COUNT with Text and multiple OR statements

Anonymous — Mon, 01 May 2023 20:19:09 GMT

Hi All! I am struggling a little with an equation. Overall I am trying to divide count(column1)/count(respondents) in simple terms but it is turning out to be a little harder than that which is where I would appriciate your help. (Also this is my first time posting so if I am missing any info just let me know and I will provide!)

So the behind the scenes of the data is that there is a question being asked and each column is one of the answers to the select all questions. So for example:

What did you enjoy about your stay?

Column 1: The Pool

Column 2: The Food

Column 3: The Staff

Column 4: The Golf Course

Column 5: Nothing

So one reason why we cant just divide by the number of respondents is because there may be a respondent who never got that question and so they shouldn't count in denominator since they never had it. We just want the % of people who selected each option from this survey.

So here is some sample data:

respondent	column1	column2	column3	column4	column5	question2
1	1	1	null	null	null	null
2	null	1	null	1	null	null
3	null	1	null	null	null	Yes
4	null	null	1	1	null	Yes
5	null	null	null	null	1	null
6	1	1	1	1	null	null
7	null	null	null	null	1	null
8	null	null	null	null	null	Yes
9	null	null	null	null	null	Yes

* data is in string(text) format not number format

So what I am currently thinking is

COUNTA(Column1*) / IF (column1) ="1" OR (column2) ="1" OR (column3) ="1" OR (column4) ="1" OR (column5) ="1" THEN count(respondents)

* i would replace this with each column and then put into y-axis field because i want a legend for each of them

But this doesn't work because one, if statement doesn't work with text, and two, i can't do an or statement with more than 2 statements/expressions but that equation is just how my mind is thinking.

Another thing to note is I cant do the sum of the count of each columns because I dont want people who selectd multiple answers count twice because it is a select all that apply question so we want a the % of people that selected that answer not the % of all responses.

I have also tried a switch( true() but i need the OR in there i think.

If you have any suggestions or if i left anything out just let me know! thanks!

Re: COUNT with Text and multiple OR statements

lbendlin — Tue, 02 May 2023 23:37:51 GMT

The syntax is a little off.

DIVIDE(COUNTA(Column1) , IF ( [column1]="1" || [column2] ="1" || [column3] ="1" || [column4] ="1" || [column5] ="1",count(respondents)),0)

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