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Filtering/returning most recent record

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Filtering/returning most recent record

If I run a list of employees and salary history, some will have multiple rows and some will have just one or two. Is it possible to return just the most recent two quickly rather than having to do it manually?

Edited on Mon 26 Feb 2024, 10:24

RE: Filtering/returning most recent record

Hi Rachel,

Thank you for the interesting and challenging forum question.

You cannot filter by your conditions but you can use functions.

Please find attached file. The source is in the table tool and the table is named tblEmployees.


Please find my explanations top to the right in the Excel file.

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Attached files...

last two records.xlsx

Mon 4 Mar 2024: Automatically marked as resolved.

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