/$F5)*$D5,MIN($H5,INT((I$2-$C4)/$F5)*$D5)),0)
3 =IF(I$2>=$B6,IF($H6="",INT((I$2-$C5)/$F6)*$D6,MIN($H6,INT((I$2-$C5)/$F6)*$D6)),0)
4 =IF(I$2>=$B7,IF($H7="",INT((I$2-$C6)/$F7)*$D7,MIN($H7,INT((I$2-$C6)/$F7)*$D7)),0)
5 =IF(I$2>=$B8,IF($H8="",INT((I$2-$C7)/$F8)*$D8,MIN($H8,INT((I$2-$C7)/$F8)*$D8)),0)
6 =IF(I$2>=$B9,IF($H9="",INT((I$2-$C8)/$F9)*$D9,MIN($H9,INT((I$2-$C8)/$F9)*$D9)),0)
7 =IF(I$2>=$B10,IF($H10="",INT((I$2-$C9)/$F10)*$D10,MIN($H10,INT((I$2-$C9)/$F10)*$D10)),0)
8 =IF(I$2>=$B11,IF($H11="",INT((I$2-$C10)/$F11)*$D11,MIN($H11,INT((I$2-$C10)/$F11)*$D11)),0)
The Fee for this is the sum of all of the rows (labeled i, 0 through 8 above). in this example, it would be 23.50 plus 45.75 plus 28.00 for a total of 97.25.
Not too bad. How about a set like this:
No fee if $1,000 or less
$1,001 - $5,000 = $80.00 + 3% of excess over $1,000.00 per 100 unit increment
$5,001 - $10,000 = $250.00 + 2% of excess over $5,000.00 per 500 unit increment
$10,001 - $25,000 = $350.00 + 1% of excess over $10,000.00 per 1000 unit increment
$25,001 and Over = $520.00 + 3/4% of excess over $25,000.00 per 1000 unit increment
In your formula, the initial flat amount never changes and once you've computed the amount for that range, other ranges build upon it. Here, there are steps. For example at $1,000 the fee is zero, but at $1,001, it jumps to $80 as if there were an $80 fee for the first 1000. Without boring you with the entire table, Here is the formula for computing the range from 5,001 to 10,000 assuming that G2 contains the amount to use and Row 5 colums A through E are the following:
Low High Rate Minimum Increment
5,001 10,000 2.00% 250 500
=($D5+$C5*INT(($G$2-($A5-1))/$E5)*$E5)*($G$2>=$A5)*OR($B5="",$G$2<=$B5)
The formula simply looks at the current row and does the computation if the amount in G2 falls within the range from Column A to Column B.
A simplification of all of the above comes when each range cumulatively builds on the prior ranges AND the rate of payment is always increasing, like the U.S. Tax Tables:
Over Not Over
0 9,525 10% of taxable income
9,525 38,700 $952.50 plus 12% of the excess over $9,525
38,700 82,500 $4,453.50 plus 22% of the excess over $38,700
82,500 157,500 $14,089.50 plus 24% of the excess over $82,500
157,500 200,000 $32,089.50 plus 32% of the excess over $157,500
200,000 500,000 $45,689.50 plus 35% of the excess over $200,000
500,000 $150,689.50 plus 37% of the excess over $500,000
Here, we can use something referred to as the "deskpad method" to shortcut the computation
Assuming that the amount to be evaluated is in G1 and these are in column A through C starting in Row 1:
Over Not Over Rate
0 9,525 10.0%
9,525 38,700 12.0%
38,700 82,500 22.0%
82,500 157,500 24.0%
157,500 200,000 32.0%
200,000 500,000 35.0%
500,000 37.0%
We compute the amount based on G1 as follows:
=ROUND(SUMPRODUCT($C$2:$C$8-$C$1:$C$7,$G$1-$A$2:$A$8,N($G$1>$A$2:$A$8)),0)
Note: this is not entered as an array formula.
How does this relate to your question. If the need is as simple as you stated (in other words, the rate is always increasing and we do not have any "steps" in the reimbursement, we can compute it similarly to the U.S. Tax computation.
I created these values in columns A through D starting in row 1:
Over Not Over
0 20 £- Flat Amount of £10.00
20 50 £0.50 £10.00 plus £.50 per mile over 20 miles
50 100 £1.00 £25.00 plus £1.00 per mile over 50 miles
100 £1.50 £75.00 plus £1.50 per mile over 100 miles
where column D is just descriptive. I put the £10.00 flat fee in Cell E1.
Assuming that G1 contains the number of miles, we would compute the reimbursement as:
=$E$1+ROUND(SUMPRODUCT($C$2:$C$5-$C$1:$C$4,$G$1-$A$2:$A$5,N($G$1>$A$2:$A$5)),2))
For example, when G1 is 52 miles, the computation is £27.00
Note: this is not entered as an array formula.
So, if this is the situation, what you would need is a place to house Columns A through C, a place to house the flat amount and a formula similar to what I provided to compute the reimbursement based on the cell housing the number of miles.
Please note that all the earlier items indicate that this formula will not be so simple if the rate is stepped or the rate declines or if the incremental unit is something other than 1 mile.
I hope that some of this makes sense. Good luck.