How to use Excel COUNTIFS and COUNTIF with multiple criteria

The tutorial explains how to use COUNTIFS and COUNTIF formulas with multiple criteria in Excel based on AND as well as OR logic. You will find a number of examples for different data types - numbers, dates, text, wildcard characters, non-blank cells and more.

Of all Excel functions, COUNTIFS and COUNTIF are probably most often mixed up because they look very much alike and both are purposed for counting cells based on the specified criteria.

The difference is that COUNTIF is designed for counting cells with a single condition in one range, whereas COUNTIFS can evaluate different criteria in the same or in different ranges. The aim of this tutorial is to demonstrate different approaches and help you choose the most efficient formula for each particular task.

Excel COUNTIFS function - syntax and usage

The Excel COUNTIFS function counts cells across multiple ranges based on one or several conditions. The function is available in Excel 365, 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013, Excel 2010, and Excel 2007, so you can use the below examples in any Excel version.

COUNTIFS syntax

The syntax of the COUNTIFS function is as follows:

COUNTIFS(criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2]…)
  • criteria_range1 (required) - defines the first range to which the first condition (criteria1) shall be applied.
  • criteria1 (required) - sets the condition in the form of a number, cell reference, text string, expression or another Excel function. The criteria defines which cells shall be counted and can be expressed as 10, "<=32", A6, "sweets".
  • [criteria_range2, criteria2]… (optional) - these are additional ranges and their associated criteria. You can specify up to 127 range/criteria pairs in your formulas.

In fact, you don't have to remember the syntax of the COUNTIF function by heart. Microsoft Excel will display the function's arguments as soon as you start typing; the argument you are entering at the moment is highlighted in bold. The syntax of the Excel COUNTIFS function

Excel COUNTIFS - things to remember!

  1. You can use the COUNTIFS function in Excel to count cells in a single range with a single condition as well as in multiple ranges with multiple conditions. If the latter, only those cells that meet all of the specified conditions are counted.
  2. Each additional range must have the same number of rows and columns as the first range (criteria_range1 argument).
  3. Both contiguous and non-contiguous ranges are allowed.
  4. If the criteria is a reference to an empty cell, the COUNTIFS function treats it as a zero value (0).
  5. You can use the wildcard characters in criteria - asterisk (*) and question mark (?). See this example for full details.

How to use COUNTIFS and COUNTIF with multiple criteria in Excel

Below you will find a number of formula examples that demonstrate how to use the COUNTIFS and COUNTIF functions in Excel to evaluate multiple conditions.

How to count cells with multiple criteria (AND logic)

This scenario is the easiest one, since the COUNTIFS function in Excel is designed to count only those cells for which all of the specified conditions are TRUE. We call it the AND logic, because Excel's AND function works this way.

Formula 1. COUNTIFS formula with multiple criteria

Suppose you have a product list like shown in the screenshot below. You want to get a count of items that are in stock (value in column B is greater than 0) but have not been sold yet (value is column C is equal to 0).

The task can be accomplished by using this formula:

=COUNTIFS(B2:B7,">0", C2:C7,"=0")

And the count is 2 ("Cherries" and "Lemons"): Counting cells with multiple criteria based on AND logic

Formula 2. COUNTIFS formula with two criteria

When you want to count items with identical criteria, you still need to supply each criteria_range / criteria pair individually.

For example, here's the right formula to count items that have 0 both in column B and column C:

=COUNTIFS($B$2:$B$7,"=0", $C$2:$C$7,"=0")

This COUNTIFS formula returns 1 because only "Grapes" have "0" value in both columns. COUNTIFS formula with identical criteria

Using a simpler formula with a single criteria_range like COUNTIFS(B2:C7,"=0") would yield a different result - the total count of cells in the range B2:C7 containing a zero (which is 4 in this example).

How to count cells with multiple criteria (OR logic)

As you have seen in the above examples, counting cells that meet all of the specified criteria is easy because the COUNTIFS function is designed to work this way.

But what if you want to count cells for which at least one of the specified conditions is TRUE, i.e. based on the OR logic? Overall, there are two ways to do this - by adding up several COUNTIF formulas or using a SUM COUNTIFS formula with an array constant.

