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vlookup for large data set

EC55
8 - Asteroid

Hi Community

 

I am working with a super large data set (this is some sample data) where I have the spend per employee, per month over a period of time (12 months). 

 

EmployeeFeb Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Grand Total 
Jane Smith  $       385.00-$      180.02 $       27.09    $        232.07
Bob Apple439.84 $   2,856.06 $       174.99 $       14.99    $     3,485.88
Betty Davis11280.84 $ 15,134.90 $ 15,407.19 $ 5,547.34  $ 10,040.90  $   57,411.17
Elton John  $       586.50 $         24.20  $ 2,674.56   $     3,285.26
Dylan Bobby   $       719.87  $ 4,267.34 $   6,802.04  $   11,789.25
Francis Smith    $    134.30 $ 1,320.09 $   1,717.75  $     3,172.14

 

I want to run a script in Alteryx which basically says 'find the highest monthly spend over the 12 month period for this employee' and repeat that for every singe employee in the dataset. 

 

This was accomplished fairly simply in Excel with the following formula (=MAX(C5:I5)) which gave me a table like this: 

Name Max Spend/Month 
Jane Smith $                       385.00
Bob Apple $                    2,856.06
Betty Davis $                  15,407.19
Elton John $                    2,674.56
Dylan Bobby $                    6,802.04
Francis Smith $                    1,717.75

 

that I could then perform further analysis on. 

 

I have been trawling through old community posts and have seen variations of the cross tab, summarise and formula tools offered as suggestions but unfortunately I just cannot get them to work in this instance. 

 

Help appreciated! 🙂 

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fmvizcaino
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @EC55 ,

 

If you don't want to use a dataset manipulation to achieve that, I suggest you to use the max function as well.

 

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Best,

Fernando Vizcaino

EC55
8 - Asteroid

Hi Fernando

 

Thank you so much, I had actually tried this formula but I think I must have had the syntax incorrect somehow as it didnt like it. I copied yours and it worked perfectly - thank you!!!! 

 

Really appreciate the fast response. 

 

Have a great rest of the week

Elyse 

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