There is 2 common formula’s that we use to get the data into the table
The first is a simple “display cell contents in another cell” or =Ref
=IF(ISBLANK(Data!BP12),"",Data!BP12)
That is used to get the data in the area highlighted in the red square, generally information that relates to the Main inventory item (Materials) and any thing that uses a Keyword in the group options (ITEMWIDTH, QTY, DESCN)
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Second Formula option - the Lookup
Lookups are used to return the answers from the group options
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I know those pictures are hard to see but there is a lot of data in the tab, when you have your jobsheet open it will be easier to see all the data.
Lookup example
For this example I have added a question “Opening or Make” to my group options and now I want to insert this into my jobsheet.
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Make sure that is referencing the HEADING, my Heading is “SIZES” just for your information but your column might not be in G10 so make sure they align
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Hopefully that all works for you
Job Sheet Considerations
Job Sheets are processed left to right and top to bottom. Excel will sometimes compensate for not sticking to this rule but Aspose, the program BUZ uses to generate the PDF's from Excel does not. So this means that a sheet cannot refer to cells on another sheet to the right of the current one because it will not have it values calculated at that point in the process.
Cells in the body of the job sheet (the area that grows when number of line items exceed template) must NOT BE MERGED.
To spread text across multiple cells:
Select the cells value is to spread across on the first row.
Right click, select Format Cells, Alignment and Centre Across Selection and then copy down.
Formating for Inches (Fractions)
Select cell(s) to be formatted.
Right click cell(s), select Format Cells, Number
Select Category: Fraction
Select desired Type
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Note: If format doesn't work it is because Excel treats the number as text so type +0 on the end and that forces Excel to treat it as a number.
Using Excel Name Manager
Named Areas are added using Name Manager, in Excel 2013 this is found on the FORMULAS tab near the middle.
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4. The box opens and Type the Name, in Scope select the sheet being referenced and then click where the red arrow is pointing and select the cell containing the value. Click OK.
Job Sheet Formula Explanations
Formula used to produce a “due date”
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If follow-up date equals Sunday then follow-up date plus 1 day
Common Formula's used in BUZ
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Formula
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Explaination
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Example
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=Cell
by pressing = then selecting a cell this will show the value of a cell (that may be in another tab) in the cell you require
Where you see Data! in the fomula like
=Data!BF5
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Generally all of your information will come from the data tab, unless you have deductions or reference tables, but we will get to that later.
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=Data!BF5
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=Cell1&"."&Cell2
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this will add 2 cells together with a . between them
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=Data!BC5&"."&Data!BD5
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=CONCATENATE(Cell1,".",Cell2)
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essentially the same as above but works on older versions of excel
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=CONCATENATE(Data!BC5,".",Data!BD5)
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=TRIM(Cell1)
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TRIM function returns a text value with the leading and trailing spaces removed.
=TRIM(Data!AX5)
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=bpLOOKUP()
Essentially a Vlookup with an extra variable for the search
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help relating to othe pages that can be added to a job sheet click on one of the links below
Job sheet - BUZ 3 to BUZ Cloud
Errors that may occur
Why does my order not have a job tracking status?
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=PROPER(cell reference)
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=MID(Cell reference,start number,amount of characters after the start number)
=MID(H14,6,99)
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=VLOOKUP
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=MATCH
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=IF
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=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("-",B2)),"E","")
If a cell contains a character return a value
For the example on the left
if cell B2 contains a -
then show E in the cell that the formula is being written
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=LEFT(B1,FIND(“|”,B1)-1) | =RIGHT(B1,LEN(B1)-FIND("_",B1)) | ||
A | B | C | |
1 | Chain|OPCHAIN | Chain | OPCHAIN |
2 | Motor 3.3v|MTR33 | Motor 3.3v | MTR33 |
3 | Motor Solar|MTRSOL | Motor Solar | MTRSOL |
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