Formula 1. Add up two or more COUNTIF or COUNITFS formulas

In the table below, supposing you want to count orders with the "Cancelled" and "Pending" status. To have it doen, you can simply write 2 regular Countif formulas and add up the results:

=COUNTIF($C$2:$C$11,"Cancelled") + COUNTIF($C$2:$C$11,"Pending") Counting cells that meet any of the specified criteria

In case each of the functions is supposed to evaluate more than one condition, use COUNTIFS instead of COUNTIF. For example, to get the count of "Cancelled" and "Pending" orders for "Apples" use this formula:

=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$11, "Apples", $C$2:$C$11,"Cancelled") + COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$11, "Apples", $C$2:$C$11,"Pending") Another formula to count cells with multiple criteria and OR logic

Formula 2. SUM COUNTIFS with an array constant

In situations when you have to evaluate a lot of criteria, the above approach is not the best way to go because your formula would grow too big in size. To perform the same calculations in a more compact formula, list all of your criteria in an array constant, and supply that array to the criteria argument of the COUNTIFS function. To get the total count, embed COUNTIFS inside the SUM function, like this:

SUM(COUNTIFS(range,{"criteria1","criteria2","criteria3",…}))

In our sample table, to count orders with the status "Cancelled" or "Pending" or "In transit", the formula would go as follows:

=SUM(COUNTIFS($C$2:$C$11, {"cancelled", "pending", "in transit"})) A more compact formula to count cells with multiple criteria and OR logic

In a similar manner, you can count cells based on two or more criteria_range / criteria pairs. For instance, to get the number of "Apples" orders that are "Cancelled" or "Pending" or "In transit", use this formula:

=SUM(COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$11,"apples",$C$2:$C$11,{"cancelled","pending","in transit"})) Counting cells with multiple criteria_range / criteria pairs and OR logic

You can find a few more ways to count cells with OR logic in this tutorial: Excel COUNTIF and COUNTIFS with OR conditions.

How to count numbers between 2 specified numbers

By and large, COUNTIFS formulas for numbers fall into 2 categories - based on several conditions (explained in the above examples) and between the two values you specify. The latter can be accomplished in two ways - by using the COUNTIFS function or by subtracting one COUNTIF from another.

Formula 1. COUNTIFS to count cells between two numbers

To find out how many numbers between 5 and 10 (not including 5 and 10) are contained in cells C2 through C10, use this formula:

=COUNTIFS(C2:C10,">5", C2:C10,"<10") A COUNTIFS formula to count numbers between X and Y

To include 5 and 10 in the count, use the "greater than or equal to" and "less than or equal to" operators:

=COUNTIFS(B2:B10,">=5", B2:B10,"<=10")

Formula 2. COUNTIF formulas to count numbers between X and Y

The same result can be achieved by subtracting one Countif formula from another. The first one counts how many numbers are greater than the lower bound value (5 in this example). The second formula returns the count of numbers that are greater than the upper bound value (10 in this case). The difference between the first and second number is the result you are looking for.

  • =COUNTIF(C2:C10,">5")-COUNTIF(C2:C10,">=10") - counts how many numbers greater than 5 and less than 10 are in the range C2:C10. This formula will return the same count as shown in the screenshot above.
  • =COUNTIF(C2:C10, ">=5")-COUNTIF(C2:C10, ">10") - the formula counts how many numbers between 5 and 10 are in the range C2:C10, including 5 and 10.

How to use cell references in COUNTIFS formulas

When using logical operators such as ">", "<", "<=" or ">=" together with cell references in your Excel COUNTIFS formulas, remember to enclose the operator in "double quotes" and
add an ampersand (&) before a cell reference to construct a text string.

In a sample dataset below, let's count "Apples" orders with amount greater than $200. With criteria_range1 in cells A2:A11 and criteria_range2 in B2:B11, you can use this formula:

=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$11, "Apples", $B$2:$B$11, ">200")

Or, you can input your criteria values in certain cells, say F1 and F2, and reference those cells in your formula:

=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$11, $F$1, $B$2:$B$11, ">"&$F$2)

Please notice the use of absolute cell references both in the criteria and criteria_range arguments, which prevents the formula from being broken when copied to other cells. Using cell references in COUNTIFS formulas

For more information about the use of an ampersand in COUNTIF and COUNTIFS formulas, please see Excel COUNTIF - frequently asked questions.

How to use COUNTIFS with wildcard characters

In Excel COUNTIFS formulas, you can use the following wildcard characters:

  • Question mark (?) - matches any single character, use it to count cells starting and/or ending with certain characters.
  • Asterisk (*) - matches any sequence of characters, you use it to count cells containing a specified word or a character(s) as part of the cell's contents.

Tip. If you want to count cells with an actual question mark or asterisk, type a tilde (~) before an asterisk or question mark.

