If the answer was already provided, please feel free to post the link, but I did not see one.
This is a real estate example. I have a table of a lot of properties and information. One of the fields is "Occupancy." I am trying to use the AVERAGE OFFSET functions combined with CELL and INDEX/MATCH to calculate the average Occupancy of the top 5 and top 10 buildings in this table. To accomplish this, I wanted to create a "Summary Table" below the Property table to list the averages.
Specifically:
For OFFSET, in the "Reference" section, I want to look up "Occupancy" in my summary cell, use INDEX MATCH to find "Occupancy" in the table, and then;
I want the Cell Reference returned AS A VALUE and then move one row down and then highlight the top 5.
Most importantly, I want everything cell referenced without hardcoding or navigating the table to highlight the cell reference. I am not sure if this is possible, but after pouring through a bunch of articles, I am having trouble finding a solution.
To make things simple, let's pull out all the columns I had in the original table and go off the below. Assume all the data types are in the proper format:
**COLUMN A** **COLUMN B**
ROW 1 | Properties | Occupancy |
ROW 2 | Property A | 58% |
ROW 3 | Property B | 56% |
ROW 4 | Property C | 77% |
ROW 5 | Property D | 85% |
ROW 6 | Property E | 92% |
ROW 7
ROW 8 |Top 5 | | 'NOTE: I used a custom formula to format:
"Top "#. Please do not think this is text.
ROW 10|Occupancy | **CODE HERE**| 'Format is "General"
ROW 11| | |
ROW 12| | |
Here's how I initially coded it in B10:
'=AVERAGE(OFFSET(CELL("address",INDEX($A$1:$B$1,MATCH(A10,$A$1:$B$1,0))),1,0,5,1))
I am getting "there is a problem with your formula" since I am guessing it is due to the cell returning text in lieu of the cell reference as a value. So I error checked myself and stripped out the AVERAGE, OFFSET and put this is B11:
'=CELL("address",INDEX($A$1:$B$1,MATCH(A10,$A$1:$B$1,0)))
I know I get $B$1, so I then put $B$1 to replace the CELL function within B10 to see if my average offset is wrong:
=AVERAGE(OFFSET($B$1,1,0,5,1))
I now get the right solution since I went and hardcoded the reference, which does not solve the issue.
If I use INDIRECT and then CELL in B12:
'=INDIRECT(CELL("address",INDEX($A$1:$B$1,MATCH(A10,$A$1:$B$1,0))))
I then get the title "Occupancy" and not the cell reference.
Obviously, I am aware of the fact that the CELL function will return text and not a value. I can't use INDIRECT because when I do, INDIRECT will just display the title of the column in text and not return the cell reference as a value. ADDRESS is not useful because you have to hardcode and the goal is to have zero hardcodes.
How can I code finding the cell reference of specific text in a table without actually going to the table to cell reference when I am building out my OFFSET function?
As you can see, I went through a variety of ways to dissect the problem and I would appreciate anyone's help to come to a solution. Thanks in advance.