pulling distinct data to another sheet

I have a worksheet which I am working metrics on a separate worksheet. I have a list of courses on the main sheet and they can be duplicates. What I am trying to do is pulling those distinct courses onto another worksheet and I can use count how many times they are used for, but I need to pull that distinct courses from a worksheet -

So

Worksheet A

Course 1

Course 2

Course 1

Course 1

Course 2


Then i want to pull those courses onto another worksheet - but distinct -

Course 1

Course 2

How would I do that?

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  • Paul Newcome
    Paul Newcome ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    You would need a helper column on the metrics sheet (called "Number" in this example). You would manually enter the numbers 1 - whatever to cover the maximum number of possible unique classes. I also suggest a bit of a buffer just in case.


    Then the formula to pull in the distinct list would be

    =IFERROR(INDEX(DISTINCT({Course List}),[email protected]), "")

    thinkspi.com

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  • Paul Newcome
    Paul Newcome ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    You would need a helper column on the metrics sheet (called "Number" in this example). You would manually enter the numbers 1 - whatever to cover the maximum number of possible unique classes. I also suggest a bit of a buffer just in case.


    Then the formula to pull in the distinct list would be

    =IFERROR(INDEX(DISTINCT({Course List}),[email protected]), "")

    thinkspi.com

  • @Paul Newcome

    Thanks, it works. I just wished that there is a way for us to do that without the "helper" column, but I am able to get what I need with your suggestion.

    Thank you!

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@Carol-Anne Cerbone<\/a> <\/p>

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