Comments on: How to use VLOOKUP with SUM or SUMIF functions in Excel

In this tutorial, you will find a handful of advanced formula examples that demonstrate how to use Excel's VLOOKUP and SUM or SUMIF functions to look up and sum values based on one or several criteria. Continue reading

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  1. Want to do vlookup with checking lookup values and if dupilcates values find then it balance the duplicates values,else it write as single values.

    E.g. A B Qty output
    a1 d123 1500 1000
    a2 d123 700 1000
    a3 d123 400 600
    a4 d124 200 200
    a5 d125 300 300

    1. A) Complete the cost, subtotal and total of the follwing table using the corresponding formulas.

      "B) Introduce today's date using the corresponding formula next to the cell ""Cost"" "

      C) Change the currency from euros to Pound Sterling

      Quantity Description Unit Price Cost
      3 Valve 1,500 €
      5 Column 500,000 €
      6 Clamp 980 €
      2 Turbine 200,000 €
      1 Compressor 100,000 €
      2 Tank 300,500 €
      3 Tube 6,750 €

      Subtotal
      VAT 21%
      TOTAL

  2. I am trying to perform a vlookup of order numbers where I have a couple of duplicates which I want to sum into one number in my final table. I have tried playing around with
    =IF(COUNTIF($P4:$V2598,$E4)>1, "Multiple results" ,VLOOKUP($E4,$P$4:$V$2598,6,FALSE))
    But all I can do is print a message rather than displaying the result of my addition. Any ideas?

  3. Hi everyone how can i consolidate the multiple duplicates with different values I need to sort out with the following ex below: I need the output that sums the total male > total female and total unkown under sample 1

    list gender value
    sample1 male 2
    sample1 female 3
    sample1 unknown 4
    sample1 male 2
    sample1 female 3
    sample1 unknown 4
    sample2 male 5
    sample2 female 6
    sample2 unknown 7

    1. Glenn:
      Where your sample data is organized like this:
      Sample is in A30:A42, Gender is in B30:B42 and Value is in C30:C42 enter this formula in an empty cell:
      =SUMIFS(C31:C42,A31:A42,"=Sample1",B31:B42,"=Male")

  4. Hello,

    I am currently trying to Sum number on a sheet (SHEET 1) within my workbook. On the same row of the amount that I want to sum is a specific description to that amount.

    I am trying to SUMIF this amount to a different sheet (SHEET 2) corresponding to the matching description on the row from the other sheet (SHEET 1).

    The amount varies by each entry. The matching descriptions will also vary.

    I am trying to do this by keeping my filters and avoiding making tables for my data

  5. I have Dates as column headers in a sheet. In another sheet I have to input date and I want a formula to search the relevant column on the basis of date input and sum the entries using a criteria on another colum simultaneously.

  6. Hi,

    Please, I will so much appreciate if you could help explain the use of the "Info!" excel function works in the below formula:

    =VLOOKUP(P6,Info!C:I,7,0)

    Many thanks.

    1. It's not an Excel function, it's the sheet where the data is located.

  7. Hi Sir/Mdm, I'm using =SUM(VLOOKUP(B2,A6:U105,MATCH(D2,A4:U4,0),0))"

    to find a certain cell value. However, I need to sum up the values of the cells from B2 value till B3 Value. How should I do it?

    Eg.

    B2 = 1950
    B3 = 1975
    D2 = Metal

    I need to enter value into Cell B2, B3 and D2. With the details entered, I need to sum up the value from "value of Row B2" to "value of Row B3" for the column of "value of Column D2".

  8. Dear Sir,
    Please give me suggestion/help for stock inventory sheet
    Name of contractor Apple Banana Etc
    Ram 2 5 4
    Shyam 4 3 5
    Hari 3 2 1
    Ram 5 6 6
    Hari 2 3 5
    Saral 4 4 3
    Ram 2 5 4
    Shyam 4 3 5
    Hari 3 2 1
    Ram 5 6 6
    Hari 2 3 5
    Saral 4 4 3
    I want to Total Issue to
    "Ram"
    Apple
    Banana
    Etc
    Which formula's tell me sir.

  9. Hi

    I am trying to add total quantity sold by Name and ID same person.

