How to show the column that data first appear

tuanvu

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Hi all

I have an Excel file as attached which show months in which we have order from customers.

Could you please help me the formula to show the month in which the customer first bought our product?

I have attached both the Excel file and an example picture.

Thank

File:
https://files.fm/u/k4k9zk6t

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2Customer IDNew customer in monthJan-17Feb-17Mar-17Apr-17May-17Jun-17Jul-17Aug-17Sep-17Oct-17Nov-17Dec-17Jan-18Feb-18Mar-18Apr-18May-18Jun-18
31Nov-173211141
42Jan-17111121444732011106
53Mar-171211114142
64Apr-17262113
75Aug-171421
86Mar-1731121211368691
97Jan-1734202122545177412
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C3{=INDEX(D$2:U$2,,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(D3:U3),0))}
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter array formulas.
 
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[TD]Array Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
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[TH="width: 10px"]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
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[TD="align: left"]{=INDEX(D$2:U$2,,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(D3:U3),0))}[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
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Interestingly, your formula works even if you don't skip over the row argument...

=INDEX(D$2:U$2,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(D3:U3),0))

Here is an alternate (still array-entered**) formula that will also work...

=INDEX(D$2:U$2,MATCH(TRUE,D3:U3<>"",0))

**Commit this formula using CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER and not just Enter by itself
 
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