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I am trying to get a sum of column C if A is abc or cba and B is def:
=SUMIFS(C2:C51;A2:A51;{"abc","cba"};B2:B51;"def")
But the formula is not valid, not sure where is my mistake since this was proposed in a quick google search.
Thank you for your suggestions.
The formula is valid for me, but this might be an issue with your delimiter. Depending on your excel, windows or location settings you might need to use a comma , as a delimiter, instead of a semicolon ;.
As for your formula, for completion I've done the same google search and ended up with this reference. It seems your logic in the formula is correct apart from one crucial step, the SUM( wrapping around your formula. This means if your formula works, it will only take the first hit into account, but with the sum, it will count every entry where your logic is True. Syntax:
=SUM(SUMIFS(C2:C51,A2:A51,{"abc","cba"},B2:B51,"def"))
Or semicolon delimited:
=SUM(SUMIFS(C2:C51;A2:A51;{"abc";"cba"};B2:B51;"def"))
Since the {array} option does not seem to be working for you, I propose a workaround as follows:
=SUMIFS(C1:C15;A1:A15;"abc";B1:B15;"def")+SUMIFS(C1:C15;A1:A15;"cba";B1:B15;"def")
This is a more clunky function, but reaches the same result by splitting up the data in two SUMIFS( functions and adding the results together.
Probably I would use #Plutian answer (actually I upvoted), but in case it might work for you, you can use SUMPRODUCT combined with DOUBLE UNARY to get exactly what you want.
DOUBLE UNARY
SUMPRODUCT
I made a fake dataset like this:
As you can see, only the highlighted values meet your requirements ( if A=abc OR cba AND B=def)
My formula in E10 is:
=SUMPRODUCT(--($A$2:$A$7="abc")+--($A$2:$A$7="cba");--($B$2:$B$7="def");$C$2:$C$7)
This is how it works:
($A$2:$A$7="abc") will return an array of True/False values if condition is met.
That array, because it's inside a double unary operator --( your range ), will convert all True/False values into 1 or 0 values. Let's say it works like if you would have selected a range of cells that contains only 1 or 0. So this will return an array like {1,0,1,0,1,0} in this case
--($A$2:$A$7="cba") will do exactly the same than steps 1 or 2 again, but with your second option. It will return another array of values, in this case, {0,1,0,1,0,1}
--($A$2:$A$7="abc")+--($A$2:$A$7="cba") we are just summing up both arrays, so {1,0,1,0,1,0}+{0,1,0,1,0,1}={1,1,1,1,1,1}
--($B$2:$B$7="def") will do like steps 1 and 2 again with your third condition, and will return another array, now it will be {1,0,1,0,0,1}
The array obtained in step 5 then it's multiplied to array obtained in step 4, so we are doing {1,1,1,1,1,1} * {1,0,1,0,0,1}={1,0,1,0,0,1}
Now, that final array obtained in step 7 then it's multiplied by the values of cells $C$2:$C$7, so in this case is {1,0,1,0,0,1} * {10,1,10,1,1,10} = {10,0,10,0,0,10}
And final step, we sum up all values inside array obtained in last step, so we do 10+0+10+0+0+10=30
I've explained every step to make sure everybody can understand, because SUMPRODUCT it's really an useful function if you know how to hanlde (I'm a noob, but I've seen real heroes here on SO using this function).
The advantage of using SUMPRODUCT instead of SUMIFS is that you can easily add more conditions to apply same range (case --($A$2:$A$7="abc")+--($A$2:$A$7="cba") or single condition to additional ranges (case --($B$2:$B$7="def")).
With normal SUMIFS probably you would have to add 1 extra complete SUMIF for each condition applied in same range.
Hope this helps
I'm trying to build an Excel-formula that checks if the condition part is greater than 5 without duplicating the formula. For instance if the formula returns 10, then it should return 5 (max 5). If it's 3, then just return 3.
I could easily just extend the formula with an IF(), but then I would need to duplicate the formula to use it in my condition and if the condition is false, then I'd need to have an exact copy of the formula once again. The readability would just be twice as terrible.
I'm looking for a Max()-function, or some smart way to handle this, where it first evaluate the condition and return a max value if the condition is greater than. Any suggestions?
This is my formula:
IF(DA5746/1000>=1;DA5746/1000;1)*IF(CX5746<>"";1,1;1)*IF(M5746<>"";1,25;1)*IF(CL5746>0;IF(CL5746>1;CL5746;1+CL5746);1))
This is the formula that I'd like to avoid
IF(IF(DA5746/1000>=1;DA5746/1000;1)*IF(CX5746<>"";1,1;1)*IF(M5746<>"";1,25;1)*IF(CL5746>0;IF(CL5746>1;CL5746;1+CL5746);1))>5;5;IF(DA5746/1000>=1;DA5746/1000;1)*IF(CX5746<>"";1,1;1)*IF(M5746<>"";1,25;1)*IF(CL5746>0;IF(CL5746>1;CL5746;1+CL5746);1)))
Psudo-solution:
IF([condition]>5;5;[reuse condition])
Edit:
I know that I can have two separate cells, where the first cell holds the long formula, and the other one just refers to this. This is not the solution I'm looking for.
