Hi, I’m a newbie, with mid-level excel experience. I am an analyst and need to analyse phone call data records.
I have solved my problem half way in pivot but wish to make it better as it is not fit for purpose and time consuming and hard to read.
See table 1 below for raw dummy data.
Pivot structure so far: (50% there)
Rows = called no and name 1
Columns = received no and name 2
Value = ref and is a count not sum.
PROBLEM 1:
Noshi calls adder 3 times
Adders call noshi 3 times
The total is 6, however the data is in different columns and hard to read. I have to manually add the total. I would like a total. In reality (see table 1), adders call 3 times and noshi receives 3 times. Noshi also calls 3 times and adders receive 3 times. A way to have a total for 2 way interaction would be useful that equals 6?
PROBLEM 2:
I need to identify common numbers called or received by either party. For example 456 is a common number, 999 and 656 are not. Noshi and adders call 456, but this could be reversed or one side called this number and the other side received from this number, it does not matter, it is a common number. I manually try to see if a number has value in both noshi and adders columns and rows. Is there is a better way to find common numbers called in pivot to identify patterns.
PROBLEM 3:
This is related to the above problem in pivots. Receiving number and name 2 goes in the columns; If I have hundreds of numbers excel can’t handle this and gives an error to many entries. Any solutions to get want I want without this problem? Changing pivot layout?
In real life I may have 20-50 phone attributed to people and thousands of line of data to analyse. Pivot seems ideal for this purpose but happy to try others ideas if you got ideas? Need to analyse data so I will have date and time fields also and need to look at the data to find patterns?
Thank you very much
Adnan
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500, align: center"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]ref[/TD]
[TD]name 1[/TD]
[TD]calling no[/TD]
[TD]receiving no[/TD]
[TD]name 2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 80"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 80"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]456[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 80"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 80"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]456[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 80"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]999[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]656[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
I have solved my problem half way in pivot but wish to make it better as it is not fit for purpose and time consuming and hard to read.
See table 1 below for raw dummy data.
Pivot structure so far: (50% there)
Rows = called no and name 1
Columns = received no and name 2
Value = ref and is a count not sum.
PROBLEM 1:
Noshi calls adder 3 times
Adders call noshi 3 times
The total is 6, however the data is in different columns and hard to read. I have to manually add the total. I would like a total. In reality (see table 1), adders call 3 times and noshi receives 3 times. Noshi also calls 3 times and adders receive 3 times. A way to have a total for 2 way interaction would be useful that equals 6?
PROBLEM 2:
I need to identify common numbers called or received by either party. For example 456 is a common number, 999 and 656 are not. Noshi and adders call 456, but this could be reversed or one side called this number and the other side received from this number, it does not matter, it is a common number. I manually try to see if a number has value in both noshi and adders columns and rows. Is there is a better way to find common numbers called in pivot to identify patterns.
PROBLEM 3:
This is related to the above problem in pivots. Receiving number and name 2 goes in the columns; If I have hundreds of numbers excel can’t handle this and gives an error to many entries. Any solutions to get want I want without this problem? Changing pivot layout?
In real life I may have 20-50 phone attributed to people and thousands of line of data to analyse. Pivot seems ideal for this purpose but happy to try others ideas if you got ideas? Need to analyse data so I will have date and time fields also and need to look at the data to find patterns?
Thank you very much
Adnan
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500, align: center"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]ref[/TD]
[TD]name 1[/TD]
[TD]calling no[/TD]
[TD]receiving no[/TD]
[TD]name 2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 80"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 80"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]456[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 80"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 80"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]456[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 80"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]999[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]656[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]adders[/TD]
[TD]3333[/TD]
[TD]1234[/TD]
[TD]noshi[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]