How to use SUMIF when there are multiple items in one cell? - excel-formula

I have two sheets in my sample Excel file:
Sheet1 is where I would like the SUMIFS function to sum up the number of employees associated with each company in the states that I've listed in a comma-separated list.
Sheet2 is where I've supplied the data broken up so that each row represents a company, a single state, and a number of employees.
The problem that I'm having is that I am unsure how I can break up a comma-separated listed of states so that I can use it as a criteria in my SUMIFS function.
I have tried doing this through Google Sheets using TRANSPOSE and SPLIT to create a vertical array, but that didn't work. I'm seeking help for this problem in Excel because that's where I primarily have to work in, but I am open to any ideas using GSheets.
Sheet1
Sheet2

Use SUMIFS wrapped in SUMPRODUCT and TRIM(MID()) to parse the string:
=SUMPRODUCT(SUMIFS(H:H,F:F,A2,G:G,TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(B2,",",REPT(" ",99)),(ROW($XFD$1:INDEX($XFD:$XFD,LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2,",",""))+1))-1)*99+1,99))))

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Excel Sumifs using numbers stored as text in criteria

I am trying to use the SUMIFS() formula in excel to exclude certain rows from a table, but the criteria range includes numbers stored as text.
In the picture below I want to exclude the rows where entity id is "101000". The SUMIFS() formulas I have tried all provide the incorrect solution.
I found similar problems (here and here). This is where I came up with the SUMPRODUCT alternative.
I am trying to see if there is an alternative using SUMIFS. The syntax of SUMPRODUCT is confusing. But more importantly it doesn't work if I have entity id's that both translate to the same number value ('0100' and '00100').
If you are using Office 365 you can combined the FILTER and SUM functions.
First FILTER the amounts
=FILTER(C4:C9,B4:B9<>"01000")
Then SUM the filtered amounts
=SUM(FILTER(C4:C9,B4:B9<>"01000"))
You can sum the rows whose IDs do match, and then subtract it from the total sum:
=SUM($C$4:$C$6)-SUMIF($B$4:$B$6,"101000",$C$4:$C$6)

Combining COUNTIFS with a VLOOKUP

I have looked through other posts on here and cannot find the solution I need.
I am currently using this formula:
=COUNTIFS(Tracking!$F$3:$XA$3,$F1,Tracking!$F4:$XA4,"~*")
This is counting all the * values that match to the reference "Attainment" (This is cell F1), but is relying on my 2 worksheets to have the people listed in exactly the same order. What I really want is the countif to calculate based on matching the person ID.
I have 2 sheets that use a unique ID for each person. I want to be able to match this ID and then run the countif, so in essence combine a VLOOKUP with the COUNTIFS. I did try adding another criteraia to the COUNTIFS but this doesn't seem to work. No IDs are repeated in either sheet. The unique ID defines each row and the row holds a very large amount of grade data for the person.
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I think you could accomplish this using this formula in F3
=COUNTIF(INDIRECT("Tracking!"&MATCH(A3,Tracking!$A:$A,0)&":"&MATCH(A3,Tracking!$A:$A,0)),"*~*")
This is using the row number of the match to COUNTIFS any cells with a * in that row.

SumIf varying criteria

Is there a way to use the SumIf function on excel where the range criteria is not very specific? I have a column with variations of the same criteria, its a company's name but in my raw data the order of the words varies. I have one consistent and identifiable word I want to use in my formula as the criteria, but I'm not sure how to incorporate this to include every variation of the name - I keep getting error's

Find and Compare Two Columns Excel (With Screenshots)

