by This tutorial explains the Excel SUMIF function in plain English. The main focus is on real-life formula examples with all kinds of criteria including text, numbers, dates, wildcards, blanks and non-blanks.
Microsoft Excel has a handful of functions to summarize large data sets for reports and analyses. One of the most useful functions that can help you make sense of an incomprehensible set of diverse data is SUMIF. Instead of adding up all numbers in a range, it lets you sum only those values that meet your criteria.
So, whenever your task requires conditional sum in Excel, the SUMIF function is what you need. A good thing is that the function is available in all versions, from Excel 2000 through Excel 365. Another great thing is that once you've learned SUMIF, it will take you very little effort to master other "IF" functions such as SUMIFS, COUNTIF, COUNTIFS, AVERAGEIF, etc.
SUMIF in Excel - syntax and basic uses
The SUMIF function, also known as Excel conditional sum, is used to add up cell values based on a certain condition.
The function is available in Excel 365, Excel 2021, Excel 2019, Excel 2016, Excel 2013, Excel 2010, Excel 2007, and lower.
The syntax is as follows:
As you see, the SUMIF function has 3 arguments - first 2 are required and the last one is optional.
- Range (required) - the range of cells to be evaluated by criteria.
- Criteria (required) - the condition that must be met. It may be supplied in the form of a number, text, date, logical expression, a cell reference, or another Excel function. For example, you can enter the criteria such as "5", "cherries", "10/25/2014", "<5", etc.
- Sum_range (optional) - the range to sum if the condition is met. If omitted, then range is summed.
Note. Please pay attention that any text criteria or criteria containing logical operators must be enclosed in double quotation marks, e.g. "apples", ">10". Cell references should be used without the quotation marks, otherwise they would be treated as text strings.
Basic SUMIF formula
To better understand the SUMIF syntax, consider the following example. Suppose you have a list of products in column A, regions in column B, and sales amounts in column C. Your goal is to get a total of sales for a specific region, say North. To have it done, let's build an Excel SUMIF formula in its simplest form.
You start with defining the following arguments:
- Range - a list of regions (B2:B10).
- Criteria - "North" or a cell containing the region of interest (F1).
- Sum_range - the sales amounts to be added up (C2:C10).
Putting the arguments together, we get the following formula:
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "north", C2:C10)
or
=SUMIF(B2:B10, F1, C2:C10)
Both formulas only sum sales in the North region:
Note. The sum_range parameter actually defines only the upper leftmost cell of the range to be summed. The remaining area is defined by the dimensions of the range argument. In practice, this means that sum_range argument does not necessarily have to be of the same size as range argument, i. e. it may have a different number of rows and columns. However, the top left cell must always be the right one. For example, in the above formula, you can supply C2, or C2:C4, or even C2:C100 as the sum_range argument, and the result will still be correct. However, the best practice is to provide equally sized range and sum_range.
Note. The SUMIF function is case-insensitive by nature. However, it is possible to force it to recognize the text case. For full details, please see Case-sensitive SUMIF in Excel.
How to use SUMIF in Excel - formula examples
Hopefully, the above example has helped you gain some basic understanding of how the function works. Below you will find a few more formulas that demonstrate how to use SUMIF in Excel with various criteria.
SUMIF greater than or less than
To sum numbers greater than or less than a particular value, configure the SUMIF criteria with one of the following logical operators:
- Greater than (>)
- Greater than or equal to (>=)
- Less than (<)
- Less than or equal to (<=)
In the table below, supposing you wish to add up the sales numbers for the items that ship in 3 or more days. To express this condition, put a comparison operator (>) before the number and surround the construction in double quotes:
=SUMIF(C2:C10, ">3", B2:B10)
If the target number is in another cell, say F1, concatenate the logical operator and cell reference:
=SUMIF(C2:C10, ">"&F1, B2:B10)
In a similar manner, you can sum values smaller than a given number. For this, use the less than (<) operator:
=SUMIF(C2:C10, "<3", B2:B10)
SUM IF equal to
A SUMIF formula with the "equal to" criteria works for both numbers and text. In such criteria, the equals sign is not actually required.
