CEILING Function

Rounds a number away from zero to the nearest specified multiple of significance.

Sintassi

CEILING(number, multiple)
  • number
    The number to round
  • multiple
    The nearest multiple of significance in which to round. Numbers with up to five decimals are allowed.

Utilizzo esempio 

CEILING([Price Per Unit]1, 2)

Utilizzo note

If you want to round a number up to a specified number of decimal places, use ROUNDUP.

Esempi

Example 1

You are collecting the minutes spent on a task, but for billing purposes, it needs to be in multiples of 15 minutes. You can use CEILING to round up the exact time duration to a multiple of 15.

=CEILING([Meeting Length]@row, 15)

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Example 2

You have a list of products with their Normal Price and available Discount percentages to create a Discount Price. The Final Price for the item must be a multiple of 0.25. You can use CEILING to round the calculated Discount Price to the next acceptable value to produce the Final Price.

=CEILING([Discount Price]@row, 0.25)

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Example 3

You collect orders for individual products that must be ordered by the case. The quantity of items in each case varies. You can use CEILING to round up the Total Ordered to the next multiple of Case Quantity and then determine the total number of cases needed.

=CEILING([Total Ordered]@row, [Case Quantity]@row) / [Case Quantity]@row

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