I have a spreadsheet that will occasionally get new data that I don't know the contents of, I just have to add it to the spreadsheet. Some of the new data is just updating rows that are already in the spreadsheet, and other data is adding new rows. I'm looking for a way to add a column that will tell me if something has changed in the row when I compare the old spreadsheet to the new one.
The sheets have one column that will always have a unique value among all the rows, so I can use that to match rows if the sheets aren't sorted the same way. Here are some screenshots to show what I'm trying to do:
Old Spreadsheet:
New Spreadsheet:
The only solution I can think of is a large nested IF formula that compares each column one by one, something like:
=IF(Old!B2=New!B2,IF(Old!C2=New!C2,"NO","YES"),"YES")
The problem with that is that it gets very hard to look at since my actual data is using 33 columns (not including this "Changed?" column) and new columns could be added in the future.
I'm not very technical with Excel, nor have I ever used VBA, so I apologize in advance if there is a simple/obvious solution that I'm missing.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Using your example, in the 'New' sheet cell D2 and copied down:
=IF(COUNTIF(Old!A:A,A2)=0,"YES",IF(SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(INDEX(Old!A:AG,MATCH(A2,Old!A:A,0),0),LEFT(A2:AG2,254)&"*"))=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(A2:AG2,LEFT(A2:AG2,254)&"*")),"NO","YES"))
vlookup would also work well for this problem.
in D2, the formula would be:
=IF(AND(VLOOKUP(A2,Old!A:C,2,FALSE)=B2,VLOOKUP(A2,Old!A:C,3,FALSE)=C2),"NO","YES")
The column numbers (2 and 3) are the columns that correspond to the data you are trying to match, using the ID column.
It's possible to find the appropriate column using MATCH if the column names you have match the column names in the old sheet
This would make the formula look more complex, but Excel would adjust the Old!A:C reference if more columns are inserted.
The formula would look like this to match against column names
=IF(AND(VLOOKUP(A2,Old!A:C,MATCH($B$1,Old!$1:$1,0),FALSE)=B2,VLOOKUP(A2,Old!A:C,MATCH($C$1,Old!$1:$1,0),FALSE)=C2),"NO","YES")
The difference between this and the last one is the use of MATCH($B$1,Old!$1:$1,0) to find the column (using $s to anchor the lookup values)
In this case, specialized software for Excel compare is better.
My company use this software. Check it out.
http://www.suntrap-systems.com/ExcelDiff/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQgnWr_RT-8

Combining Excel sheets/groups of columns by a condition in Excel 2007

Is there a way to combine 2 Excel sheets (or groups of columns inside one Excel sheet) so that the rows in one sheet/group append to the other sheet/group where so that certain columns values match.
To clarify:
Lets say I have 2 sheets - Sheet1 and Sheet2. Sheet1 has the columns A,B,C,D. Sheet2 has columns A,E,F,G. Column A in both sheets contains the same data but differently sorted (it is not sorted in conventional way (alphabetically or numerically)). I need to combine these 2 sheets into one, but they need to be combined so that the values in A column match (if possible the result should be ordered in the same way as the Sheet2).
Ideally, the functionality I'm looking for would need to be like SQL's INNER JOIN command.
I'm using Excel 2007.
Thanks
I think you basically described the VLOOKUP function.
You have your two sheets, now you want to create a list, which extends A,B,C,D to A,B,C,D,E,F,G.
For that, you could just use
Sheet1!E1=VLOOKUP(Sheet1!A1,Sheet2!A:G,5,FALSE)
Sheet1!F1=VLOOKUP(Sheet1!A1,Sheet2!A:G,6,FALSE)
Sheet1!G1=VLOOKUP(Sheet1!A1,Sheet2!A:G,7,FALSE)
If you need to create an extra sheet3 as a result, use this:
Sheet3!A1=Sheet1!A1
Sheet3!B1=VLOOKUP(Sheet3!A1,Sheet1!A:D,2,FALSE)
Sheet3!C1=VLOOKUP(Sheet3!A1,Sheet1!A:D,3,FALSE)
Sheet3!D1=VLOOKUP(Sheet3!A1,Sheet1!A:D,4,FALSE)
Sheet3!E1=VLOOKUP(Sheet3!A1,Sheet2!A:G,5,FALSE)
Sheet3!F1=VLOOKUP(Sheet3!A1,Sheet2!A:G,6,FALSE)
Sheet3!G1=VLOOKUP(Sheet3!A1,Sheet2!A:G,7,FALSE)
Hope this interpretation was correct.
Edit:
By the way, because Excel is not mainly intended to function as a database, this operation is a bit messy, because it does not dynamically scale. At least with the second approach, using a thrid sheet. You will have to copy down A1 at least that far, to match the last used row from Sheet1. And if you should copy it down further, so you won't have to worry about it for a while, you might need to error-proof against the empty cells.

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