Adding two formula's together in one cell?

Anonymous
2011-11-06T19:38:01+00:00

I'm now working on a separate work book for our ebay sales, and in one of the cells that outputs the insertion fee is the following:  (Be gentle with me lol, if I've done this the wrong way or it's over winded and could have been done simpler :)  Any way it pulls the insertion fee's from another sheet so that if at a later date they put them up I can just start a new workbook and alter the fee's in that one sheet, but the problem is we sometimes list the same item in two categories so in theory our insertion fee is doubled, so to get around this I have added another column , so now have:  one column with Category One P10, and column two with Category Two R10,  in cell Z10 is the total insertion fee.  But at the moment it just shows the fee's for Category One P10how can I also use the same formula but just add them together?

=IF(AND(N10="Auction",P10="All Categories",T10>=0.01,T10<=0.99),'_Settings'!$M$8,IF(AND(N10="Auction",P10="All Categories",T10>=1,T10<=4.99),'_Settings'!$M$9,IF(AND(N10="Auction",P10="All Categories",T10>=5,T10<=14.99),'_Settings'!$M$10,IF(AND(N10="Auction",P10="All Categories",T10>=15,T10<=29.99),'_Settings'!$M$11,IF(AND(N10="Auction",P10="All Categories",T10>=30,T10<=99.99),'_Settings'!$M$12,IF(AND(N10="Auction",P10="All Categories",T10>=10),'_Settings'!$M$13,IF(AND(N10="Auction",P10="Media Related",T10>=0.01,T10<=0.99),'_Settings'!$M$15,IF(AND(N10="Auction",P10="Media Related",T10>=1),'_Settings'!$M$16,IF(AND(N10="Buy It Now",P10="All Categories"),'_Settings'!$AC$10,IF(AND(N10="Buy It Now",P10="Media Related"),'_Settings'!$AC$11,""))))))))))

Many many thanks in advance for any help, I'm very grateful.

Linda

PS the work book is so that I can see what fee's we are paying and our profit after fees, and so adjust accordingly.

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Anonymous
2011-11-07T10:01:34+00:00

Linda wrote:

Cheers Joe,  here's the linkhttp://www.lindaoraya.talktalk.net/eBay Sales WorkBook.zip

Thank you Joe, still haven't got to bed as yet.  Daughter is ill so, looks like it's going to be a long night :(

Hope you and your daughter managed to get some sleep.

In the meantime, I had a chance to review your past explanations and look at your uploaded file.  I realized that I had misunderstood some of the intended design, mostly due to my ignorance of eBay.

I have uploaded a file with some changes (click here).  That file is an Excel 2003 file.

The primary change is in column Z.  The formula is a correction to my previous efforts, to wit:

=IF(OR(N10="",AND(P10="",R10=""),T10=""), "",

IF(N10="Buy It Now",

IF(P10="",0,IF(P10="All Categories",_Settings!$AC$10,_Settings!$AC$11))

+IF(R10="",0,IF(R10="All Categories",_Settings!$AC$10,_Settings!$AC$11)),

IF(P10="",0,IF(P10="Media Related",

IF(T10<1,_Settings!$M$15,_Settings!$M$16),VLOOKUP(T10,_Settings!$G$8:$M$13,7)))

+IF(R10="",0,IF(R10="Media Related",

IF(T10<1,_Settings!$M$15,_Settings!$M$16),VLOOKUP(T10,_Settings!$G$8:$M$13,7)))))

A significant change is:  you do not need the table I suggested in X1:Y6.  Your existing table in _Settings!$G$8:$M$13 will suffice.

I suspect that the values in P10 and R10 are mutually exclusive if both are specified.  That is, if P10 is "All Categories", I suspect that R10 is "Media Related" or empty; and vice versa.  I also suspect that P10 will never be empty when R10 is non-empty.  That is, you always use Category 1 first and only optionally also use Category 2.

Those observations might lead to some simplification of the formula.  But I suspect only minor simplifications; for example, we probably do not need IF(P10="",0.  But we still need IF(R10="",0.

