Random Number Generator Excluding Numbers Already in Cells

georgia92

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Hi! I am trying to allocate a number of records that each need to be reviewed by 3 people, and randomly allocate them as the primary, secondary, and tertiary reviewer.
So I need to randomly generate 1, 2 and 3 in a random order next to each record, but the numbers cannot double up (ie cannot be 1,1,3 - every record must have 1 2 and 3).

I have so far easily randomly allocated 1 2 or 3 in the first cell (RANDBETWEEN) and then in the second cell used =SMALL(IF(A1={1,2,3},"",{1,2,3}),RANDBETWEEN(1,2)) but I have having trouble figuring out to say " if 1 and 2 is present, then insert 3. If 1 and 3 are present, then insert 2. If 2 and 3 are present, then insert 1".

Sorry that is probably a terrible explanation but hopefully someone understands what I'm trying to do!
 

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Here's one way you could do this:

Book8
ABCD
1
2312
3123
4321
5213
6231
7231
8132
9231
10132
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:B10B2=RANDBETWEEN(1,3)
C2:C10C2=1+MOD(B2+RANDBETWEEN(0,1),3)
D2:D10D2=6-SUM(B2:C2)
 
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If you wanted to go for a single formula for all of them you could try this one.

23 07 19.xlsm
ABCD
1
2Record 1132
3Record 2231
4Record 3123
5Record 4132
6Record 5132
Reviewers
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:D6B2=AGGREGATE(15,6,{1,2,3}/ISNA(MATCH({1,2,3},$A2:A2,0)),RANDBETWEEN(1,3-COUNT($A2:A2)))
 
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