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uxorise3424
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COUNT with Text and multiple OR statements

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:

respondentcolumn1column2column3column4column5question2
111nullnullnullnull
2null1null1nullnull
3null1nullnullnullYes
4nullnull11nullYes
5nullnullnullnull1null
61111nullnull
7nullnullnullnull1null
8nullnullnullnullnullYes
9nullnullnullnullnullYes

* 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!

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

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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