How to make countifs and sumifs operate as "OR" instead of "AND" - excel

I am trying to make a formula that uses SUMIFS and COUNTIFS to find an average of numbers with one of two criteria from different columns. So I want it to add the numbers in one column if the criteria is met in either range 1 or range 2 or both, not if its met only for both. And I need to do the same for the COUNTIFS.
Right now I have it formatted as
=SUM(SUMIF(XX:XX,"<130"ZZ:ZZ),SUMIF(YY:YY,"<80",ZZ:ZZ))/SUM(COUNTIF(XX:XX,"<130"ZZ:ZZ),COUNTIF(YY:YY,"<80",ZZ:ZZ))
But I know it is adding some numbers twice since it goes down both columns and counts the ones that have both, twice.
This is my attempt in using COUNTIF to work as COUNTIFS as an OR operator instead of AND, does anybody have any suggestions?

You can do it combining 2 SUMPRODUCTS, 1 to get the sum of all values that met criteria, and a second one to count how many values met criteria, and then do the average.
In this case I want to get the average of values in column A only if column B or C equals to 1. The green values are the only ones that meet this requirement, a total of 8 values.
If we do (3+4+5+7+8+9+11+12) we get 59, and 59/8=7.375, the result of my formula
My formula is:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(((B1:B15<2)+(C1:C15<2))<>0);A1:A15)/SUMPRODUCT(--(((B1:B15<2)+(C1:C15<2))<>0))
The first SUMPRODUCT will return the sum value:
SUMPRODUCT(--(((B1:B15<2)+(C1:C15<2))<>0);A1:A15)
This is how it works:
(B1:B15<2) will return an array or False/True if value is <2. In this case we get {0;0;1;1;1;0;0;1;1;0;1;1;0;0;0}
(C1:C15<2) same than before, but in column C, so we get {0;0;1;1;1;0;1;1;0;0;1;1;0;0;0}
--(((B1:B15<2)+(C1:C15<2))<>0) The double unary operator will check if the sum of both previous arrays are distinct to 0 (that means that ROW is valid), returning 1 if true, 0 if false. so it returns {0;0;1;1;1;0;1;1;1;0;1;1;0;0;0}
We multiply array from step 3 with values in column A and we sum them up, obtaining 59
The second SUMPRODUCT works exactly the same, but there isn't step 4, so we get just a sum of 1 and 0 to get how many values meet criteria, in this case 8.
And finally 59/8=7.375

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SUMIF but for products?

I have a table like the following:
X 1
X 3
X 2
Y 2
Y 5
Z 3
Z 4
I know I could use SUMIF to calculate the sum of the second column for each value in the first column, e.g., =SUMIF(A1:A7,"X",B1:B7) would give me the sum of values for X: 1+3+2=6. However, I want the product of values in the second column for each value in the first column. I.e., the output would be:
A 6
B 10
C 12
When I try to search for SUMIF but for product, I only see suggestions to use SUMPRODUCT, but that multiplies arrays together and then adds their values, whereas I don't want to sum anything, just multiply all the values within a column.
My only idea is to create a new column with the log of the values, then do EXP(SUMIF(...)) to get the product. However, this will not work if any values are 0 or negative. Is there any way to directly compute the product I want?
If one has the Dynamic Array formula FiLTER:
=PRODUCT(FILTER(B1:B7,A1:A7="X",0))
You can also use a Pivot Table:
There are probably cleverer* ways, but you could use this array formula:
=PRODUCT(IF($A$1:$A$7=D1,$B$1:$B$7))
*Edit - as I said, see Scott's answer. I always forget the new formulas.

Excel formula: make the average depending on a cell

I want to make a formula that turns in a VBA code that makes the average for column A even though there are some 0 there. I want to divide it by a the number in a cell that counts the objects in column A.
I used to use this formula, but it divides my sum incorrectly because I have 0's (I want to keep the 0's there):
=AVERAGE(Sheet1!$B$2:$B$10000)
The easiest way to do this, is to get the total of column B by using sum(B:B) (or a more specific range, if you want), and the amount of non-blank cells in column A by using counta(A:A) (in my comment I used count which only counts the amount of numbers in the range, counta should count all non-blank cells). You can then divide the former by the latter to get the number you are looking for, resulting in a formula looking something like
=SUM(B:B)/COUNTA(A:A)
If you already have the count of column A in a cell (e.g. E3), it's even simpler, just use something like
=SUM(B:B)/E3
You can use AverageIf for such a purpose, as you can see in my example:
Row/Column A B C D
1
2 2 =AVERAGE(B2:B5) => value 3
3 4 =AVERAGEIF(B2:B5;"<>0") => value 4
4 0
5 6

