Derp, just saw that.
Thanks.
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knu...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 2013/9/30 John Meyer <johnme...@pueblocomputing.com>
>
> > Sorry, that e-mail got sent off too quickly. I'm trying this formula
> >
> > =COUNTIF(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,3,1,,"Bonuses")).$E$1:$E2000,A2)
> >
> > C1 contains the name of the worksheet ("09-27-13") and I'm trying to use
> > it. However, it keeps giving me an err:501.
> >
>
> Hint 1:
> Use the builtin help and search for 501. It will take you to the error
> codes. 501 means something like ”invalid character”. In this case it seems
> like you use ”,” instead of ”;” as parameter separators. I thought that
> there was a setting for that somewhere, but now I can't find it, so I guess
> that is a LibreOffice feature, but I'm not sure. I used LibreOffice for a
> couple of years but I am back with Apache OpenOffice again, since
> LibreOffice was way too unstable for me. It actually destroyed one of my
> spreadsheets but Apache OpenOffice fixed it for me, that's why I'm back… :D
>
> Anyway, replace those commas with semi-colons and I think it will work.
>
> Hint 2:
> If you are working with a big formula and it doesn't work, hit Ctrl+F2
> (select the cell that you are working with first) and you are able to study
> your formula a little better. For instance you can see sub values by
> placing the cursor on different places in the formula. That way it's a
> little easier to find WHERE the error is.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
>
>
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:22 PM, John Meyer
> > <johnme...@pueblocomputing.com>wrote:
> >
> > > =COUNTIF(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,3,1,,"Bonuses")).$E$1:$E2000,A2)
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:18 PM, John Meyer <
> > johnme...@pueblocomputing.com
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> So I guess I'm doing something wrong here.
> > >>
> > >> =COUNTIF(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,3,1,,"Bonuses")).$E$1:$E2000,A2)
> > >>
> > >> Returns an Err:501.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Coreurus <coreu...@aol.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> <
> > >>> ----- Original Message --(Start-looking-by-there)
> > >>> From: John Meyer >
> > >>> To: <users@openoffice.apache.org>
> > >>> Sent: Saturday, 28 September, 2013 04:40 PM
> > >>> Subject: Re: VLOOKUP vs Macros
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> > I sent that a little too soon.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > The title refers to the fact that I was looking into another
> > solution.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > the sales sheet for each day is broken down with the following
> > >>> information:
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Date, EmpID
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Currently, what I am doing is separating them by date. However, I
> > was
> > >>> > thinking a much less cluttered solution would involve pulling the
> > date
> > >>> > from the bonus calculation field and then doing either a VLOOKUP
> > with a
> > >>> > count or Macro. Where would I start looking if I wanted to do
> either
> > >>> > one of those solutions?
> > >>> > Back to searching for the answer.
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
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