Now let's see how you can use a wildcard char in real-life COUNTIFS formulas in Excel. Suppose, you have a list of projects in column A. You wish to know how many projects are already assigned to someone, i.e. have any name in column B. And because we are learning how to use the COUNTIFS function with multiple criteria, let's add a second condition - the End Date in column D should also be set.

Here is the formula that works a treat:

=COUNTIFS(B2:B10,"*",D2:D10,"<>"&""))

Please note, you cannot use a wildcard character in the 2nd criteria because you have dates rather that text values in column D. That is why, you use the criteria that finds non-blank cells: "<>"&"" The COUNTIFS formula to count entries containing any text in one column and non-blank cells in another column.

COUNTIFS and COUNTIF with multiple criteria for dates

The COUNTIFS and COUNTIF formulas you use for dates are very much similar to the above formulas for numbers.

Example 1. Count dates in a specific date range

To count the dates that fall in a certain date range, you can also use either a COUNTIFS formula with two criteria or a combination of two COUNTIF functions.

For example, the following formulas count the number of dates in cells C2 through C10 that fall between 1-Jun-2014 and 7-Jun-2014, inclusive:

=COUNTIFS(C2:C9, ">=6/1/2014", C2:C9, "<=6/7/2014")

=COUNTIF(C2:C9, ">=6/1/2014") - COUNTIF(C2:C9, ">6/7/2014") The COUNTIF formula with 2 conditions to count dates in a specific date range

Example 2. Count dates with multiple conditions

In the same manner, you can use a COUNTIFS formula to count the number of dates in different columns that meet 2 or more conditions. For instance, the below formula will find out how many products were purchased after the 20th of May and delivered after the 1st of June:

=COUNTIFS(C2:C9, ">5/1/2014", D2:D9, ">6/7/2014") The COUNTIF formula to count dates with multiple conditions

Example 3. Count dates with multiple conditions based on the current date

You can use Excel's TODAY() function in combination with COUNTIF to count dates based on the current date.

For example, the following COUNTIF formula with two ranges and two criteria will tell you how many products have already been purchased but not delivered yet.

=COUNTIFS(C2:C9, "<"&TODAY(), D2:D9, ">"&TODAY()) The COUNTIF formula to count dates with multiple conditions based on the current date

This formula allows for many possible variations. For instance, you can tweak it to count how many products were purchased more than a week ago and are not delivered yet:

=COUNTIFS(C2:C9, "<="&TODAY()-7, D2:D9, ">"&TODAY())

This is how you count cells with multiple criteria in Excel. I hope you will find these examples helpful. Anyway, I thank you for reading and hope to see you on our blog next week!

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2035 comments

  1. hi, how can i make a sum and countifs with mulitple criteria in cell link instead of text? for example: sum(countifs(A3:A7,{"cancelled","apple"})) now instead of using cancelled and apple, i will use cell link like A17 FOR CANCELLED AND A18 FOR APPLE. Is this possible?

    Appreciate your help! many thanks

  2. Hi! I hope you can help me I keep getting errors when I try to build this problem into IF and adding multiple => than x.

    I am trying to build a formula where I want a blank cell come back with (High, Medium, Low) when there is a specific number in another cell. For instance some types a number between these ranges for High (12 to 13 ), Medium (7 to 11), low (4 to 6)

    Hope this makes sense, please advice and your recommendation if any, thank you

  3. Hi, thanks a lot for the tips!

    Do you know how to count to meet certain criteria continuously instead of just counting overall data?
    For e.g.
    Inspection result is "PASS" for 60 batches continuously in a specific time range, instead of the normal Inspection results is "PASS" for 60 batches overall in a time range.

    Thanks in advance!

  4. I have spent hours trying to make this work. I went through your entire tutorial (which is awesome by the way!) but cannot seem to tweak your formulas to fit my needs where it actually works.

    Column M contains dates. I want to find the dates between 9/1/20 and 9/30/20.
    Column C contains text. I want to find any matches to the word deviation.
    Column E contains text. I want to find all occurrences except cancelled.
    I want to count all the instances of occurrences between that date, that match the word deviation, that aren’t cancelled.