EXCEL Formula: Multiply SUMIFS outcome with the corresponding row value from a different column

I am trying to use SUMIFS and multiply its output with the a values from the corresponding row. Example:
Example
In This example I will use just 1 criteria for the SUMIFS, but the concept remains the same:
SUMIFS(C2:C5; B2:B5; "=Sum"). This would return 5 + 6 = 11
Now I want to multiple that by the corresponding probability. Meaning 5 * 50% + 6 * 20%: SUMIFS(C2:C5; B2:B5; "=Sum") *
Any idea how to include the probability in the equation?
Thanks!
You can't use SUMIFS for this unless you add a helper column - try using SUMPRODUCT instead
=SUMPRODUCT((B2:B5="Sum")+0;C2:C5;D2:D5)
SUMPRODUCT multiplies all the arrays/ranges and then sums the result, so we can include your value and probability ranges with a conditional array based on "Sum" in the include range
With a helper column you can just use column E to multiply C and D, e.g. this formula in E2 copied down
=C2*D2
and then use SUMIFS like this
=SUMIFS(E2:E5;B2:B5;"Sum")

Ranking in Excel with multiple criteria

For example, I need to create a merit list of few student based on total marks (column C), then higher marks in math (column B) -
A B C D
-------------------------
Student1 80 220 1
Student2 88 180 3
Student3 90 180 2
Expected merit position is given in column D.
I can use RANK function but I can only do that for one column (total number). If total number of multiple student is equal, I could not find any solution of this.
You can try this one in D1
=COUNTIF($C$1:$C$99,">"&C1)+1+SUMPRODUCT(--($C$1:$C$99=C1),--($B$1:$B$99>B1))
and then copy/fill down.
let me know if this helps.
Explanation
Your first criteria sits in column C, and the second criteria sits in Column B.
Basically, first it is counting the number of entries ($C$1:$C$99) that are bigger than the entry itself ($C1). For the first one in the ranking, you will get zero, therefore you need to add 1 to each result (+1).
Until here, you will get duplicate rankings if you have the same value twice. Therefore you need to add another argument to do some extra calculations based on the second criteria:
To resolve the tie situation, you need to sumproduct two array formulas and add the result to the previous argument, the goal is to find the number of entries that are equal to this entry with $C$1:$C$99=C1 and have a bigger value in the second criteria column $B$1:$B$99>B1:
you add -- to convert TRUE and FALSE to 0s and 1s so that you can multiply them:
SUMPRODUCT(--($C$1:$C$99=C1),--($B$1:$B$99>B1))
the first array is to see how many ties you have in the first criteria. And the second array is to find the number of bigger values than the entry itself.
Note you can add as many entries as you like to your columns, but remember to update the ranges in the formula, currently it is set to 99, you can extend it to as many rows as you want.
Sometimes a helper column will provide a quick and calculation-efficient solution. Adding the math marks to the total marks as a decimal should produce a number that will rank according to your criteria. In an unused column to the right, use this formula in row 2,
=C2+B2/1000
Fill down as necessary. You can now use a conventional RANK function on this helper column like =RANK(D2, D$2:D$9) for your ranking ordinals.
Very simple (or, at least, much more simpler that the one provided by the best answer) 'math' solution: do a linear combination with weights.
Do something like
weighted_marks = 10*colC + colB
then sort weighted marks using simple rank function.
It does solve your problem, bulding the ranking you need.
If you don't like to limit the number of rows or the numbers used in the criteria, Jeeped's approach can be extended. You can use the following formulas in cells D2 to L2, assuming that there are three criteria, the first one in column A, the second one in column B, and the third one in column C:
=RANK($A2,$A:$A,1)
=RANK($B2,$B:$B,1)
=D2*2^27+E2
=RANK(F2,F:F,1)
=RANK($C2,$C:$C,1)
=G2*2^27+H2
=RANK(I2,I:I,1)
=J2*2^27-ROW()
=RANK(K2,K:K,0)
The formulas have to be copied down. The result is in column L. Ties are broken using the row number.
If you like to add a fourth criterion, you can do the following after having the formulas above in place:
Add the new criterion between columns C and D.
Insert three new columns between columns I and J.
Copy columns G:I to the new columns J:L.
Copy column G to column M, overwriting its content.
Change the formula in column L to point to the new criterion.
The factor 2^27 used in the formulas balances the precision of 53 bits available in double-precision numbers. This is enough to cover the row limit of current versions of Excel.

