I'm struggling to include a wildcard at an IF function. I am aware that the IF function does not support a Wildcard. I've seen a few posts on SO, which I can't understand why they aren't working with my formula.
Here is my original formula (which works):
{=SUM(--(FREQUENCY(IF(SHEET1!D1:D10="Text", SHEET1!D1:D10), SHEET1!D1:D10)>0))}
Here is what I'd like to do:
{=SUM(--(FREQUENCY(IF(SHEET1!D1:D10="*"&A1&"*", SHEET1!D1:D10), SHEET1!D1:D10)>0))}
This would allow me to just modify whatever text is in A1 to get the result that I want in the adjacent cell containing the formula.
I've tried replacing the IF's logical_test with FIND(), IFERROR(), SEARCH(), as well as multiple other functions and combinations that I have gathered from other posts, but I fail at getting the result that I want.
Looking forward to receiving some support.
SHEET1
SHEET2
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I need to count how many cells in a table column that contains a specific text string. I'm using this formula and it works well:
=COUNT.IF(TB_table_name[col_name];"*string_to_be_found*")
But I need to count only filtered cells.
I've found may solutions (using SUMPRODUCT) on internet, but only to common cells and not table conlumns.
This is the kind of table that I have:
As you can see, there are many values in the same cell (It happens because it is generated automatically by a survey made in MS Forms). Because of this, I need to search for a specific string to be counted.
Using "COUNT.IF" I have this results:
Please observe that the values in the cell are not random, but predefined - of course the sequence could not be the same, but the list of possible terms are.
Please, can you help me figure this out? Belive me, I have tried many things but nothing worked and it seems to be a thing so easy to achieve :(
The trick is to combine a couple of the ideas you found using SUMPRODUCT.
You likely found this reference (or one just like it) that gave guidance for a formula like this:
=SUMPRODUCT(SUBTOTAL(3,OFFSET(B2:B7,ROW(B2:B7)-MIN(ROW(B2:B7)),,1))*(B2:B7="Quality"))
Which translates to your problem-space like this:
=SUMPRODUCT(SUBTOTAL(3,OFFSET(TB_table_name[col_name],ROW(TB_table_name[col_name])-MIN(ROW(TB_table_name[col_name])),,1))*(TB_table_name[col_name]="*string_to_be_found*"))
This works perfectly fine if you're NOT using a wildcard search. But that's what you need. So in this answer it shows that the wildcard in a SUMPRODUCT needs to use the -- operator. So the result is to combine the two answers and you get:
=SUMPRODUCT(SUBTOTAL(3,OFFSET(TB_table_name[col_name],ROW(TB_table_name[col_name])-MIN(ROW(TB_table_name[col_name])),,1))*(--(ISNUMBER(FIND("string_to_be_found",TB_table_name[col_name])))))
Notice that the string_to_be_found does NOT have wildcard * specifiers. That's taken care of by the FIND function.
I need to implement the following formula to get the desired result ($32.000 instead of $96.000) - as from cell C3 (see picture)
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Assets",INDEX(F:F,MATCH(B3,G:G,0)))),1,-1)*SUMIFS(H:H,G:G,B3)
The issue is that the formula sets the sign (+ or -) for the whole formula based on the first parameter it founds ("+" for "Assets" ; "-" for "Liabilities") when it should treat them independently and sum them accordingly.
I've managed to get the result using the "Account"'s parameters (besides the "Ledger Account"'s) as external criteria, but that's something I'd like to avoid.
=SUMIFS($G:$G;$F:$F;B3;$E:$E;E3)-SUMIFS($G:$G;$F:$F;B3;$E:$E;E4)
I think you've got something that works with that second formula. Stringing together a few sumifs is a simple way of solving this:
=SUMIFS(G:G,F:F,B3,E:E,"*assets")+SUMIFS(G:G,F:F,B3,E:E,"*revenues")-SUMIFS(G:G,F:F,B3,E:E,"*liabilities")-SUMIFS(G:G,F:F,B3,E:E,"*costs")
First post, but I am stuck and was hoping for some help. What I am trying to do is use a nested IF formula to determine whether the value returned by a VLOOKUP matches specific text on another sheet in the same workbook. If it does, to then use the COUNTIFS function to determine the sum of instances that specific text contained in a specific cell appears on another sheet (also in the same workbook).
One part of these formulas seems to work, but when I combine it with others, it errors and I can't figure out why.
It's probably something simple, but I'd appreciate any help. Here's the part that seems to "work"
=IF(VLOOKUP($A3,'Sheet1'!$B:$D,3,FALSE)="All",
(COUNTIFS('Sheet2'!$U:$U,'Sheet3'!$A3,'Sheet2'!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY")
+
(COUNTIFS('Sheet2'!$R:$R,'Sheet3'!$A3,'Sheet2'!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY")))
If I put one more parenthesis, it works as is, but seems to omit some of the "All" Vlookup results... thus why I put works in quotations above. That might be an issue with my spreadsheet though, but felt I should include in case I'm just being idiotic. Regardless, when I input two additional IF statements, it errors.
