Column A is date
Column B is criteria
I want to find the MIN
date for each criteria. I tried using Ctrl+Shift+Enter with
=MIN(MATCH(B2,B:B,0))
but thats not quite right because I need to refer to Column A
somehow to get the date. I'm pretty confident this can be done with arrays, so any help would be great.
Try this (array formula):
=MIN(IF(B2=B:B,A:A))
An even more compact array formula is:
=MINIF(B2=B:B,A:A)
NOTE 1: Complete using Ctrl+Shift+Enter
to enter the formula as an array formula.
NOTE 2: The two-formula method (i.e., using =MIN(IF(B2=B:B,A:A))
) is more flexible and works in more cases than the single-formula method shown here but I've included it as an answer as a possible option.
=SMALL(INDEX(($F$2:$F$14=F3)*$D$2:$D$14,),SUM(COUNTA(F:F)-COUNTIF(F:F,F3)))
If your criteria is repeated and want to find the min date for that you can use this without shift+ctrl + enter function.
- date is
D
column
- criteria is
F
column