    I have tried all of these and none work. Can you please help me?
    =COUNTIFS(Metrics!M2:M1829,">9/1/2020",Metrics!M2:M1829,"<9/30/2020",Metrics!C2:C1829,"*Deviation*",Metrics!E2:E1829,""&Cancelled)
    =COUNTIFS(AND(Metrics!M2:M1829,">9/1/2020",Metrics!M2:M1829,"<9/30/2020"),(Metrics!C2:C1829,"*Deviation*"),(Metrics!E2:E1829,"*Cancelled*"))
    =COUNTIFS(Metrics!M2:M1829,">9/1/2020",Metrics!M2:M1829,"<9/30/2020"),(Metrics!C2:C1829,"*Deviation*"),(Metrics!E2:E1829,"*Cancelled*")
    =SUM(COUNTIFS(Metrics!M2:M1829,">9/1/2020",Metrics!M2:M1829,"<9/30/2020",Metrics!C2:C1829,"Deviation",Metrics!E2:E1829,"Cancelled")
    =SUM(COUNTIFS(Metrics!M2:M1829,">9/1/2020",Metrics!M2:M1829,"<9/30/2020",Metrics!C2:C1829,"Deviation",Metrics!E2:E1829,"Cancelled")

    • Hello!
      If I understand the question correctly, try using the "<>" sign in the condition.

      =COUNTIFS(AND(Metrics!M2:M1829,">9/1/2020",Metrics!M2:M1829,"<9/30/2020"), (Metrics!C2:C1829,"<>"&"*Deviation*"), (Metrics!E2:E1829,"<>"&"*Cancelled*"))

      • Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work. The old "There's a problem with this formula" box comes up. It's highlighted all of the parenthesis, if that's helpful at all.

        • Hi!
          I can't check the formula that contains unique references to your workbook worksheets. Try removing the parentheses from the formula.

          =COUNTIFS(Metrics!M2:M1829,">9/1/2020", Metrics!M2:M1829,"<9/30/2020", Metrics!C2:C1829,"<>"&"*Deviation*", Metrics!E2:E1829,"<>"&"*Cancelled*")

  5. Hi,
    Am Benson. Can you assist me with a formula to count "number of males, with ages 1 to 4, with a yes on Eligible as seen in the data below

    GENDER. AGE. ELIGIBLE
    Male 2 Yes
    Male 3. Yes
    Female 4. Yes
    Male. 5. No
    Male. 1. Yes
    Female. 3. Yes
    Male. 2. No
    Male. 3. Yes
    Female. 5. Yes

  6. Hi,

    I'm trying to create a QA scorecard for my team. I hope someone can help me.

    What I'm trying to do is that create an point system with my scorecard. Let's say that the passing QA score is 80, that would be equivalent to 30 points. Every time the QA score is deducted with 3, the points will be deducted with 2.

    Example:

    80 = 30 points
    77 = 28 points
    73 = 26 points
    70 = 24 points
    67 = 21 points

    and so on.

    • I'm sorry, there's a mistake. It's supposed to be:

      80 = 30 points
      77 = 28 points
      74 = 26 points
      71 = 24 points
      68 = 22 points

  7. Im trying to find a formula for the following situation.
    I hope I ill be able to explain it clearly.

    1 basket contains 3 apples, 4 bananas, 7 oranges

    I would like to be able to change the basket number for example to 2 and I would like excel to calculate how many fruits I need for 2 baskets. And when I change it for example to 10 baskets it needs to tell me how many fruits I need to fill each basket.

    Thank you for your help

  8. I have a spread sheet that I copy data into from a different spread sheet that tracks quality defects of our products by Date, Model, Serial Number and Production Line. We have some products that have multiple quality issues tied to one serial number that have to be fixed and some that only have one issue.

    What I am trying to do is get the count of quality defects by date, but not to include duplicate serial number entries. The formulas below get me different parts of the issues I'm trying to track.

    The first one will get me the number of units that had defects that particular day, but it won't exclude the duplicate serial entries.

    =COUNTIFS(X2:X1800,"="&DATE(2022,8,22))

    The second formula will get me the number of non repeating serial numbers but isn't able to be constrained to a certain date.

    =SUM(IF(FREQUENCY(IF(LEN(AE2:AE1800)>0,MATCH(AE2:AE1800,AE2:AE1800,0),""),IF(LEN(AE2:AE1800)>0,MATCH(AE2:AE1800,AE2:AE1800,0),""))>0,1))

    So I am needing to figure out a way to combine the formulas so that I can use the same formula in multiple cells but have different dates.

  9. This Fomula is giving me a Spill error.

    =FILTER(A2:A500>="9/1", A2:A500<="9/30")*(COUNTIFS($E$2:$E$500,"*ER*",$I$2:$I$500,"EOU"))

    What I am trying to do is in Colum A I have Sept, Oct and Nov dates, which is our Quarter1. Then I have other columns which have drop downs in them (column E and I). So what I need to do is be able to filter these 2 COUNT IFS criteria, by month. And break it out my months within the Quarter 1 spreadsheet tab.

    Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

  10. Hello, I've been struggling with this for some time. I have two sheets.

    One sheet has: Sheet two:

    COL A|COL B |COL C COL A| COL B| COL C
    Player|Week|Points and the other has Name|Name|Both

    Objective is to match names in COL A and B from sheet two to COL A in sheet 1.
    However the criteria must be-
    COL C(Points) must be greater than 26 for the name in COL A( sheet 2)
    COL C(Points) must be greater than 20 for the name in COL B(sheet 2)
    Both of the above criteria must have been met on the same date.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. the current formula i was trying is:
    =COUNTIFS(Table2[FDPoints],">=26",Table2[Player],B75,Table2[Week],10/10/2021)/2+COUNTIFS(Table2[FDPoints],">=20",Table2[Player],F75,Table2[Week],10/10/2021)/2

      • Thank you.

        So this formula will give me almost what I am looking for:
        =COUNTIFS(Table2[Player],[@QB2],Table2[FDPoints],">=26",Table2[Week],"=9/11/2022")+COUNTIFS(Table2[Player],[@RB],Table2[FDPoints],">=20",Table2[Week],"=9/11/2022")

        However if one name meets the criteria, it still adds the value. How can I made it add nothing if both names do not match there set criteria.

        Example:
        1 player has 26 points or over, the other player has 20 points or over. If both are not met, then it does not add.
        Currently, if player[QB2] has over 26 points, and player 2[RB] has less than 20, it will return: 1
        If both players meet criteria, it returns 2.
        I would like for it to be counted as 1 if both criteria is met, but not to count if both are not.

        Thank you!

          • That works perfectly. Now my data contains 18 different dates. Any way to add them up without making a long formula as it will freeze excel if over so many characters?

            =IF(AND(COUNTIFS(Table2[Player],[@QB2], Table2[FDPoints],">=26",Table2[Week],"=9/11/2022")>0, COUNTIFS(Table2[Player],[@RB], Table2[FDPoints],">=20",Table2[Week],"=9/11/2022")>0),1,0)+IF(AND(COUNTIFS(Table2[Player],[@QB2], Table2[FDPoints],">=26",Table2[Week],"=1/9/2022")>0, COUNTIFS(Table2[Player],[@RB], Table2[FDPoints],">=20",Table2[Week],"=1/9/2022")>0),1,0)+IF(AND(COUNTIFS(Table2[Player],[@QB2], Table2[FDPoints],">=26",Table2[Week],"=1/2/2022")>0, COUNTIFS(Table2[Player],[@RB], Table2[FDPoints],">=20",Table2[Week],"=1/2/2022")>0),1,0)

            etc.
            Thanks again

            • It is actually working great. Thanks for your help!

  11. we have data in column like
    AOHO001
    AOHO002
    AOU1003
    AOU2004
    AOU3005
    AOU1006
    AOU2007
    AOHO008
    we have to count how many no. are AOHO

  12. plz help me
    59 rows 1000 number same then 59 rows 10002 number same then 59 rows 10003 number same in one column .....last 3000 number in excel how to work in excel. plz solve issue.

  13. Hi there,

    Wasn't aware you could use arrays like you've shown. It's much neater.

    Is there a way to use an array of Criteria_ranges like this?

    The formula I want to use is:
    =COUNTIFS(data!$C:$C,Sheet2!$C20,data!N:V,">0.0137",data!N:V,"<0.0432")

    I'm aware this doesn't work because of the different size of criteria ranges. Is there any neat / simple way to check each of the columns from N through V for these two conditions, with out writing 18 different range, criteria pairs?

    Hope that makes sense. Thanks

  14. My request is simple for you. I want it to give me a total count if two things in different in to columns (same line) match criteria entered

    =COUNTIFS($K$2:$K$5541,"Smith, Mary (56123)",&,$H$2:$H$5541,"BHA")

    So if a row contains both Smith, Mary (56123) in one column and BHA is a another column that would be one so 1 would show on the count.

    What am I missing?

  15. Hi,

    Your website is very informative. And I would like to request your help to understand why COUNTIFS function is not working when I add one criterion.