The final formula I've crafted looks like this (double spaced for ease of reading only):
=IF(VLOOKUP($A3,'Sheet1'!$B:$D,3,FALSE)="All",
(COUNTIFS('Sheet2'!$U:$U,'Sheet3'!$A3,'Sheet2'!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY")
+
(COUNTIFS('Sheet2'!$R:$R,'Sheet3'!$A3,'Sheet2'!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY")))),
IF((VLOOKUP($A3,'Sheet1'!$B:$D,3,FALSE)="One",
(COUNTIFS('Sheet2'!$U:$U,'Sheet3'!$A3,'Sheet2'!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY")),
IF((VLOOKUP($A3,'Sheet1'!$B:$D,3,FALSE)="Two",
(COUNTIFS('Sheet2'!$R:$R,'Sheet3'!$A3,'Sheet2'!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY"),
IF((VLOOKUP($A3,'Sheet1'!$B:$D,3,FALSE)="Three",
(COUNTIFS('Sheet2'!$U:$U,'Sheet3'!$A3,'Sheet2'!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY")),"0"))
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Ryan Olson
Just cleaned up some bracketing. Let me know how it goes as I didn't alter the formula otherwise.
=IF(VLOOKUP($A3,Sheet1!$B:$D,3,FALSE)="All",
COUNTIFS(Sheet2!$U:$U,Sheet3!$A3,Sheet2!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY")+(COUNTIFS(Sheet2!$R:$R,Sheet3!$A3,Sheet2!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY")),
IF(VLOOKUP($A3,Sheet1!$B:$D,3,FALSE)="One",
COUNTIFS(Sheet2!$U:$U,Sheet3!$A3,Sheet2!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY"),
IF(VLOOKUP($A3,Sheet1!$B:$D,3,FALSE)="Two",
COUNTIFS(Sheet2!$R:$R,Sheet3!$A3,Sheet2!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY"),
IF(VLOOKUP($A3,Sheet1!$B:$D,3,FALSE)="Three",
COUNTIFS(Sheet2!$U:$U,Sheet3!$A3,Sheet2!$C:$C,"MM/DD/YYYY"),"0"))))
I'm trying to tweak this piece of code I found in a sample spreadsheet online but I can't quite get my head around it.
The original spreadsheet basically does an INDEX/MATCH based on a user-defined lookup and lists the matches neatly in a concatenated list. The sample spreadsheet's output looks like this:
http://i.stack.imgur.com/DyahB.png - Sample Excel Output (Note how there are no gaps between the first and second matches)
The underlying algorithm is:
=IF(ISERROR(INDEX($A$1:$B$8,SMALL(IF($A$1:$A$8=$E$1,ROW($A$1:$A$8)),ROW(1:1)),2)),"",INDEX($A$1:$B$8,SMALL(IF($A$1:$A$8=$E$1,ROW($A$1:$A$8)),ROW(1:1)),2))
Now, I want the lookup to instead retrieve PARTIAL matches, and in addition, generate the outputs horizontally like so:
http://i.stack.imgur.com/ShED0.png - Output is generated horizontally based on partial matches
I'm not sure how I would go about doing this. It seems like I would somehow try and change the IF condition to return true on partial matches but I can't get my head around it. Please help!
Assuming by "partial match" you mean text that starts with the value in L1 then use this formula in N1
=IFERROR(INDEX($I$2:$I$8,SMALL(IF(LEFT($H$2:$H$8,LEN($L$1))=$L$1,ROW($I$2:$I$8)-ROW($I$2)+1),COLUMNS($N1:N1))),"")
confirm with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
and copy across
For a match anywhere in the text you can use this version
=IFERROR(INDEX($I$2:$I$8,SMALL(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH($L$1,$H$2:$H$8)),ROW($I$2:$I$8)-ROW($I$2)+1),COLUMNS($N1:N1))),"")
Neither formula is case-sensitive, although you can easily make the latter so by changing SEARCH to FIND
Use of IFERROR function means you don't need repetition for error handling - needs Excel 2007 or later version
Building on Barry's code a little, I needed to make a few tweaks for my own use (current project I have at work).
Tweaks I made:
Returning the cell that matches my search criteria in my index
Making the cell draggable in two dimensions so I could index multiple columns for specific information
Making the "nth" counter vertical instead of horizontal (as my application is a database of sorts, and each column is a separate entry. At the top of each column is 5 rows populated based on the search term [in my case, the store number])
The final result is:
=IFERROR(INDEX(A$8:A$295,SMALL(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH('Store History'!$F$2,A$8:A$295)),ROW(A$8:A$295)-ROW(A$8)+1),ROWS(A$2:A2))),"")
It is worth repeating that this is an array formula and needs to be entered using CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
This is placed in cell A2 and is dragged both vertically and horizontally (horizontally in my case is ever expanding as I add more entries into my database).
My purpose for adding this comment (even though it is a long inactive thread) is to try and make this a more relevant search result on Google for "excel index match partial strings with multiple results" or variations of that. It took me hours of searching to find this solution, and it is extremely functional and elegant. My thanks to the OP and especially to Barry for his code!!
Does anyone have any brilliant ideas to simplify this difficult formula? Don't panic when you see it, I will try to explain.
=IFERROR(INDEX(rangeOfDesiredValues,(1/SUMPRODUCT((rangeOfSerials=$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)),"")