Questions:
I need an excel formula or VBA to solve below problem. So I need you guys to help me please:)
My problem is :
I have a table as blow with given total request and values. What I need is generate new value and the total of those values should give me closest total to “Total Request”
So the generation of new values should stop when it reach >= Total request.
Given Table :
Total Request 35
Value New Value
1
2
3
14
21
12
Requested Table
Total Request 35
Value New Value
1 1
2 2
3 3
14 14
21
12
Thanks in advance 🙂
How to&Answers:
IF SUM in expanding range
Presuming you have Value column as column A, you can use this formula and copy down. It should stop on sum=20:
=IF(SUM($A$5:A5)<Total_Request;SUM($A$5:A5);"")
Or if you want just the value as an answer:
=IF(SUM($A$5:A5)<Total_Request;A5;"")
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