  10. =SUMIF('Q-1'!$B$4:$B$137,B4,'Q-1'!$K$4:$K$137)+SUMIF('Q-2'!$B$4:$B$137,B4,'Q-2'!$K$4:$K$137)+SUMIF('Q-3'!$B$4:$B$137,B4,'Q-3'!$K$4:$K$137)+SUMIF('Q-4'!$B$4:$B$137,B4,'Q-4'!$K$4:$K$137)

    How can i short this formula with same answer?
    i want to do total of 4 different sheets vlookup value.
    Thanks

  11. anybody help me please?
    i have data below…

    table1:
    ==========
    ITEM | TYPE
    ==========
    a1 | Cash
    a2 | Cash
    b1 | AP
    c1 | AR

    table2
    =============
    ITEM | AMOUNT
    =============
    a1 | 100
    b1 |-100
    a2 | 50
    a1 | 40
    b1 |-90
    c1 | 200

    result:
    =============
    TYPE | AMOUNT
    =============
    Cash | 190 (sumif?)
    AP |-190 (sumif?)
    AR | 200 (sumif?)

    how do I populate a 'sumif' formula in the result table?
    thanks & regards

  12. i have used simple sumif formula and it works
    as i have a table of values in one column (range 2) and criteria (range1) two and two cells out side as one for selecting the listed criteria and one for result on same sheet and applied the formula =sumif(range1, criteria, range2) in the cell where i expect the result.

    thanks

  13. Thank you very much for sharing.

  14. how to use iferror and vlookup in excel for counting

  15. Item Code Item Description
    A1 Processors
    A2 Printers
    A3 Motherboards
    This sample is belong to sheet1

    Item Code Item Description
    A1 vlookup formula pls!
    This sample is belong to sheet2

    what is the exact formula for the "item description" column in sheet number2, if I enter A1 on the "item code" column? the Processor should be the output.

    1. Hello,

      If I understand your task correctly, please try the following formula:

      =VLOOKUP(A2,sheet1!$A$2:$B$4,2)

      Hope this will help.

  16. Item Code Item Description Item Code Item Description
    A1 Processors A1 vlookup formula pls.
    A2 Printers
    A3 Motherboards

    This sample is belong to sheet1 This sample is belong to sheet2

    what is the exact formula for the "item description" column in sheet number2, if I enter A1 on the "item code" column the Processor should be the output.

  17. I am looking to look up a product and calculate how much of it will be used.
    I have Thousands of rows and 25+ collums

    For example

    MAIN BREAKDOWN

    One & Half brick Walls
    Bricks 10000
    Cement 100
    Building Sand 1000

    One Brick Walls
    Bricks 12000
    Cement 120
    Building Sand 1200

    Half Brick Walls
    Bricks 2500
    Cement 15
    Building Sand 15

    Half Brick Walls
    Bricks 2500
    Cement 15
    Building Sand 15

    Half Brick Walls
    Bricks 2500
    Cement 15
    Building Sand 15

    BILL OF QUANTITIES (Seperate Sheet)

    Bricks Sum of all Bricks
    Cement Sum of all Cement
    Building Sand Sum of all Building Sand

    I need to add all of those up with out individually summing each one
    There are over 200 rows that mention bricks
    and we continually add in at various points of the sheet.

    PLEASE HELP!

    1. Hello,
      For me to understand the problem better, please send me a small sample workbook with your source data and the result you expect to get to support@ablebits.com. Please don't worry if you have confidential information there, we never disclose the data we get from our customers and delete it as soon as the problem is resolved.
      Please also don't forget to include the link to this comment into your email.
      I'll look into your task and try to help.

  18. in MS excel If there are three columns A, B and C, I need to get their sums to a new sheet which ones heading comes as Column B details Look up one as column A, need to create formula to get sum for column C.

  19. in MS excel If there are three columns A, B and C, I need to get their sums to a new sheet which ones heading comes as Column B details Look up one as column A, need to create formula to get sum for column C.

