Select record based on conditions

[markuddel]

I'm breaking my head on this one and I can't find a logic way to resolve this.
I have an excel worksheet with a table containing work records for all my technicians. The records are grouped by technician / device relation using an id code in the first column (column A). I need to filter or (even better create an helper cell) allowing me to select a number of records (rows) specified in the 4th column (target). It is possible at times that I have more rows available than needed and for some records I might have less records available than specified in column 4 (target).

 

[etaf]

have you solved this, i dont quite follow what you need - can you give some examples
column 4 "target' just has a 3 in
not sure what you need to do with that 3
is it 3 rows ,
or do you want all the records with a 3 in the target row

A helper column
=IF( column4 = "3", "yes","no")
replce column4 with the column itself and row - ie D2
nd copy down
now you can filter on Yes

BUT why not filter on column 4 with 3

Note: Images are difficult to see , and also requires that I input all the data myself, which is very time consuming.

A SMALL sample spreadsheet, around 10-20 rows, would help a lot here, with all sensitive data removed, and expected results mocked up and manually entered, with a few notes of explanation.

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You can also test to see if it works ok, in the "Test Here" forum.

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OR if you cannot get XL2BB to work, or have restrictions on your PC , then put the sample spreadsheet onto a share
I only tend to goto OneDrive, Dropbox or google docs , as I'm never certain of other random share sites and possible virus.