    Example data:

    Counting Date Material Batch TUID LUID UoM Number of Counts QTY Expected QTY Counted QTY Difference QTY Difference ABS Bin Accuracy
    jun 10, 2022 72823224S 21DM14100 104824 1045886 EA 1 2 2 0 0 TRUE
    jun 10, 2022 75005333 E75239 125158 1054899 EA 1 16 16 0 0 TRUE

    Sheet Raw Data contains (among other columns):
    Column A - Counting Date
    ...
    Column L - Bin Accuracy (either True or False)
    ...
    Column O - Is the bin correct? (either Yes or No, and to fill this column I'm using formula =IF(L2="TRUE";"Yes";"No")
    Column Q - Business Unit (either O, S or A)

    Sheet Results Summary contains (among other columns):
    Column DP - Counting Date

    Formula =COUNTIFS('Raw Data'!$A:$A,'Results Summary'!DP$1,'Raw Data'!$Q:$Q,"O") is working.

    Formula =COUNTIFS('Raw Data'!$A:$A,'Results Summary'!DP$1,'Raw Data'!$Q:$Q,"O",'Raw data'!$L:$L,"FALSE") is not.

    I had to use formula =COUNTIFS('Raw Data'!$A:$A,'Results Summary'!DP$1,'Raw Data'!$Q:$Q,"O",'Raw data'!$O:$O,"NO") for it to work.

    I thought it could have something to do with the cell format, but I can't seem to find a solution. I already tried changing it to Text, General, but nothing works.

    Can you please advise?

    Thank you

    • Hello!
      Column L contains boolean values TRUE or FALSE. In your formula, you compare them to the text values "TRUE" or "FALSE". This is not true.
      Use
      ’Raw data’!$L:$L,FALSE and L2=TRUE
      Read more about comparing boolean values in this article.

  16. I am using this formula to look in a range and find (match) all instances of the text in "N44", and on the next 7 rows, "N44" becomes "N45", "N46" and so forth, for a list of 8 instances. (i.e., looking for the word "won", "lost", "waiting word".
    = COUNTIF('2022'!$K$3:$K$300,N44)
    My problem is that I am getting a wrong count. If I personally count in my spreadsheet the instances of "N44", I count one less than what the formula is returning.
    The weird part is that not all rows are coming up with the wrong values.

    Thank you for your help.

    • Hi!
      I don't have your data, but I'm sure the function is correct. I don't quite understand what "wrong values" means. Perhaps this is the problem.

  17. I have a countifs formula to be able to count the total amount of a selection made in 3 seperate drop down menus. I am not however, able to have the count on all 3 columns of the drop down menus at once (which would be what I need to do).

    EX: =COUNTIFS('Juin 2022'!M:M,E2,'Juin 2022'!G:G,C3)

    M representing the column of 1 of the drop downs, but I would need N and O also.

    Thank you!

    • Hello!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above - Count cells with multiple criteria (OR logic). If it doesn’t work for you, then please describe your task in detail, I’ll try to suggest a solution.

  18. Hi- Hoping you can help me.

    I have two columns of dates: Event Date, and Action Date. There are more Action Dates than Event dates.

    These dates are on different worksheets.

    I want to find out have many actions happened within 30 days of all of the Event dates
    ie, if an event happened on 1/15/22, how many action occurred between 1/15/22 and 2/14/22?

    thanks!

    • Hi!
      If you read the last paragraph of this article carefully, you will easily find the answer there.

      =COUNTIFS(Sheet1!A1:A10," > ="&DATE(2022,1,15),Sheet1!A1:A10," < ="&(DATE(2022,1,15)+30))

  19. I have a Problem with counting the multiple numbers with "50". Is there a formula to compute how many "50" combining with "today()" formula? Because I want to count all "50" for today only not the whole data set. Hope you can help.

    Thank you.

    • Hi!
      I’m sorry but your description doesn’t give me a complete understanding of your task. I'm assuming you want to count the number of values given two conditions. The COUNTIFS function can help you with this. If that's not enough, then explain the issue in more detail.

  20. Hi,

    Great tips!

    I have a question, do you know how to do the COUNTIFS formula to exclude a word?

    So for example, I want two different types of formulas, the first one, I wanna include "word", I did this formula:

    =COUNTIFS(Links!J:J,APRIL!E58,Links!M:M,"*word*")

    The second one, I want to exclude "word". Is this possible?

    Thanks!

    • Hello!
      To exclude “word”, you can subtract its amount from the total number of values.

      =COUNTA(Links!M:M) - COUNTIFS(Links!J:J,APRIL!E58,Links!M:M,”*word*”)

      I do not recommend using a reference to the entire column in the formula, as this can significantly slow down the calculation.

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