    A 10 25
    A 8 30
    B 5 45
    A 10 30

    10 8 5
    A 55(Formula for this Number)

  20. Hello,

    I need to do almost exactly what you describe Under LOOKUP AND SUM - look up in array and sum matching values. However, while my lookup table is in fact vertical, my main table is horizontal. Hence, the formula you provide: {=SUM(LOOKUP($C$2:$C$10,'Lookup table'!$A$2:$A$16,'Lookup table'!$B$2:$B$16)*$D$2:$D$10*($B$2:$B$10=$G$1))}, does not work.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

  21. I want to lookup the 593027761 value in Sheet 1 and sum of all the values in
    Sheet 2 for lookup value in Sheet 1

    Workbook 1

    593027761

    Workbook 2

    593027761 100
    593027761 200
    593027761 600
    593027761 5485
    593027761 8784
    593027761 2544
    593027761 4898
    593027761 544
    593027761 54887
    593027761 216564
    593027761 5487
    593027761 54656
    593027761 553
    593027761 221

  22. hi
    i need a function for the mentioned query

    NAME SEGMENT TARGET
    A R 2
    A R 3
    A R 2
    B R 3
    B BB 4
    B R 2
    A BB 1
    A R 3

    NAME A
    NAME WISE TOTAL :
    NAME WISE SEGMENT TOTAL :

    Please suggest NAME WISE TOTAL Required and NAME with SEGMENT wise total required.

  23. It is very very helpful for me.

  24. i need to find name with address and amount and also date wise
    main sheet is PT NAME with amount and date and ADDRESS DATA is second sheet with address and third sheet is required sheet with VLOOKUP FORMULA but i am not co relate with amount and date kindly help me for solving the problem.

  25. I want to apply vlookup formula in excel sheet having pt. name and address and also i having data only pt. name how can match pt name with colour code?

    1. I want to apply vlookup (or any) formula in excel sheet having pt. name and address and also i having data only pt. name how can match pt name with colour code?

      09/11 10:18: Mast Devesh Aahuja Mast DEVESH AAHUJA Mast DEVESH AAHUJA 4 Y Dr. Asim Negi 44 tilak path khargone
      13/12 12:48: Mast Dhananjay Magwani Mast DEVESH AAHUJA Mast DHANANJAY MAGWANI 15 Y Dr. Jitendra Pindoriya gram kampel teh. kampel
      19/10 17:03: Mast Divyanshu Prajapat Mast DHANANJAY MAGWANI #N/A 45 Y Dr. Jitendra Thakur gram fangti teh. hatpipliya
      12/10 20:55: Mast Gajendra Yadav Mast DHANANJAY MAGWANI #N/A 13 Y Dr. M.K Sharma gram mogawa teh. maheshwar
      kindly help me.

  26. Dear Svetlana Cheusheva,
    Can I sent an excel Sheet with data to make Formula to calculating
    the Data with criteria
    regards

  27. Hello Svetlana,

    I'm looking to get the MAXIMUM of the multiple LOOKUP VALUES which are scattered and which are in different worksheets.

    I tried with vlookup and index / match but could not do.

    Example:

    The answer when I try to vlookup for A0600 should be 1700 and not 1692 from the two lines given below:

    A0600 23099090 XXXX 1692.00
    A0600 23099090 XXXX 1700.00

    Thank you so much in advance for your help!

    Thiyagu.

  28. I need some help. I have several tabs in an excel file with amounts per person (i.e. John $35, Kathy $40). Each person has a separate identifier (ID). I need to add all of John's amounts into one spreadsheet, all of Kathy's, etc. John may be in tab 1 and on tab 2 but not on tab 3. I think I need to use some vlookup combined with a sum but I can't figure out what to use. Can you please help me?
    Thank you!

  29. Country 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
    Japan 1653 1232 5319 9230 7647
    Ukraine 5582 7685 7706 3723 6181
    Japan 7330 5872 6723 6133 3228
    Poland 4063 4337 4916 7608 4451
    Germany 2330 3906 4673 1276 1592
    Ukraine 7396 1752 8262 9823 9164
    Germany 6690 5303 5155 4422 7661
    Poland 1170 5878 6089 2398 3338

    This is the date, now, for example, I want to use sumifs formula to calculate the sum of sales for Japan after 2012. Can you help? I tried the formula "=SUMIFS(B2:F9;A2:A9;G3;B1:F1;">"&G4)" but it did not work.

  30. Hi,

    Anyone can help for the formula of sumif. i got a total sum figure like 206.61.
    Can the sumif formula find out from the column which of the value add on together is equal to 206.61.

    Thank you.

