Count record when find similar variables

[dchandler]

Hello,

Hope you can help me to find out what tool can I use to add a column where it Counts 1 when find an unique record based on 4 variables and count 2+ when find a duplicate record based on the same 4 variables.

Please see the image below:

There are 3 records with the same value at Num_Cheque, di_institucion, di_nombre and Min_Fecha Proceso. I want to add a column that shows a 1 in the row of the record # 11, a 2 to the record #12 and a 3 to the record #13.

Thanks a lot, greetings from Panama.

[JohnJPS]

Greetings from Wisconsin!

I believe the Multirow Formula tool will work for this. Make sure to sort by the column you're assessing first; then use the Multirow Formula to you create a new variable, say "rank", with default of 1 unless your assessed"m variable is the same as that of thr previous row, in which case you take the previous row's new variable ("rank") + 1.

Hope that helps!

[vishwa_0308 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

here is the solution :

Make a column say "count"==1 and then in multi-row formula you can compare like :

if [Row-1:ID]==[ID] and [Row-1:NAME]==[NAME] then [Row-1:Count]+1 else [Count] endif

this will count further if same no. of records exists in rows.

[dchandler]

Thanks a lot! Both answers helped a lot to understand how to figure it out. The formula of vishwa worked... the only fix to the formula is: if [Row-1:ID]==[ID] and [Row-1:NAME]==[NAME] then [Row-1:Count]+1 else [Row-1:Count] endif