For instance, to find a total of the items that ship in 3 days, either of the below formulas will do:
=SUMIF(C2:C10, 3, B2:B10)
or
=SUMIF(C2:C10, "=3", B2:B10)
To sum if equal to cell, supply a cell reference for criteria:
=SUMIF(C2:C10, F1, B2:B10)
Where B2:B10 are the amounts, C2:C10 is the shipment duration, and F1 is the desired delivery time.
Likewise, you can use the "equal to" criteria with text values. For instance, to add up the Apples amounts, choose any of the formulas below:
=SUMIF(A2:A10, "apples", B2:B10)
=SUMIF(A2:A10, "=apples", B2:B10)
=SUMIF(A2:A10, F1, B2:B10)
Where A2:A10 is the list of items to compare against the value in F1.
The above formulas imply that the criterion matches the entire cell contents. Consequently, the SUMIF function will add up Apples sales but not, say, Green Apples. To sum partial matches, construct the "if cell contains" criteria like in this SUMIF wildcard formula.
Note. Please pay attention that, in Excel SUMIF formulas, a comparison or equals operator should always be enclosed in double quotes, whether used on its own or together with a number or text.
SUM IF not equal to
To build the "not equal to" criteria, use the "<>" logical operator.
When a value, either text or number, is hardcoded in the criteria, remember to surround the entire construction with double quotes.
For example, to sum the amounts with shipment other than 3 days, the formula goes as follows:
=SUMIF(C2:C10, "<>3", B2:B10)
To find a total of all the items except Apples, the formula is:
=SUMIF(A2:A10, "<>apples", B2:B10)
When the criterion is in another cell, concatenate the "not equal to" operator and a cell reference like this:
=SUMIF(A2:A10, "<>"&F1, B2:B10)
SUM IF blank
This example shows how to sum cells in one column if a corresponding cell in another column is blank. There are two formulas to fulfill the task. Which one to use depends on your interpretation of a "blank cell".
If "blank" means cells that contain absolutely nothing (no formula, no zero-length string returned by some other function), then use "=" for criteria. For example:
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "=", C2:D10)
If "blank" includes empty strings (for example, cells with a formula like =""), then use "" for criteria:
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "", C2:D10)
Both formulas return a total of sales for undefined regions, i.e. where a cell in column B is blank:
SUM IF not blank
To make "if cell is not blank then sum" kind of formula, use "<>" as the criteria. This will add up all cells that contain anything in them, including zero-length strings.
For instance, here's how you can sum sales for all the regions, i.e. where column B is not blank:
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "<>", C2:D10)
Excel SUMIF with text criteria
When adding up numbers in one column based on text values in another column, it's important to differentiate between exact and partial match.
| Criteria | Formula Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sum if equal to | Exact match: =SUMIF(A2:A8, "bananas", C2:C8) |
Sum values in cells C2:C8 if a cell in column A in the same row contains exactly the word "bananas" and no other words or characters. Cells containing "green bananas", "bananas green", or "bananas!" are not included. |
| Sum if cell contains | Partial match: =SUMIF(A2:A8, "*bananas*", C2:C8) |
Sum values in cells C2:C8 if a corresponding cell in column A contains the word "bananas", alone or in combination with any other words. Cells containing "green bananas", "bananas green", or "bananas!" are summed. |
| Sum if not equal to | Exact match: =SUMIF(A2:A8, "<>bananas", C2:C8) |
Sum values in cells C2:C8 if a cell in column A contains any value other than "bananas". If a cell contains "bananas" together with some other words or characters like "yellow bananas" or "bananas yellow", such cells are summed. |
| Sum if cell does not contain | Partial match: =SUMIF(A2:A8, "<>*bananas*", C2:C8) |
Sum values in cells C2:C8 if a cell in column A does not contain the word "bananas", alone or in combination with any other words. Cells containing "yellow bananas" or "bananas yellow" are not summed. |
For real-life formula examples, please check out Sum if equal to and Sum if not equal to.
In the next section, we'll take a closer look at SUMIF formulas with partial match.
SUMIF formulas with wildcard characters
To conditionally sum cells by partial match, include one of the following wildcard characters in your criteria:
- Question mark (?) to match any single character in a specific position.