  31. Hi,

    I was trying to make customers outstanding in 30-60 , 60-90 days old ,

    i have the following sheet (With Formula),
    A b c d e f
    Name , Invoice date, Invoice No, Invoice amt , Balance, Due days
    PICO 11/05/2017 653 3000.00 3000.00 75

    I want to vie as below
    a b
    30-60 days, 60-90 days
    3000.00

    Can you help??/

  32. HAVE SHEET CONTAINING EMPLOYEEID, GENDER, AGE, NO OF CHILDREN ETC.
    ANOTHER SHEET CONTAINS EMPLOYEE ID,SALARY, LOANS ANY OTHER SIMILAR COLUMNS.

    IN THE THE SECOND SHEET I WANT THE SUM OF SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES WHOSE AGE IS ,SAY 45,. I DONT WANT TO IMPORT THE AGE FROM SHEET1 USING LOOKUP AND THEN APPLYING SUMIF.
    PLEASE SUGGEST ANY FORMULA SYNTAX WHICH WILL CHECK THE CRITERIA AN RETURN THE SUM OF SALARIES OF SUCH PEOPLE WHOSE AGE IS 45.

  33. Sorry hit enter too quickly here is the example
    Column A Column B Total
    a 10 50
    b 20
    c 10
    b 10
    c 10
    a 20

    What i want is a function that will look at column a and add only the values in column b that are coded as b,c ie 50. Therefore if my next entries 3 entries are coded a and my fourth entry is code b with a value of 10 the function should ignore the ones coded a and add 10 to the total to get 60.

    i hope you can help.
    Thanks

  34. I have a table that i populate every day. I want to calculate the total number of articles that are added to the previous day but only the ones that have a specific code. See example

  35. Hi Svetlana

    In below table array I need to sum quantity of repetitive items (same coded in column A)so they appear in new column as sampled below.
    Could you please advise.
    Many thanks
    Pavel
    A B C D
    10052160 252.00 Pound 262.00
    10052160 10.00 Pound 0.00
    10072070 187.66 Pound 187.66
    10072081 321.64 Pound 321.64
    10072089 643.35 Pound 643.35
    10072100 41.00 Can 41.00
    10072111 30.64 Pound 30.64
    10072130 40.51 Pound 40.51
    10072170 243.68 Pound 243.68
    10072175 216.76 Kg 385.40
    10072175 73.65 Kg 0.00
    10072175 209.74 Pound 0.00

  36. i want to search out particular employees detail from the bulk employee list record....it is difficulty to find out manually search regarding the employees ...that's why plz send me the logical formula how it iz possible to find out through excel easily ......

  37. Pricing Table Dilivery Table
    No of Units Price/Unit Method R/Unit
    1 70 Air 3
    10 60 Rail 2.5
    100 50 Road 2
    200 40 Ship 1
    500 30 Truck 1.5
    1000 20

    Sales Table
    Deliver Method Units Sold Total Cost Unit Delivery
    Air 25
    Air 260
    Rail 12
    Rail 125
    Road 150
    Road 230
    Ship 2
    Ship 679
    Truck 580
    Truck 1010

    Can You Please Assist me To Answer this Question

    "The Pricing Table is placed in Columns A and B respectively while the Delivery Table is placed in Columns D and E of the Excel sheet. The Sales Table has 7 columns in Columns A, B, C, D, E, F and G respectively.

    Exercise 1
    What will be the “Total Cost” of products purchased for each delivery method, having been given the number of Units Sold in column B of the Sales Table? Using the LOOKUP Function tool in Excel 2013/365, write a formula in the TOTAL COST column (C12:C21) on the Sales Table to determine the Total Cost of products purchased in Rand. Thank you

    1. Hi

      was this question answered?

  38. Hi

    Please help me I have a spreadsheet with total columns for each customer, I need to put totals for each customer at the bottom and the totals must be the total paid invoices that I have formulated or for paid invoices. as I put invoice the total must appear

  39. Pls help me.
    there four colums
    Date party Bags Status
    02-Jan Raja 15 Lifted
    02-Jan Prem 05 Lifted
    03-Jan Raja 105 Process

    Now i want a formula that how many bags lifted on 02-Jan ?/

  40. HI

    i have used if function and all the results of that function is a number, at the end i want to make the sum of all these results how to make that as the sum function wont make it as the result is not shown as a number

    thanks

  41. I have 20 codes in sheet 1 and need to sum up the total sum given on each codes from sheet 2. Can you help me come up the formula?