If you confirm the observations above, I could look to see how much we can simplify the formula, if you wish.  But I think it works well as is, and I suspect it is not overly complicated.

Note that I also made a number of other minor improvements in some unrelated formulas.

  1. I simplified the SUM formulas in C4 and G4.  Note that SUM can have at least as many as 30 parameters (XL2003 limit).  XL2007 might permit more.  I don't know.
  2. I simplified the IF formulas in columns AP, AR and AZ.  Let me know if you have any questions.  In general, it is not necessary to test both of two complementary conditions.  The change in column AZ also includes an arithmetic simplification.
  3. I changed the lower limits in G8 and G15 in the _Settings worksheet from 0.01 to 0.00.  That also required a format change for 0 values (3rd field).  Although column T in the "eBay Sales" worksheet might never be zero, it is better to have 0.00 in the lookup table for technical reasons.  "Defensive programming".  Nevertheless, if you insist on 0.01, it probably will work that way.

Hope that helps.

[EDIT] PS:  I forgot to mention a change that I did not make.  I noticed some content in T1011:U1017 in the "eBay Sales" worksheet.  I'm not sure what they are doing there; I did not find any formulas dependent on that data.  I suspect it should be removed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-11-07T21:00:11+00:00

    Ok Joe the thing I can't work out how you did, and don't understand is how it knows which price band is used when listing price is the factor?

    Maybe it's just my brain tonight lol..

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-11-07T20:57:18+00:00

    No, tbh it's really only IE that doesn't adhere to protocol, hence why most web designers have to write work arounds in their CSS to allow for IE going into quirks mode.  

    Which is why (in newer versions) you see the compatibility mode option in IE, the little icon next to the address bar that looks like a piece of paper torn in two lol...  If only they adhered to protocol they wouldn't need to have that!  IMHO Firefox is the best, as it's open source and usually any holes that are found are plugged pretty quickly.  As there are so many thousands of people around the world working to keep it secure.  Were as MS are renowned for not sharing their source, hence why so many viruses are written and aimed at them lol..   So in short  I  think it's just convenience as in less hassle to them.. 

    It can be dangerous to allow html, as some people abuse it by adding scripts to spread viruses etc.  But if it's been coded correctly it's not dangerous.

    Yes I use a php script to change code entered into the sites I design.  Some times it's just so it doesn't brake your code, and other times it's for aesthetic reasons.

    Linda

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-11-07T19:55:51+00:00

    [EDIT] PS:  I forgot to mention a change that I did not make.  I noticed some content in T1011:U1017 in the "eBay Sales" worksheet.  I'm not sure what they are doing there; I did not find any formulas dependent on that data.  I suspect it should be removed.

    Ah just realised this is the data for the drop down lists, usually I have it coloured the same colour as the page. (so you don't see it)  I did the drop down lists to make sure no one miss spelt words which would have returned false.  So hence the items that HAD to be a certain word I did the drop down list.

    Still reading, daughter keeps interrupting me lol.  kids, so have to keep stopping : D  Back in a few.

    Linda

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-11-07T18:43:50+00:00

    Linda wrote (presumably about highlighting quoted text):

    OMG, they really like to complicate matters here at Microsoft answers lol..  I don't know why they don't allow basic html editing.  It would make life so much easier!  They can always set it to allow only certain html. 

    They should hire you.  But "they" is a third party, not Microsoft.  BTW, they did indeed used to allow HTML editing.  They purposely took away that feature.  I don' t know why.

    Hmm....  I'm not very knowledgeable about HTML, but I wonder if they removed the feature because the supported HTML varies from browser to browser, and they want to ensure compatibility across platforms.  Just a WAG.  Probably wrong.  When I tested the feature in the past, I learned that the server changed the HTML tags after submittal, presumably following a single standard anyway.  In any case, the point is:  perhaps they are trying to avoid some compatibility issues, je ne sais quoi.

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