The usual way is to either use a separate cell for big formula or something like:
=MIN(big_formula,5)
so in your case ( with ; separator):
=MIN(IF(DA5746/1000>=1;DA5746/1000;1)*IF(CX5746<>"";1,1;1)*IF(M5746<>"";1,25;1)*IF(CL5746>0;IF(CL5746>1;CL5746;1+CL5746);1));5)
NOTE:
The key is to avoid using IF.
I am trying to convert text of the month to the number
B2 cell:
BirthMonth_Jan
BirthMonth_Feb
BirthMonth_mar
BirthMonth_Apr
BirthMonth_May
BirthMonth_Jun, ect to december
for example, BirthMonth_Jan will output 1 based on the search of Jan, so i can compare this to another set of numbers
I have this, and tried this, but only works with two if statements, is there anyway i can do this with 12?
=(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("sep",B2)),"9")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("aug",B2)),"8")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("jul",B2)),"7")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("jun",B2)),"6")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("may",B2)),"5")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("apr",B2)),"4")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("mar",B2)),"3")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("feb",B2)),"2")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("jan",B2)),"1"))
I get #Value!
If i try this, it also doesn't work
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("dec",B2)),"12",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("nov",B2)),"11")),IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("DSH_KnowBe4_BirthMonth_Oc",B2)),"10"))
the second option only works with two but if i add more it throws an error
The questioner is trying to obtain a numeral equivalent to a partial month name extracted from a string. There are any number of examples in stackoverflow and the net generally on this theme. What is special in this case is the partial month name in the target cell, and use of the IF statement. The questioner is right to use search since it is not case-sensitive
Two formula are offered:
Formula 1
=(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("sep",B2)),"9")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("aug",B2)),"8")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("jul",B2)),"7")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("jun",B2)),"6")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("may",B2)),"5")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("apr",B2)),"4")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("mar",B2)),"3")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("feb",B2)),"2")),(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("jan",B2)),"1"))
The questioner said "I get #Value!"
This is not a surprise because it is essentially a series of nine, self-contained, unrelated if statements, each separated by a comma. It is an invalid statement.
However, if the if statements were nested, then the formula would work. Something along these lines:
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("jan",B2)),"1",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("feb",B2)),"2",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("mar",B2)),"3")))
Formula 2
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("dec",B2)),"12",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("nov",B2)),"11")),IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("DSH_KnowBe4_BirthMonth_Oc",B2)),"10"))
So close and yet so far... This statement uses the nested approach mentioned above. There is a major typo for the October search (instead of searching for "oct", the formula searches for "DSH_KnowBe4_BirthMonth_Oc") though this doesn't cause the formula to fail.
Failure is caused by two things:
1) The double bracket following "11")) in the "November" search. There should be zero brackets here.
2) The formula needs an additional closing bracket.
Two other things to note:
1) in the event of a match, the value returned is a string not an integer.
2) there's no provision to return a value in the event of a failure to match.
Working IF statement formula
The following formula, consisting of nested IF statements, works as intended by the questioner.
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("jan",B2)),"1",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("feb",B2)),"2",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("mar",B2)),"3",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("apr",B2)),"4",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("may",B2)),"5",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("jun",B2)),"6",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("jul",B2)),"7",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("aug",B2)),"8",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("sep",B2)),"9",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("oct",B2)),"10",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("nov",B2)),"11",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("dec",B2)),"12",NA()))))))))))))
Note, the formula uses the NA() function to return #N/A if there is no match.
VLOOKUP alternative
Though the above-mentioned formula works, I find it complicated and inflexible. My preference in situations like this is VLOOKUP. My equivalent formula would be:
=VLOOKUP(RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-SEARCH("_",B2)),Sheet2!$A$2:$B$13,2,FALSE)
Using January as an example: BirthMonth_Jan, the formula lookup works like this:
RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-SEARCH("_",B2))
1) search for the underline character SEARCH("_",B2),
2) deduct the result from the total length LEN(B2)-SEARCH("_",B2) to give the number of characters to the right of the underline.
3) get all the characters to the right of the underline RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-SEARCH("_",B2)). This is the lookup value
4) Create a reference table on another sheet (refer screenshot); lookup this table and return column 2 (the number for that month).
5) If there is no valid result, VLOOKUP automatically returns #N/A.
