Trying to find a formula for counting number of rows

[Tamas_Puskas]

Hey guys im really dumb in Excel, I need some help.

First column is the item, then next one I have records for each, that is the stock. I’m struggling for an hour to find a formula which COUNTS how many rows are there, therefore I have the exact numbers of the rows, which is the stock for each item.

Thanks!

[ScottWorld]

Welcome to the community, @Tamas_Puskas!

Unlike Excel, Airtable doesn’t give us any formulas that can be used for counting/summarizing rows. The exception to this is the rollup field, but this only counts/summarizes rows of linked records from a linked table.

In your case, you will probably want to use the Summary Bar, which automatically gives you a variety of functions to use across rows. You can also group your records to get summaries of individual groups, as well.

[Tamas_Puskas]

Thanks a lot for helping me!

Maybe I wasn’t clear enough: what I want to achieve is the following.

I have a column lets say
A
this has multiple records
x
y
z

I have another column
B
this has multiple records for each:
x :
a
b
c

y:
c
d
e

z:
f
g

I would like to get a 3rd column which is STOCK:
x: 3
y: 3
z : 2
which changes everytime if I delete a row

[ScottWorld]

I’m not sure I understand. Why don’t you post some screenshots or a video of your base?

[Tamas_Puskas]

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So item1 has 4 rows, and I need an automatic counter in “Exact number of stocks” column, which counts how many are there cause its hidden. Item2 has only one item, so stock is 1.

[Tamas_Puskas]

[ScottWorld]

Those aren’t rows, those are line breaks within a rich text field.

That is not the ideal way to setup a database system. The ideal way is to ACTUALLY make each item its own row (i.e. record) in ANOTHER table that you link to via a linked record field. And then you can count the number of linked records by using the count field.

Off the top of my head, I’m not sure how to count number of line breaks in a rich text field. Airtable doesn’t give us any function to count the number of times a character appears within a string of text. I know that you can substitute the line break for commas by using the formula SUBSTITUTE({Field Name},"\n",","), but I’m not sure where to go from there.

Perhaps someone else can chime in on a good trick for counting commas or line breaks, but in the meantime, I would highly recommend setting up your database with proper table & record structure.

[Tamas_Puskas]

Uhh okay, thank you very much!
Can you link me a guide to do that? Basically it’s just a simple thing, but I would really like if it looked something like this.

[ScottWorld · Accepted solution]

Here’s a good guide on how to get started with making tables & linking records:

Airtable - Support

Getting started: making new tables and linking records

If you've been following along with this guide, your table is starting to look pretty robust, with different field types and a variety of different views. (If you haven't been following along with...

[ScottWorld]

ScottWorld:

Perhaps someone else can chime in on a good trick for counting commas or line breaks,

I found a way to do this, thanks to @Justin_Barrett:

Formula for Character-Count Ask the community

@Kaiti_Hill Looks like the quotes in the version above got mangled somehow. Some are straight, others are curled. Try copying this, which is the fixed version that I tested successfully: LEN(Name)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(Name," ","")) + 1

But — you should still go down the path of properly setting up your base! :slightly_smiling_face: