I want to count all the cells in the column where the date is either after 30th April[&DATE(2018,4,30)] or it is blank[""].
=Countifs($N$2:$N$24388,{">"&DATE(2018,4,30),""})
Going by the syntax, I feel I am doing it right since it's not throwing any error either but it's not giving the correct result.
Later I find out that it's rendering only up till the first condition i.e. the above formula is rendering like this:
=Countifs($N$2:$N$24388,{">"&DATE(2018,4,30)})
It's not accounting for the condition meant for blank("") cells. So the result is incorrect or lesser than what it's supposed to be.
Later I changed the order of condition i.e. to this
=Countifs($N$2:$N$24388,{"",">"&DATE(2018,4,30)})
Now, it is acknowledging the only ("") condition and ignoring the latter one. So, it's giving the same result as what the below formula would give.
=Countifs($N$2:$N$24388,{">"&DATE(2018,4,30)})
Eventually, I tried the following and it worked but it's a lengthy formula and defeats the purpose of having Countifs
=sum(COUNTIFS(N2:N24388,{""})+COUNTIFS($N$2:$N$24388,{">"&DATE(2018,4,30)}))
As I stated, I expect to get the count of all the cells which are either blank OR satisfy a given condition.
Just add two separate COUNTIFs together:
=COUNTIF($N$2:$N$24388,">"&DATE(2018,4,30))+COUNTIF($N$2:$N$24388,"")
This doesn't defeat the purpose of COUNTIFS as you suggest, since COUNTIFS counts values which satisfy all the criteria you specify, whereas you're interested in values which satisfy at least one criterion.
you can use COUNTBLANK:
=COUNTIF($N$2:$N$24388, ">"&DATE(2018, 4, 30))+
COUNTBLANK($N$2:$N$24388)
Your COUNTIFS returns an array of results, so just sum them:
=SUM(Countifs($N$2:$N$24388,{">"&DATE(2018,4,30),""}))
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I am adding the values of several cells from two sheets in excel.
I am using the formulas below to calculate this.
My question is why to two formulas aren't giving the same result? As far as I can tell, the only difference is that the 2nd formula has an extra bracket, which shouldn't change anything?
=SUM(SUMIFS('Ark1'!F15:F75;'Ark1'!E15:E75;{"adgangsareal bolig";"fællesrum bolig"}))+SUM(SUMIFS('Ark2'!F11:F126;'Ark2'!E11:E126;"bolig"))
=SUM((SUMIFS('Ark1'!F15:F75;'Ark1'!E15:E75;{"adgangsareal bolig";"fællesrum bolig"}))+SUM(SUMIFS('Ark2'!F11:F126;'Ark2'!E11:E126;"bolig")))
The latter formula has been working perfectly until now through my Work, but for this specific value i needed to remove the extra bracket.
Jacob is right that its the array bit that is causing the problem, but really the problem is caused by the + sign in an expression containing an array which causes the expression to be evaluated as an array formula. You can fix this by changing the + to ; (or whatever the argument separator character is in your locale).
A simpler example (my locale uses , rather than ;):
=SUM({5,10}+20)
results in 55 (the expression evaluater creates (5+20)+(10+20) using the array expansion rules and then passes {25,30} to SUM) but
=SUM({5,10},20)
results in 35
In your first SUMIFS() you have the criteria listed as an array. When using SUM() around the first SUMIFS() alone, it is returning the sum of the range that meets the first criteria being true in the range, then repeats for the second critera, and then it adds the second SUMIF().
When you add the parentheses, you SUM() the first SUMIF() total for the first array value AND the second SUMIF(), and then you are repeating for the second array. So you are getting that second SUMIF() total added twice essentially.