    Ex.

    Sheet 1:
    CODE - TOTAL QTY
    ABC1 - 2212
    ABC2 - 271
    ABC3 - 486
    ABC4 - 111

    Sheet 2:

    Store1:
    Code - Size Total Qty
    ABC1 - 50in 500
    ABC1 - 20in 604
    ABC1 - 45in 332
    ABC2- 64in 122
    ABC2- 220in 123
    ABC3- 123in 443
    ABC4- 14in 443
    ABC4- 122in 111

    Store2:
    Code - Size Total Qty
    ABC1 - 50in 222
    ABC1 - 20in 223
    ABC1 - 45in 331
    ABC2- 64in 15
    ABC2- 220in 11
    ABC3- 123in 43

    Appreciate your advise for this formula

  42. Hi Svetlana,
    Could you please help me with my table. I have the below database with more than 680 rows of information. There are positive and negative values in the column, the total sum of which is zero. How do I build the formula to exclude all these matching values from the column?
    Many thanks in advance for your help!
    Kind regards

    1. Hi, Viorica,
      what do you understand by "matching values"? Those that are completely identical? Or maybe those of the same number but with different signs (positives/negatives)?
      For now we can assume that if you have 0 as a result, it means that every positive value has a corresponding negative value. If you need to sum only positive ones, then:
      =SUMIF(A1:J12, ">0")
      For negatives only
      =SUMIF(A1:J12, "<0")
      If this won't solve your task, let us know more details.

  43. Hello sir,
    Could you help me I want to make my table. When I use SUMIF it just Sum for whole column only. I want to sum at concern code no. row and column. How can I sum code 100 in total by using SUMif or vlookup or hlookup or arry.
    Code Job 1 job 2 job 3
    100 $30
    101 $50
    103 $15
    101 20
    200 $10
    103 $11

    Best regards,
    Ying Kham

  44. Hello Svetlana,

    I couldn't follow ur guide, could you pls help me guide to write one formula, forexample.

    All my data in sheet2 and on sheet1 i have summary table that for specific ID of person i want summ all data from sheet2. how to do?

  45. Hello,
    I have a spreadsheet with different tabs. I want to figure out how to count how many sales of a particular product (9 products), was sold by each salesperson (150 sales people. In addition I want to figure out how much $ those sales produced by each salesperson. Theis data is housed on a tab called March 3 Data.
    Please help.
    Thank you
    D

  46. Hi.
    I have an excel file with 30 tabs each with a range of financial data covering a 1yr period. I would like to, on a separate tab within the same file, create a formula which searches for the MAX and MIN value for each of those ranges of data, referencing (I suppose) two date cells which represent the range I am looking to search within. In other words, today, I would like to search for the MAX value during the last month on all of those tabs. And then, in a week, I would like to be able to adjust the search to again find the updated MAX value for the last month (ie, with the last data point being one week later). Can I do this? If so, how? Thanks, Kim

  47. Hi,

    Have a question regarding sum + vlookup. In your example, you made the col_index_num an array by using {2,3,4,5...}. Is there a way to make this dynamic by referencing a value in a cell? For example, I input a value into cell V1=2 and I would like it to sum over 12 columns i.e. V1 to V1+12. The array wont let me do {V1:V1+12}. Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks
    Praveen

  48. across rows in the same column

  49. I am trying to something very simple and cannot figure out how to do it by reading your examples. Let me explain. I have two spreadsheets where I am looking up the value in one an comparing it to the value in the other and where there is a match, returning the value in the corresponding column number =iferror(vlookup(B6,DetailDate!$D$59292:$BQ$59291,31,),0)
    This returns the first value of the row that matches. The problem is that there are multiple rows that match and I need to sum them together before returning the value. What would the formula be?

    1. I tried to create an array for the one column (top to bottom) but it returns a 0 value.

    2. I need to add the values in the same column but in multiple rows.

    3. The example sum(vlookup)you provided adds values across columns. I need to add them across rows.

  50. Beautifully written and clear guide, thanks Svetlana!

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