Sorting by two variables in Excel
I have two fields on an Excel spreadsheet. One field is a member_id number, the other field is a generated sequence number which has the number of records for that ID. I am trying to sort by descending sequence of sequence number within ascending sequence of member_id. I am using custom sort, but I cannot seem to get the sequence number to sort in descending sequence. The sequence number is created by a formula, whic adds 1 if the member_id is the same and sets to e1 one different.
How can I sort this file?
How can I sort this file?
You need only to mark the complete spreadsheet then click on Data->Sort . Now there will appear a dialog asking for the fields you want to sort. You can set "ascending" or "descending" for every selected field.
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"whic adds 1 if the member_id is the same and sets to e1 one different."
Probably, you have a column formatted as number and the other column formatted as text. When you used the Custom Sorting, have you come across with Sort Warning? See screenshot below:
Sincerely,
Ed
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