I believe you want something like this:
=SUM(SUMIF('Ark1'!E15:E75;"adgangsareal bolig";'Ark1'!F15:F75);SUMIF('Ark1'!E15:E75;'Ark1'!F15:F75;"fællesrum bolig");SUMIF('Ark2'!E11:E126;"bolig";'Ark2'!F11:F126))
Try this:
=(87,35+464,71-87,35-464,71)
=87,35+464,71-87,35-464,71
2nd formula results correctly in ZERO, while
1st one results in very small number(-0,0000000000000568434)
Add more decimal places to see it.
I think it is a BUG and has something to do with different type of numbers (decimal, floating,...).
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).
I would like to create a succinct Excel formula that SUMS a column based on a set of AND conditions, plus a set of OR conditions.
My Excel table contains the following data and I used defined names for the columns.
Quote_Value (Worksheet!$A:$A) holds an accounting value.
Days_To_Close (Worksheet!$B:$B) contains a formula that results in a number.
Salesman (Worksheet!$C:$C) contains text and is a name.
Quote_Month (Worksheet!$D:$D) contains a formula (=TEXT(Worksheet!$E:$E,"mmm-yy"))to convert a date/time number from another column into a text based month reference.
I want to SUM Quote_Value if Salesman equals JBloggs and Days_To_Close is equal to or less than 90 and Quote_Month is equal to one of the following (Oct-13, Nov-13, or Dec-13).
At the moment, I've got this to work but it includes a lot of repetition, which I don't think I need.
=SUM(SUMIFS(Quote_Value,Salesman,"=JBloggs",Days_To_Close,"<=90",Quote_Month,"=Oct-13")+SUMIFS(Quote_Value,Salesman,"=JBloggs",Days_To_Close,"<=90",Quote_Month,"=Nov-13")+SUMIFS(Quote_Value,Salesman,"=JBloggs",Days_To_Close,"<=90",Quote_Month,"=Dec-13"))
What I'd like to do is something more like the following but I can't work out the correct syntax:
=SUMIFS(Quote_Value,Salesman,"=JBloggs",Days_To_Close,"<=90",Quote_Month,OR(Quote_Month="Oct-13",Quote_Month="Nov-13",Quote_Month="Dec-13"))
That formula doesn't error, it just returns a 0 value. Yet if I manually examine the data, that's not correct. I even tried using TRIM(Quote_Month) to make sure that spaces hadn't crept into the data but the fact that my extended SUM formula works indicates that the data is OK and that it's a syntax issue. Can anybody steer me in the right direction?
You can use SUMIFS like this
=SUM(SUMIFS(Quote_Value,Salesman,"JBloggs",Days_To_Close,"<=90",Quote_Month,{"Oct-13","Nov-13","Dec-13"}))
The SUMIFS function will return an "array" of 3 values (one total each for "Oct-13", "Nov-13" and "Dec-13"), so you need SUM to sum that array and give you the final result.
Be careful with this syntax, you can only have at most two criteria within the formula with "OR" conditions...and if there are two then in one you must separate the criteria with commas, in the other with semi-colons.
If you need more you might use SUMPRODUCT with MATCH, e.g. in your case
=SUMPRODUCT(Quote_Value,(Salesman="JBloggs")*(Days_To_Close<=90)*ISNUMBER(MATCH(Quote_Month,{"Oct-13","Nov-13","Dec-13"},0)))
In that version you can add any number of "OR" criteria using ISNUMBER/MATCH
You can use DSUM, which will be more flexible. Like if you want to change the name of Salesman or the Quote Month, you need not change the formula, but only some criteria cells. Please see the link below for details...Even the criteria can be formula to copied from other sheets
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/dsum-function-HP010342460.aspx?CTT=1
You might consider referencing the actual date/time in the source column for Quote_Month, then you could transform your OR into a couple of ANDs, something like (assuing the date's in something I've chosen to call Quote_Date)
=SUMIFS(Quote_Value,"<=90",Quote_Date,">="&DATE(2013,11,1),Quote_Date,"<="&DATE(2013,12,31),Salesman,"=JBloggs",Days_To_Close)
(I moved the interesting conditions to the front).
