What’s the most complex formula or function you’ve ever created in Excel?

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I once made an array function that was comprised of a lot of nested if functions and index match matches that acted as a sort of cascading workflow to rank the best shipping lane pricing available for individual products
It was fun as hell to make

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Oh yeah I had to turn off auto calculation in that workbook lol

Index match maych, with offset

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probably a model with lots of dependencies that returns a binary answer

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Sadly I don't work too much with Excel at work but I've done a mixture of things. One that I saw with someone else's handiwork was they used the rules function to automatically format the schedules. Labeling the days with colors based off the input letter or numbers. I've had to dablle in the outer side of it since it does total our staff numbers. Mainly to add the exceptions to the normal schedule. They usually use the =COUNT BLANK() However the exception is different since it can't be a normal add 1 or 2 since it gives a self reference error. I don't remember the exact function used but it would piggyback off the rules already inlaid for the sheets to add or subtract staff totals to get an accurate number.

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