- Asterisk (*) to match any number of characters.
Example 1. Sum values based on partial match
Suppose you wish to total sales for all northern regions, including North, North-East, and North-West. To have it done, put an asterisk right after the word "north":
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "north*", C2:D10)
An asterisk on both sides will also work:
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "*north*", C2:D10)
Alternatively, you can type the region of interest in a predefined cell (F1), and then concatenate a cell reference and a wildcard character enclosed in quotes:
=SUMIF(B2:B10, F1&"*", C2:D10)
Or
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "*"&F1&"*", C2:D10)
Example 2. Sum if cell contains * or ?
To match a literal question mark or asterisk, place a tilde (~) before the character, e.g. "~?" or "~*".
For example, to sum sales for the regions marked with *, use "*~*" for criteria. In this case, the first asterisk is a wildcard and the second one is a literal asterisk character:
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "*~*", C2:D10)
If the criteria (* in our case) is entered in a separate cell, then concatenate a tilde and the cell reference, like this:
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "*"&"~"&F1, C2:D10)
Example 3. Sum if another cell contains text
If your dataset contains various data types and you only want to sum cells corresponding to text values, the following SUMIF formulas will come in handy.
To add up values in cells C2:C8 if a cell in column A contains any text character(s):
=SUMIF(A2:A8,"?*", C2:C8)
To sum values in C2:C8 if a cell in column A contains any text value, including zero length strings:
=SUMIF(A2:A8,"*", C2:C8)
Both of the above formulas ignore non-text values such as numbers, dates, errors, and Booleans.
How to use Excel SUMIF with dates
Using dates as SUMIF criteria is very much like using numbers. The most important thing is to supply a date in the format that Excel understands. If you are not sure which date format is supported and which is not, the DATE function can be a solution.
Assuming you are looking to sum sales for the items delivered before 10-Sep-2020, the criteria can be expressed in this way:
=SUMIF(C2:C10, "<9/10/2020", B2:B10)
or
=SUMIF(C2:C10, "<"&DATE(2020,9,10), B2:B10)
or
=SUMIF(C2:C10, "<"&F1, B2:B10)
Where F1 is the target date.
To sum cells based on today's date, include the TODAY function in your criteria. For example, that's how you calculate a total of sales with a delivery date prior to today:
=SUMIF(C2:C10, "<"&TODAY(), B2:B10)
To sum within a date range, you need to define a smaller and larger date separately. This can be done with the help of the SUMIFS function that supports multiple criteria.
For example, to sum values in column B if a date in column C is between two dates, this is the formula to use:
=SUMIFS(B2:B10, C2:C10, ">="&F1, C2:C10, "<="&G1)
Where B2:B10 is the sum range, C2:C10 is the list of dates to check, F1 is the start date and G1 is the end date.
More formula examples can be found in SUMIFS with date range as criteria.
How to do SUMIF from another sheet
To conditionally sum data from a different sheet, provide external references for the SUMIF arguments. The easiest way is to start typing a formula, switch to another worksheet and select ranges using the mouse. Excel will insert all the references automatically, without you having to worry about the correct syntax.
For instance, the below formula will add up values in C2:C10 on the Data sheet based on the criteria in B3 on Sheet1:
=SUMIF(Data!B2:B10, B3, Data!C2:C10)
How to correctly use cell references in SUMIF criteria
To create a flexible formula, you normally insert all variable parameters in predefined cells instead of "hardcoding" them. With Excel SUMIF, that might be a bit of a challenge.
In the simplest case when summing "if equal to", you simply use a cell reference for criteria. For example:
=SUMIF(C2:C10, F1, B2:B10)
But when a cell reference is used together with a logical operator, the criteria should be provided in the form of a string. So, you use the double quotes ("") to start a text string and ampersand (&) to concatenate and finish the string off. For example:
=SUMIF(C2:C10, ">"&F7, B2:B10)
Please note that the comparison operators are enclosed in quotation marks while the cell references are not.
Why is my SUMIF formula not working?
