If date range, then % commission. Closed

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I am trying to create a formula that will look at a group of rows and calculate a percentage of a particular date range of money.  The rows have a date and, sometimes, a dollar amount.

Column A = Date
Column B = Cash received
Column C = Balance

20 Rows of data with dates ranging from Jan 1 2014 to March 31 2014.  I am looking for one cell to represent 5% of total cash received during Jan 1 - Feb 26.  Then I am looking for another cell to represent 3% of total cash received between Feb 27 - March 15.

I hope this makes sense.

ac3mark · Answer

Ok, so do this, it you need further explaination, let us know:

=SUM(A1:A18)*0.05
=SUM(A19:A30)*0.03


It really is that simple!

If you need help delimiting the date, then you need to become familiar with countif.

Or you could always sort by date?

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ace350 · Answer

This method will not work in this case.  The spreadsheet will be used 80 times with different data every time.  There needs to be a way to search a range, identify rows with a date in range, add the cash received and multiply by the %.

ac3mark · Answer

Oh, so you are looking for a form, to input the date to look for?

Like a search form?

ace350 · Answer

I was not aware of the term "Search Form", but that seems to describe what I am looking for.

ac3mark · Answer

Ok, you say that there needs to be a search, based on what, the day?

If your formulas reference the current day would that matter?   I am not understanding, how you wish to have this "task" started?

In your formula, qualify the amount with an if statement:

Like this:
=IF(A1<2/28/2013,B1*0.05,B1*0.03)



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If date range, then % commission.

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