Use Case: Golf irrigation valve assembly ordering. My boss said:
Hey [piratecheese13], I don't want this part summary to include blanks between [dynamic arrays] and I want to add and remove things to the [precedent to the array]
I have suggested inserting and deleting rows as needed. This is not a solution. She wants to get my list, add and remove rows from the precedent to the array, and send it to a vendor for ordering. Any work she does beyond that, is work she'd rather I do before it gets to her.
I have a neat little Dynamic Array function =FILTER(PartsAndQuantities1,(Parts1<>"")*(IF(Quantities1=0,"",Quantities1)<>""))and it works flawlessly to summarize while removing 0 counts and blank rows. The next step is to insert the same exact formula for a different range without risking a spill if a row is added or a blank if a row is removed
Here's that function in green working as intended with a 2nd function in red manually typed below
Here's what happens if my boss decides to remove a fitting from F9. She sees a blank in the summary a half hour later and assumes there was an error. Again, easily solved by removing a row but that's not an option.
Here's what happens if my boss decides to add a fitting to F12. She sees #Spill! and knows there is an error Again, easily solved by inserting rows but that's not an option.
Things I Have Attempted:
Just stick an & Between 2 functions. I really thought this would work but
this results in F7&F18 and G7&G18 etc as & appears to do work on every line instead of starting after the first FILTER() completes. adding parentheticals around each filter changes nothing. Using + results in value error. Nesting the function within AND() only ever results in Booleans TRUE & FALSE
I've also tried this tutorial on CHOOSE() which handles multiple arrays but only one column and seems like it wouldn't fit
Note: my boss doesn't want to insert lines to solve spill errors, she REALY doesn't want to deal with macro enabled workbooks
