Complex Question, hope you can help with this formula

[braindeadbidule]

'AttPriority' accepts values from 1 to 6, each representing the order a series of options
1- A, B, C
2- A, C, B
3- C, B, A
4- C, A, B
5- B, A, C
6- B, C, A

I have 3 tables, each with a cell having the respective formulas

=(IF(OR(AttPriority=5;AttPriority=6);BQ2;IF(OR(AttPriority=2;AttPriority=3);BT2;IF(OR(AttPriority=4;AttPriority=1);BW2))))

=(IF(OR(AttPriority=3;AttPriority=4);BQ2;IF(OR(AttPriority=1;AttPriority=6);BT2;IF(OR(AttPriority=2;AttPriority=5);BW2))))

=(IF(OR(AttPriority=1;AttPriority=2);BQ2;IF(OR(AttPriority=4;AttPriority=5);BT2;IF(OR(AttPriority=3;AttPriority=6);BW2))))

'BQ2' currently equals 7
'BT2' currently equals 5
'BW2' currently equals 3

My goal is to have a formula that calculates one of the formulas above, minus a colum of variable numbers.

Ex:
=(IF(OR(AttPriority=5;AttPriority=6);BQ2;IF(OR(AttPriority=2;AttPriority=3);BT2;IF(OR(AttPriority=4;AttPriority=1);BW2))))-SUM(BR18:BR20)

Thing is, at this time, the formula works perfectly except when the 'AttPriority' refers to 'BQ2' (value: 7). When the value is the greatest value of the 3 available values, it stops calculating it, and gives me only the equivalent of 0-SUM(BR18:BR20)

I really do not know what to do to solve this problem. Help?

Thank you!

[Jens S]

Hi

I don't like these complex if-formulas, sometimes they end op with nothing.
Try CHOOSE:
=CHOOSE(AttPriority;BW2;BT2;BT2;BW2;BQ2;BQ2)
=CHOOSE(AttPriority;BT2;BW2;BQ2;BQ2;BW2;BT2)
=CHOOSE(AttPriority;BQ2;BQ2;BW2;BT2;BT2;BW2)

Jens

[braindeadbidule]

Thank you Jens,

I have replaced the formula with CHOOSE, but the problem remains...

2 examples with different 'AttPriority' variables



The biggest orange square, the one on the left, is 'AttPriority'
As you can see, whichever table is assigned the value '7' doesnt substract the "C" column data from the Orange total (3/5/7)

The formulas are the same for each

In the first table, with 'AttPriority' value of 5
The Orange Cell in BI16 is =CHOOSE(AttPriority;BW2;BT2;BT2;BW2;BQ2;BQ2)
The Yellow Cell in BI16 is =BG20-(SUM(BR18:BR20))

But the forumula seems to ignore BG20 in the forumula, calculating it only as =-(SUM(BR18:BR20))

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