There could be several reasons why Excel SUMIF is not working for you. Sometimes, your formula does not return what you expect only because the data type in a cell or in some argument isn't suited for the SUMIF function. Below is a list of important things to check.
1. SUMIF supports only one condition
The syntax of the SUMIF function has room for only one condition. To sum with multiple criteria, either use the SUMIFS function (adds up cells that meet all the conditions) or build a SUMIF formula with multiple OR criteria (sums cells that meet any of the conditions).
2. Range and sum_range should be of the same size
For a SUMIF formula to work correctly, the range and sum_range argument should have the same dimensions, otherwise you may get misleading results. The point is that Microsoft Excel does not rely on the user's ability to provide matching ranges, and to avoid possible inconsistency issues, it determines the sum range automatically in this way:
Sum_range defines only the upper left cell of the range that will be summed, the remaining area is determined by the size and shape of the range argument.
Given the above, the below formula will actually sum cells in C2:C10 and not in C2:D10. Why? Because range consists of 1 column and 9 rows, and so does sum_range.
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "north", C2:D10)
In older Excel versions, unequally sized ranges can cause lots of problems. In modern Excel, complex SUMIF formulas where sum_range has less rows and/or columns than range are also capricious. That is why it's a good practice to always define the same number of rows and columns for these two arguments.
3. Range and sum_range should be ranges, not arrays
Though SUMIF can process an array constant in criteria like shown in this example, it does not support arrays in range and sum_range. These two arguments can only be cell ranges.
5. SUMIF criteria syntax
For criteria, the SUMIF function allows using different data types including text, numbers, dates, cell references, logical operators (>, <, =, <>), wildcard characters (?, *, ~) and other functions. The syntax of such criteria is quite specific.
If the criteria argument includes a text value, wildcard character or logical operator followed by text, number or date, enclose the whole criteria in quotation marks. For example:
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "north*", C2:D10)
=SUMIF(C2:D10, ">100")
=SUMIF(B2:B10, "<>north", C2:D10)
=SUMIF(C2:C10, "<=9/10/2020", B2:B10)
When a logical operator is followed by a cell reference or another function, the criteria should be provided in the form of a string. So, you use an ampersand (&) to concatenate a logical operator and a reference or function. For example:
=SUMIF(B2:B10, ">"&F1)
=SUMIF(C2:D10, "<="&TODAY(), B2:B10)
4. SUMIF from another workbook not working
As with many Excel functions, SUMIF can refer to other sheets and workbooks, provided they are currently open.
For example, this formula will work fine as long as Book1 is open:
=SUMIF([Book1.xlsx]Sheet1!$A$2:$A$9,"apples",[Book1.xlsx]Sheet1!$F$2:$F$9)
And it will stop working as soon as Book1 is closed. This happens because the referenced ranges in closed workbooks get de-referenced into arrays. And since arrays are not supported in the range and sum_range arguments, SUMIF throws a #VALUE! error.
6. SUMIF does not recognize text case
By design, SUMIF in Excel is not case-sensitive, meaning it treats uppercase and lowercase letters as the same characters. To make a case-sensitive SUMIF formula, use the SUMPRODUCT function together with EXACT.
That's how to use SUMIF in Excel. Hopefully, our formula examples have given you some good insights. As always, I thank you for reading and hope to see you on our blog next week!
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346 comments
Hi,
I am working on a financial model, and i have may cash flow mapped monthly.
Now i would like to analyze the information on a trimester basis.
Please can you assist with a formula that allows me to sum the monthly amount to a trimester amount.
Regards
Hello Thany,
You can create SUMIFS formula and use date ranges as criteria:
Trimester 1:
=SUMIFS(B1:B3,A1:A3, ">=1/01/2015",A1:A3, "<=01/10/2015")
Trimester 2:
=SUMIFS(B1:B3,A1:A3, ">=1/11/2015",A1:A3, "<=01/20/2015")
Trimester 3:
=SUMIFS(B1:B3,A1:A3, ">=1/21/2015",A1:A3, "<=01/31/2015")
I NEED HELP WITH A FORMULA.
I HAVE A SPACE THAT IS FILLED WITH AN AMOUNT.
