I am having trouble with an excel formula - excel

I am trying to come up with a formula in excel that allows me to have two separate criteria from two separate lists and then sum the total amount of values that meet those criteria. I can get the set of criteria to work, so
=COUNTIFS(Data!A:A,[#[Sub ID]] section allows me to see the amount of times a specific supID appears in column A. However, the second part where I am trying to see after that how many times any value from a particular list of values appears in a separate list, does not work.
Is there any way to make a formula count one list of values against another list of values without having to name each additional value in the formula.
I could do this if I wrote,
=SUM(COUNTIFS(Data!A:A,[#[Sub ID]],Data!B:B,{"=apples","=pears","=bananas"[....]}))
But I don't want to have to write out each additional value, the list is too long. I just want to have the list in a column so I can reference it in the equation but it wont let me.
=SUM(COUNTIFS(Data!A:A,[#[Sub ID]],Data!B:B,Mapping2!B:B))

You are creating an iterative formula, You want to limit the last criterion to just the data set:
Mapping2!B2:B15
Then use SUMPRODUCT which will force the iteration:
=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIFS(Data!A:A,[#[Sub ID]],Data!B:B,Mapping2!B2:B15))

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Excel apply functions on FILTER. ie COUNTIF(FILTER(RANGE,FilterCondition),IfCondition)

Excel doesn't seem to let you use function such as RANK/COUNTIF on a FILTER(...) formula without first having the output of the filter somewhere in the spreadsheet. Ie, functions take range as argument but not arrays.
Let's assume in Column A, I have number 1 to 10 on the ten first rows
and in column B a filter on even numbers, =FILTER(A1:A10,MOD(A1:A10,2)=0)
If I want to count the number of rows of array returned by the filter function, I can use =COUNT(B1#)
If I want to count only the values above 5 using COUNTIF, this will also work =COUNTIF(B1#, ">5")
Now, I would like to get rid of the intermediary B Column.
For the COUNT function, it works. =COUNT(FILTER(A1:A10,MOD(A1:A10,2)=0)) returns 5.
For the COUNTIF function, it doesn't work anymore. I assume this because it takes a range as a parameter and not an array.
Excel warns in a popup: "There's a problem with this formula".
Is there a workaround this without using a temporary column to store the array? It seems I can only use functions that takes an array as parameter on top of the filter function.
EDIT:
I have used COUNTIF to build a simple example but I am more interested in other functions such has RANK.
COUNTIF was not the best example because you can obviously move the IF conditions in the FILTER conditions. Thank you #JvdV

Excel dynamic filter array

Hello my dear excel friends!
My "List" table consists of 10 columns that I filter by needed criterias in the second tab, which works perfectly. Now I have problems with the following filtering:
Cell B7 = Name
Cell B8:F8 = Items 1-5
Cell B9:F8 should be the order number (different amount for each item) of the respected items in the cells above.
Depending on the Name the items are spilling differently without any problems with
=IFERROR(TRANSPOSE(UNIQUE(FILTER(List[Item];(List[Name]=$B$7))));"")
Now I want to spill out the order numbers for each item in each column. The amount of orders can differ depending on the column. Unfortunately for now I can do it only for one column and have to copy the function to the next column:
=IFERROR(UNIQUE(FILTER(List[Order];(List[Item]=B8)*(List[Name]=$B$7)));"")
I have tried to do it with IFS but could not achieve the needed results. I can imagine something like B9# but somehow can not implement it into my function. Is there a way to do it?
Very difficult to give a rigorous solution for such a case. The following is convoluted though should work for smallish ranges:
=LET(μ,List[Item],κ,List[Name],η,B7:B11,ρ,MAX(COUNTIF(κ,η)),λ,TRIM(MID(FILTERXML("<a><b>"&TEXTJOIN(REPT(CHAR(32),50),,IFERROR(IF(INDEX(TRANSPOSE(κ),SEQUENCE(,ROWS(κ)+1))=η,TRANSPOSE(μ),""),"</b><b>"))&"</b></a>","//b"),SEQUENCE(,ρ,1,50),50)),IFERROR(INDEX(λ,SEQUENCE(ROWS(η)),SEQUENCE(,ρ)),""))
I've assumed that B7:B11 is your list of names. Amend as required.
In my opinion a non-spill formula to be copied down is preferable.

