DMAX Function (Functions in Excel)

Product	Wattage	Life Hours	Brand	Unit Cost	Box Quantity	Boxes In Stock	Value Of Stock
Bulb	200	3000	Horizon	£4.50	4	3	£54.00
Neon	100	2000	Horizon	£2.00	15	2	£60.00
Spot	60						£0.00
Other	10	8000	Sunbeam	£0.80	25	6	£120.00
Bulb	80	1000	Horizon	£0.20	40	3	£24.00
Spot	100	unknown	Horizon	£1.25	10	4	£50.00
Spot	200	3000	Horizon	£2.50	15	0	£0.00
Other	25	unknown	Sunbeam	£0.50	10	3	£15.00
Bulb	200	3000	Sunbeam	£5.00	3	2	£30.00
Neon	100	2000	Sunbeam	£1.80	20	5	£180.00
Bulb	100	unknown	Sunbeam	£0.25	10	5	£12.50
Bulb	10	800	Horizon	£0.20	25	2	£10.00
Bulb	60	1000	Sunbeam	£0.15	25	0	£0.00
Bulb	80	1000	Sunbeam	£0.20	30	2	£12.00
Bulb	100	2000	Horizon	£0.80	10	5	£40.00
Bulb	40	1000	Horizon	£0.10	20	5	£10.00

To calculate largest Value Of Stock of a particular Brand of bulb.

	Brand	These two cells are the Criteria range.
Type the brand name :	Horizon

The MAX value of Horizon is :

£60.00

=DMAX(B3:I19,I3,E23:E24)

What Does It Do ?

This function examines a list of information and produces the largest value from a specified column.

Syntax

=DMAX(DatabaseRange,FieldName,CriteriaRange)

The DatabaseRange is the entire list of information you need to examine, including the

field names at the top of the columns.

The FieldName is the name or cell, of the values to pick the Max from, such as "Value Of Stock" or I3.

The CriteriaRange is made up of two types of information.

The first set of information is the name, or names, of the Fields(s) to be used as the basis

for selecting the records, such as the category Brand or Wattage.

The second set of information is the actual record, or records, which are to be selected, such

as Horizon as a brand name, or 100 as the wattage.

Formatting

No special formatting is needed.

Examples

The largest Value Of Stock of a particular Product of a particular Brand.

	Product	Brand
	Bulb	sunbeam
The largest value is :	£30.00	=DMAX(B3:I19,I3,E49:F50)

This is the same calculation but using the name "Value Of Stock" instead of the cell address.

£30.00

=DMAX(B3:I19,"Value Of Stock",E49:F50)

The largest Value Of Stock of a Bulb equal to a particular Wattage.

	Product	Wattage
	Bulb	100
The largest Value Of Stock is :	£40.00	=DMAX(B3:I19,"Value Of Stock",E60:F61)

The largest Value Of Stock of a Bulb less than a particular Wattage.

	Product	Wattage
	Bulb	<100
The largest Value Of Stock is :	£24.00	=DMAX(B3:I19,"Value Of Stock",E67:F68)

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