BELOW I HAVE ANOTHER SPACE THAT HAS THE TOTAL.
INBETWEEN THOSE SPACES I NEED TO BUT A SQUARE WITH THE FORMULA THAT HELP ME ADD A CERTAIN NUMBER IF THE TOP SPACE REACHES TO OR OVER THAT CERTAIN NUMBER.
I.E
SQUARE ONE-5.00
SQUARE TWO- FORMULA THAT READ: IF SQUARE ONE REACHES 5.00 OR OVER, THEN .50 CENTS IS ADDED ON.
SQUARE THREE- WOULD READ THE AMOUNT BELOW 5.00 OR THE AMOUNT ABOVE 5.OO PLUS EXTRA 50. CENTS
THANKS FOR THE HELP
Hello Michael,
You can use IF function to add a certain amount by your condition, e.g.:
=IF(C5>=5,C5+0.5,C5)
Here cell C5 is the amount you want to check. If it is more or equal to 5, the formula will show the value from cell C5 plus 0.50, otherwise it will show just the value from cell C5.
As for square three, could you please describe the condition and the expected result in more detail?
IN COLUMN J SOME CELL I ALREADY ADDED LIKE J54=SUM(J1:J53)AND J100=SUM(J60:J99)AND J130=SUM(J105:J129).LIKE THIS I ADDED IN K,M,O,Q.....ETC COLUMNS. NOW I ADDED THESE (J54,J100&J130) IN B350=J54+J100+J130.HOW TO PUT THE FORMULA FOR ADDING K,M,O,Q..ETC IN B351,B352,B353,B354..ETC
Thanks for time range formula! It worked.
I want to add c2 and d2 together with the total in e2. However i only want them to add if neither of the numbers entered in c2 or d2 are zero.
Hello Jackie,
You can use the following formula is cell E2:
=IF(AND(C2<>0, D2<>0), C2+D2, "")
I have fruits list in column A1 to A3,A1=mango,A2=apple and A3=banana.How we type by formula their price in column B1 to B3. mango=200,aplle=150 and banana=100. if i have the very lagre list.for example A1 to A100 of different types of fruits and their different amount by putting any formula and easy formula.all columns from B1 to B100 fill spontaneously.
please reply
Hello Faisal,
Could you please specify if you want to fill column B with random numbers, or if you have another range to take the prices that correspond to the fruit name?
If you want to fill the cells with random numbers within a certain range, you can use our Random Generator add-in:
https://www.ablebits.com/excel-random-generator/index.php
If you have a range with the prices, please specify where it is, or send a sample spreadsheet to support@ablebits.com. If you send your Excel file to us, please add a note with the name of the article and the number of your comment.
Hi, great blog.
I have a challenging problem:
I have data in a large, changing table, with I need to get a percentage readiness for:
e.g.
Resource; A; B; C; D; E; F; etc
Minimum Number needed; 1; 3; 2; 5; 8; 2; etc
Team 1; 1; 2; 2; 8; 8; 8; etc
Team 2; 3; 3; 1; 4; 8; 8; etc
Team 3;
Team 4 etc
I am trying to find out for each team what the percentage readiness is, i.e.
Team 1, Resource A shows they have one out of a required one, Resource B two out of three; Resource C two out of two. Resource E eight out of five (so more than they require) etc.
The maximum number to use should be the Resource – i.e. Team 1, Resource A = 1/1 = 100%, B = 2/3 = 66%, C = 2/2 = 100%, D = 8/5 = 100% etc. In Total, 20 out of 21.
I am trying to do this without a “helper table”.
Can you help?
Hi, great blog.
I have a challan
Hi Ben,
Thank you very much for your feedback.
You need to set the cell format to percentage first, and then use the following kind of formula in the table cells:
=IF(B4/B3>1,1,B4/B3)
Here B4 is the cell with the actual number Team 1 has, B3 is the Minimum number required under Resource A. The same for Resource B would be:
=IF(C4/C3>1,1,C4/C3)
Just enter the formula and copy it across the table to adjust cell references.
I am trying to get a formula to work that says if the account number, and the stock code match, then pull data in from another tab. I had it working on an old sheet, but I can't find it.. I've been playing around with it for a while.