Getting number and off setting numbers from array in Excel

I have array of numbers in a single column like this:
I want only that numbers for which corresponding negative numbers exist. If number exist 2 times, but negative number exist only one time, then I wanted to retain one positive and one negative number. Similarly, if number exists 3 times, and negative number appears only two times, then I want 2 set of numbers including positive and negative. In this case, I wanted to get output:
5 2 -2 -5
Orders of numbers are not relevant for me. Please do not use VBA. You can create multiple column and apply filter at the end.
Thank you for the response, but I wanted to get the data in column next to the values. Like:
5
2
-2
-5
Please help.
Here's another Office 365 solution:
Name the data range DATA
Put this formula anywhere: =CONCAT(REPT(-ROW(A1:A100)&" "&ROW(A1:A100)&" ",COUNTIF(DATA,"="&ROW(A1:A100)*IF(COUNTIF(DATA,"="&-ROW(A1:A100))<COUNTIF(DATA,"="&ROW(A1:A100)),-1,1))))
That will output the pairs into one cell.
Here's a slightly modified Step 2, which excludes duplicates: =CONCAT(IF((COUNTIF(DATA,"="&-ROW(A1:A100))>0)*(COUNTIF(DATA,"="&ROW(A1:A100))>0),-ROW(A1:A100)&" "&ROW(A1:A100)&" ",""))
Looks like this:
The data doesn't need to be sorted. Both methods work up to 100, but you can easily expand that by changing A100 to A1000 or whatever you need.
Use the vlookup formula to identify the rows, and you can use the Filter & Unique formula to get the list, or a pivot table.
First, immediately next to your data use the formula:
=vlookup(A1*-1,$A$1:$A$1,1,0)
For non-365:
This will produce an error for each instance that doesn't have a match. You can filter at this point to get your list from the existing table. You can also create a pivot table under the Data tab of your ribbon and inserting a pivot table. Filter the #N/A from there to get an exclusive list without hidden rows.
For 365:
You can use the following combination of formulas to get the exclusive list as well.
=UNIQUE(FILTER(B1:B8,ISNUMBER(B1:B8)),0,0) or =UNIQUE(FILTER($B$1:$B$8,ISNUMBER($B$1:$B$8)),0,0) should yield the same results
As ScottCraner mentioned, you can circumvent the helper column in 365 by modifying the formula a bit more:
=UNIQUE(FILTER(A1:A8,ISNUMBER(MATCH(-A1:A8,A1:A8,0)),"")
The Match here is doing something similar to the Vlookup, but housing that logic within the formula, so it's a cleaner solution in my opinion.
Using your data the result was { -5,-2,2,5 }
These are spill formulas so you only need to put it in one spot and it will expand the formula over the adjacent cells below where it's entered for however many cells needed to list all the unique numbers that occur. It takes into account the negatives and so on. This may be a 365 formula, so if you're on another version of excel it may not work.
Edit: Adjusted the instructions to fully address the question.

count unique values between defined range in column

I've got column which consist numbers of type 000.XX.XX
=COUNTIFS(temporary!$A1:$A200,">=000.11.35",temporary!$A1:$A200,"<=000.11.39")
this formula counts values between 000.11.35 and 000.11.39. But i want to count only unique values. How can I do this?
There is not a built-in function for this, as you can see from the several suggestions of how to accomplish this on the Office support site. If you can, you can switch to Google Sheets, and they have a "COUNTUNIQUE()" function.
As described at the link provided above, identify the unique items, either using a filer (this is static) or through repeatedly using the "FREQUENCY()" function. Then count the unique items in a separate step.
Lets say you have the data set in the first column, first you need to remove the repetitions in a second column with the following array formula (confirm the formula with Ctrl+Shift+Enter)
=IF(SUM((A2=$A$2:A2)*1)>1,"",A2)
this formula lists only unique values
I would remove your first 4 digits of your string to create a float number and then count it with the following array formula:
=SUM((IF((RIGHT($B$2:$B$14,4)>=RIGHT(G3,4))*(RIGHT($B$2:$B$14,4)<=RIGHT(G4,4)),$B$2:$B$14,"")<>"")*1)
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Excel - Conditional row from an array to COUNTIF from VLOOKUP

I don't know if I'm going about this the wrong way but it seems like it should be simple. Column A has a list of Names. Along each row is several "W"'s. Another separate field has a drop down representing Column A names. I want to count the number of "W"'s in a row corresponding to what name I select. I've tried using VLOOKUP and COUNTIF but I can't figure out how to select the entire array and then single out the one row that matches my selected name. I can get it working with a bunch of IF statements but thats far too time consuming as I'm manually matching the name to the row (and it isn't future proof).
There are a few ways to first 'narrow in' on the row you're looking for, after which point you can use a simple COUNTIFS to check the number of W's in that row.
One method would be to simply use INDIRECT, and create the row reference on the fly, like so [assumes your search cell is C1]:
=COUNTIFS(INDIRECT(MATCH(C1,A:A,0)&":"&MATCH(C1,A:A,0)),"W")
This first uses MATCH to find the appropriate row, and then builds a reference to that row [like "24:24"], which becomes the row that INDIRECT passes to COUNTIFS, which counts that row for W's.
For only one use of INDIRECT, the high computing costs of INDIRECT should not be an issue.
Another method would be to point out the full possible box that data could be contained in [let's assume that at most only column H would be used], and then use INDEX to give us the appropriate row number, like so:
=COUNTIFS(INDEX(A:H,MATCH(C1,A:A,0)),0,"W")
This again uses MATCH to find the row which contains the value found in C1 within column A. Then it takes the full possible box from INDEX, and returns all columns from the particular row [note that telling index to return 0 for the column # actually returns all columns instead].
Other methods would be possible [for example OFFSET], but I believe these two show the principle fairly well.
You could use the "Helper" Column method:
In the helper column:
=COUNTIF(B2:H2,"W")
Then use SUMIF() in the totals column:
=SUMIF($A$2:$A$9,K2,$I$2:$I$9)

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