Using COUNTIFS for a series of values at once

Working a step higher then COUNTIFS, I appose a challenge to write a formula without VBA code. The basic data is combined from 1000s of rows with:
Column A: rows with values from 1 to 3
Column B: rows with values from 1 to 250.
For this purpose lets say, we are looking at all cells of value "1" in column A, that suit value "5" in column B. To find all matches, we'd use COUNTIFS command.
1 1
2 5
1 5
1 7
1 10
3 45
2 12
1 2
2 1
=COUNTIFS(A1:A9;1;B1:B9;5)
The answer here is 1.
Next thing, the "5" in column B belongs to a group, e.g. group from 1 to 9. What would the best way be, to count all the matches in this example, so that for all "1"'s in column A, we'd have to find all matches with values from 1 to 9 in column B?! In the upper example that would result in "4". The obvious solution is with a series of IF commands, but that's unefficient and it easy to make a mistake, that get's easily overseen.
=COUNTIFS(A1:A9;1;B1:B9;"<="&9)
Works only as the upper limit. If I give the third criteria range and condition as ">="&1 it does not work - returns 0.
Gasper
Where the data is in A1:B9, using a lookup table in D1:E10 with letters A-J in column D and numbers 0 to 9 in column E and the following formula in B11 referencing letters entered in A11 and A12:
=COUNTIFS(A1:A9,1,B1:B9,">="&VLOOKUP(A11,$D$1:$E$10,2,FALSE),B1:B9,"<="&VLOOKUP(A12,$D$1:$E$10,2,FALSE))
works, changing the letters in A11 and A12 gives the correct count according to what they correspond to in the looku in D1:E10.
When you say give third criteria range do you mean:
=COUNTIFS(A1:A9;1;B1:B9;"<="&9,B1:B9;">=1")
If so then try:
=COUNTIFS(A1:A9;1;B1:B9;AND("<="&9,;">=1"))
ie have two conditional ranges with the second range having both conditions combined with AND()
Maybe what you want(ed) is:
=COUNTIFS(A:A;1;B:B;">=1";B:B;"<=9")
Almost there. I noticed that three criteria ranges and conditions work only if I use "=" sign in a condition. As soon as I use
=COUNTIFS(A1:A9;1;B1:B9;"<="&9,B1:B9;">=1")
it returns 0. My goal is to eventualy replace the number in a condition with a VLOOKUP command, so the final equation should be smth like
=COUNTIFS(A1:A9;1;B1:B9;"<="&VLOOKUP(...),B1:B9;">=VLOOKUP(...)")
But the "<" and ">" signs mess with this. Still looking for a solution.
This is my entire line, if it offers any further indication. The AND() commands is at the end - and it still results in 0
=COUNTIFS(INDIRECT(CONCATENATE("baza!$";SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1;MATCH("card_type_id";baza!$A$1:$AAA$1;0);4);"1";"");"$2:$";SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1;MATCH("card_type_id";baza!$A$1:$AAA$1;0);4);"1";"");"$15000"));IF(C6="računska";1;0);INDIRECT(CONCATENATE("baza!$";SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1;MATCH(IF($C$4="CC_SI_klasifikacija";"building_classification_id";0);baza!$A$1:$AAA$1;0);4);"1";"");"$2:$";SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1;MATCH(IF($C$4="CC_SI_klasifikacija";"building_classification_id";0);baza!$A$1:$AAA$1;0);4);"1";"");"$15000"));AND("<="&VLOOKUP($C$5;$K$203:$N$223;4;FALSE);">="&VLOOKUP($C$5;$K$203:$N$223;3;FALSE)))

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