The reference table on a separate sheet:
Not sure what you are trying to do with the formula but if your "BirthMonth_" text is consistent, you can use :
=MONTH(DATEVALUE("1 "&SUBSTITUTE(A12,"BirthMonth_","")&" 2018"))
Having a view of your data and expected result would help if this is not what you're after.
It is seems just possible what you might want is:
=MONTH(MID(B2,SEARCH("BirthMonth_",B2)+11,3)&0)
Returns a Number.
Good day,
I am trying to insert this formula into excel to search for specific terms in a cell, and return a value "50" if the term is found.
I have been able to successfully implement this using the below primitive formula:
=IF(C1394<>70,C1394,IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("*PD*",B1394)),"50",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("*OD*",B1394)),"50",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("*OC*",B1394)),"50",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("*OF*",B1394)),"50",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("*PC*",B1394)),"50",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("*MS*",B1394)),"50",C1394)))))))
I tried to make my formula more efficient and dynamic using the below approach, however excel only reads the first condition "PD" and ignores the rest
=IF(C8266 =70,IF(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"*PD*","*OD*","*OC*","*OF*","*PC*","*MS*"},B8266)),"50",C8266),C8266)
Can someone please advise what am I doing wrong?
You're just missing an OR clause, see this: http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/601195-check-multiple-text-strings-cell.html#post2977162
So you want:
=IF(C8266=70,IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"*PD*","*OD*","*OC*","*OF*","*PC*","*MS*"},B8266))),"50",C8266),C8266)
What you are doing wrong is you are trying to evaluate an array within a formula that doesn't usually evaluate arrays. You evaluate such formulae by pressing and holding Ctrl+Shift and then press Enter.
Otherwise, your formula can be shortened to the below:
=IF(OR(ISNUMBER((C8266=70)*SEARCH({"PD","OD","OC","OF","PC","MS"},B8266))),"50",C8266)
SEARCH does not require wildcards.
A boolean multiplied by a number gives a number. An error multiplied by a number gives an error. So you can safely combine the first and second checks together and drop the --.
OR is then used to check if there is at least 1 number within the array of numbers and/or errors.
Similarly array invoked (with Ctrl+Shift+Enter).
Does anyone have any brilliant ideas to simplify this difficult formula? Don't panic when you see it, I will try to explain.
=IFERROR(INDEX(rangeOfDesiredValues,(1/SUMPRODUCT((rangeOfSerials=$D20)(rangeOfApps=cfgAppID)(rangeOfAccessIDs=cfgAccessID)*ROW(rangeOfDesiredValues))^-1)),"")
Currently I am using SUMPRODUCT to do the equivalent of a VLOOKUP with multiple columns as criteria. Usually that only works with number results, but since I need to find text, I'm using SUMPRODUCT in combination with ROW and INDEX.
Unfortunately when no cell is found, my SUMPRODUCT returns 0. This causes the formula to return the incorrect cell rather than blank. For this reason I am running the result through this calculation:
(1 / result)^-1
This way results of 0 become an error, and other results remain unchanged. I feed this into IFERROR, so that errors become blanks.
Does anyone know how to make this neater? I am not able to create new columns in any of my spreadsheets.
It's always best to avoid using multi-condition summing functions like SUMPRODUCT when you want to find a single value (it would obviously give you an incorrect result or error if there's more than one row which matches all three conditions, I assume you expect one match at most here?). ROW function can also be problematic if you insert any rows in the worksheet.....
There are several approaches that can work. For a single formula, using MATCH is the most common - MATCH will only give the correct position or an error so no problems with zero values. That would look like this:
=IFERROR(INDEX(rangeOfDesiredValues,MATCH(1,(rangeOfSerials=$D20)*(rangeOfApps=cfgAppID)*(rangeOfAccessIDs=cfgAccessID),0)),"")
That's an "array formula" that needs to be entered with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER......or you can make it into a regular formula with an extra INDEX function like this
=IFERROR(INDEX(rangeOfDesiredValues,MATCH(1,INDEX((rangeOfSerials=$D20)*(rangeOfApps=cfgAppID)*(rangeOfAccessIDs=cfgAccessID),0),0)),"")
A third alternative is to use LOOKUP which doesn't need "array entry"
=IFERROR(LOOKUP(2,1/(rangeOfSerials=$D20)/(rangeOfApps=cfgAppID)/(rangeOfAccessIDs=cfgAccessID),rangeOfDesiredValues),"")
That differs slightly from the previous versions in the case of multiple matches - it will give you the last match rather than the first in that scenario (but I assume you have only one match at most, as stated above).
Finally, if you don't mind using helper columns you could simplify the formulas considerably. Just use a "helper" column to concatenate the three criteria columns separated by dashes and then you can use a simple VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH, e.g.
=IFERROR(INDEX(rangeOfDesiredValues,MATCH($D20&"-"&cfgAppID&"-"&cfgAccessID,Helper_Column,0)),"")