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Running count group by n size in Excel

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This tutorial shows how to Running count group by n size in Excel using the example below;

Formula

=CEILING(COUNTA(expanding_range)/size,1)

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Explanation

To creating a running count of groups of a variable size, you can use the COUNTA and CEILING function. In the example shown, C5 contains this formula:

=CEILING(COUNTA($B$5:B5)/size,1)

where “size” is the named range F4.

How this formula works

The core of this formula is the COUNTA function, configured with an expanding range like this:

COUNTA($B$5:B5)

As the formula is copied down the column, the range starting with B5 expands to include each new row, and COUNTA returns a running count of all non-blank entries in the range.

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The result of COUNTA is then divided by “size”, configured as a named range F4. Using a cell on the worksheet for group size allows the grouping to be changed at any time without editing the formula. The named range is used only for readability and convenience.

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The resulting value is then processed by the CEILING function, with a significance of 1. CEILING is a rounding function that always rounds up to the next unit of significance. In this example, this causes fractional values to be rounded up to the next integer.

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Handling empty cells

If the range you are counting contains blank or empty cells, you can wrap the formula inside the IF function like this:

=IF(B5<>"",CEILING(COUNTA($B$5:B5)/size,1),"")

Here, we run the counting and rounding operation described above only when the cell in column B is not blank. If it is blank, we skip the count and return an empty string.

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