This approach works here because that "OR" condition is actually specifying a date range - it might not work in other cases.
Quote_Month (Worksheet!$D:$D) contains a formula (=TEXT(Worksheet!$E:$E,"mmm-yy"))to convert a date/time number from another column into a text based month reference.
You can use OR by adding + in Sumproduct. See this
=SUMPRODUCT((Quote_Value)*(Salesman="JBloggs")*(Days_To_Close<=90)*((Quote_Month="Cond1")+(Quote_Month="Cond2")+(Quote_Month="Cond3")))
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Speed
SUMPRODUCT is faster than SUM arrays, i.e. having {} arrays in the SUM function. SUMIFS is 30% faster than SUMPRODUCT.
{SUM(SUMIFS({}))} vs SUMPRODUCT(SUMIFS({})) both works fine, but SUMPRODUCT feels a bit easier to write without the CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER to create the {}.
Preference
I personally prefer writing SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(MATCH(...)))) over SUMPRODUCT(SUMIFS({})) for multiple criteria.
However, if you have a drop-down menu where you want to select specific characteristics or all, SUMPRODUCT(SUMIFS()), is the only way to go. (as for selecting "all", the value should enter in "<>" + "Whatever word you want as long as it's not part of the specific characteristics".
In order to get the formula to work place the cursor inside the formula and press ctr+shift+enter and then it will work!
With the following, it is easy to link the Cell address...
=SUM(SUMIFS(FAGLL03!$I$4:$I$1048576,FAGLL03!$A$4:$A$1048576,">="&INDIRECT("A"&ROW()),FAGLL03!$A$4:$A$1048576,"<="&INDIRECT("B"&ROW()),FAGLL03!$Q$4:$Q$1048576,E$2))
Can use address / substitute / Column functions as required to use Cell addresses in full DYNAMIC.
Does anyone have any brilliant ideas to simplify this difficult formula? Don't panic when you see it, I will try to explain.
=IFERROR(INDEX(rangeOfDesiredValues,(1/SUMPRODUCT((rangeOfSerials=$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)),"")
I would like to have part of an excel formula be dynamic, other than a cell reference.
For instance, suppose that in column A (cells A1:A99) I have a bunch of numbers, and I want to know how many of those numbers are greater than 50.
If I wanted this calculation to be static, I could simply use one of the following:
=COUNTIF($A$1:$A$99,">50")
=SUM(IF($A$1:$A$99>50,1,0))
=SUM(($A$1:$A$99>50)*1)
I mention all three because my actual formula is hairy and a bit of a mix of the second and the third. (After all, perhaps something will work with COUNTIF but not with the others.)
Now, I want to be able to type my condition in another cell (say C1). So if I type ">50" in C1, my calculation will be as above, but if I type "<100" I will count how many entries of column A are less than 100.
Is this possible? (I am using Excel 2003 on Windows XP.)
There may be something that I'm missing.
If you give
=COUNTIF($A$1:$A$99,C1)
in any cell, and then in cell C1 you type >50 or <100
don't you get what you want?
Use INDIRECT
=INDIRECT(COUNTIF($A$1:$A$99,">50"))
is same as
=COUNTIF($A$1:$A$99,">50")
But, as you identified, the former, you can generate within the excel cells! I do it all the time, for such things.
I usually solve this by adding another column carrying the result of a complex logical expression, like
=AND(OR(C3<D3;E3>=100);A3=VLOOKUP(B3;Sheet2!$A$2:$B$212;2;FALSE))
this formula is in all rows of -say- column F - note: no IF needed here!
then I calculate a complex conditional sum across column E using =SUMIF() like
=SUMIF(F2:F57;TRUE;E2:E57)
I know that some users say "I do not want to change my design. That's ok; my argument is that I have better control over the condition, I can work on the condition seperately from summing up or other functions that rely on that condition, and I can filter records for TRUE or FALSE to look at the subsets and have a rapid overview if the formula makes sense
hope that helps Good luck MikeD