Basically I have this on Sheet1:
Account Number
ABC
Qty Stock Code Price
123 $1
456 $2
and this on Sheet 2:
Account Number Stock Code Quantity
ABC 123 750
ABC 456 120
and I'm trying to get it to say for account number ABC, there is 750 of stock code 123, then stock code 456 there is 120.
I have got data coming from all over the place, but this one is just not working. I think I have been looking at it too long :( could you please help?
Thanks so much!
Hello Bella,
There are three ways you can do this.
1) You can use the VLOOKUP function:
- Create a helper column in Sheet 2 that will concatenate the Account number and Stock code, e.g. =A2&" "&B2
This way you will get a lookup value of this kind: "ABC 123"
- Enter a formula with the VLOOKUP function to the column with Qty in Sheet1:
=VLOOKUP(A2&" "&C2,Sheet2!C2:D35,2,FALSE)
It looks for the concatenated "Account number" and "Stock code" from Sheet1 in Sheet2, and returns the value from column D, which is the second from the left.
You can find a detailed description of using multiple cells as lookup criteria in this blog post.
2) You can use the combination of INDEX and MATCH functions,
- Create a helper column in Sheet 2 that will concatenate the Account number and Stock code, e.g. =A2&" "&B2
- Enter the following function to get Qty from Sheet2:
=INDEX(Sheet2!D1:D35,(MATCH(Sheet1!A2&" "&C2,Sheet2!C1:C35)))
Please see this blog post for more details.
3) You can use our Merge Tables Wizard add-in:
- Select Sheet 1 on step 1
- Select Sheet 2 on step 2
- Select "Account number" and "Stock code" as key columns to compare
- Choose "Qty" as the column to update on step 4
- Pick any additional settings you like on the last step and click Finish.
Wonderful blog!
The first example is what I need help with - SUMIF(range, criteria, [sum_range]. I need to do exactly as described, for a report on Sheet 3. Here is the challenge:
Sheet 1 has the range and the [sum_range] , but the text criteria (also on sheet 1) is a drop down list with the source list on Sheet 2.
How do I reference the text (for report on sheet 3) in the drop down box (sheet 1) as the criteria?
Thank you!
Hello Sandy,
Thank you very much for your feedback!
If you want to refer to the cell with a drop-down list as to changing criteria, you can enter its address just like you would enter any other cell address.
If you want to create a drop-down list for the report in Sheet 3 and see the results of the SUMIF function depending on the selected value, you can add the same data validation list on Sheet 3 and refer to it in your formula, e.g.:
=SUMIF(Sheet1!D1:D6,D1,Sheet1!C1:C6)
Here D1 is the cell in Sheet 3 that contains the drop-down list. When you change the value in it, the results will be updated accordingly.
I am trying to return a value when I have different time frames in column c (24 hour period - different minutes every time, example: 0415, 0423, 0439, 0501 military time, each time frame has a number of passengers arriving on that hour. I tried using =SUMIF(C2:C12,"04",B2:B12)to return how many passengers are arriving between 0400 hours and 0459 hours, but all that the formula returns is the sum of the first 0400 line (10), instead of returning the sum of all flights that start with "04". Can you help? Thanks.
Hello Charlie,
The SUMIFS function works a treat, the formula goes as follows:
=SUMIFS(B2:B12,C2:C12,">="&TIMEVALUE("04:00"), C2:C12,"<"&TIMEVALUE("05:00"))
This function sums B2:B12 for the time interval 4:00:00 to 4:59:59. Naturally, you can specify other time intervals in the formula if needed.
For more information about the SUMIFS function, please see:
https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/excel-sumifs-multiple-criteria/
Spent 30 minutes trying to display a a sum of a range when another cell expressed a specific word. You solved it.
Formula: =SUMIF(C1:C168,"AnPac Insurance",D1:D168)
Thank you
I'm trying to create a formula that would add together the tax free price of my sales and the VAT to total my income.
So far the Formula looks like =SUMIF(A5;"x";E5:F5)
On the A column I will mark an "x" to indicate that the bill has been paid. Colum E has the tax free price and column F has the VAT.
The formula will not add the two together but give me the value of Column E as the total sum (i.e. missing the value from column F).
What am I doing wrong?
Hello Antti,
I am sorry, it is difficult to recommend you anything without seeing your data. Please post this question on our forum with a sample workbook attached and our support team will try to help.
I have a table containing data (a number of transaction Column A1 date showing i.e., Wednesday, November 11, 2014. and in column B Sales amount) now from that table i want to sum all the sales occured in Wednesday. is it possible?
Hi Obaydul,
Yes, it is possible. You can use the following array formula (remember to press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to complete it):
=SUM( (--WEEKDAY($A$2:$A$100)=4)*($B$2:$B$100))
The WEEKDAY function takes Sunday as 1 by default, so 4 stands for Wednesday.
In Excel sheet we have a marksheet having 10 students. Column headings are Name, Hindi , Eng, Maths and Total.
Using Sum Function we have find out Total marks obtained. Next we have found out Maximum marks using MAX function. Is it possible in Execl to print Name of student who has secued Maximum marks along with maximum numbers. i.e. Max marks along with candidate name
I am trying to create a formula across rows for a work holiday time off calendar. I want to create for each person that it reads each month across the rows that if they are on holiday, we can put a H on those dates and the formula will read this and take the total number of holiday days down.
I can do this when the month is in columns but not sure how to get the formula to work if it is in rows.
Hope this makes sense?
Hello Clare,
You can use the following kind of formula to count the number of cells that contain H:
=COUNTIF(B1:B31,"=H")
The formula above will check cells 1 to 31 in column B; you can change the range to row or column depending on how your data are organized.
Sorry that should look like this
sheet one
Fruit No Boxes Colour supplier
apple 2 green jones
pear
orange
apple 4 red smith
lemon
sheet two
apple 2 green jones
apple 4 red smith
Hello John,
Could you please specify what you would like to get as a result? If you want to pull information based on the same value in column A, e.g. "apples", then the VLOOKUP function or our Merge Tables Wizard add-in will help you.
If you want to find repeating values in several columns, please see this article.
If your task is different, you can send a sample spreadsheet with the way you have your data and the way you want to see it in the result to support@ablebits.com. Please include the name of the article and your comment number. We'll do our best to assist you.
Hi
I have an excel workbook with several sheets what i like to do is display information from one sheet onto another
IE if the word apples is displayed a column i want the information displayed in the row containing the word apple
Sheet one sheet Two
apple boxes, 2 type, green supplier, jones apple boxes 2 type green supplier jones
pear apple boxes ,4 type, red supplier, smith
orange
apple boxes ,4 type, red supplier, smith
lemon
Many thanks John
I am facing a difficulty where I have many data in different rows and columns,but I cant seemed to have this function valid for it. Can you please suggest a formula or point me in the right direction? Thank you!!
E.g: Data which i need to lookup to is from Jan - Dec. But i have 3 different data sets to lookup from , which is actual numbers, historical numbers and budgeted numbers for each single month, on my left column. Apart from that, on my left column, i do have PLANT A, PLANT B, PLANT C which has that 3 actual/historical/budgeted numbers.
Hi George,
Sorry, it's a bit hard for me to understand the structure of your data. If you can post a data sample with column letters and specify what exactly result a formula should return, we'll try to help.
I am trying to create a formula where there is always a fixed price ($70). Every bathroom is $10. Every square foot over 700 is $0.10. I've been trying to create a formula that adds the fixed price, price per bathroom, and price for square foot over 700, but I can't figure it out. Any feedback would be great!
Hi Caroline,
If you can tell me a bit more about your data structure, I'll try to work out a proper formula for you. In particular, in what columns do you have all those prices and item descriptions?
If you can post a sample of your data and the expected result, this would be even more helpful.
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In a certain column which records date,let few cells have left empty(without any date).
so, in that case what to do if we want to autofilled them "no date given" in those cells.In what way we sud use conditional stat.
Hello Manish,
Please have a look at the following article that explains how to fill empty cells in Excel, hopefully, it will prove helpful:
https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/fill-blanks-excel/#fill-cells-zero