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IntroductiontoExcelSUMIFSFormula
PostedonApril20th,2010inLearnExcel190comments
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IfSUMIFformulaislikearegularknifethatyoucanusetosliceupyourdataandgetwhatyouwant,thenSUMIFS
islikeaSwissarmyknife.
WhatisSUMIF?
WeallknowthatSUMIFformulahelpstofindoutthesumofallvaluesmeetingacondition.So,ifyouhavedatalike
below
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andyouwanttofindouthowmanySpitBombsyousold(spitbombs,really?)thenyoucanuseSUMIFlikethis:
=SUMIF(B3:B16,"SpitBomb",D3:D16)
Butasyouguess,SUMIFhasaseriouslimitation.Itcanonlyprocessoneconditionatatime.Soifyouwant
tofindouthowmanySpitBombsaresoldinNorth,youhaveto,
1.DrivedowntoNorthandmeetthevictimstotakecountofspitbombssold
2.UsearrayformulastoSUMbasedonmultipleconditions
3.UseSUMPRODUCTformula
Whilethefirstoptiontakesalotoftime,theothertwoinvolvewritingcomplexformulas.
SoWhatisSUMIFSFormula?
SUMIFSisthepluralversionofSUMIF.UsingSUMIFSyoucanfindthesumofvaluesinyourdatathatmeet
multipleconditions.
So,togetthesumofallthespitbombssoldinNorth,wejustwrite,
=SUMIFS(D3:D16,B3:B16,SpitBomb,C3:C16,North)
SimilarlytofindthepodgunsalesinEast,justwrite,
HowDoesSUMIFSFormulawork?
SUMIFSformulatakesarangeforsummingthevaluesandatleastonecriteriarangeandcriteria.Youcanspecify
asmanyas127conditionsforsummingyourdata.
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ImagineaskinghowmanyspitbombsHansolosoldinNorthregionofPlanetNaboobetweenlonglongagoandlong
agothatresultedinmorethan25%profits?andgettinganinstantanswer.
ThebeautyofSUMIFSformulaisthatitworkswithwildcardstoo,justlikeitssiblingsSUMIFand
COUNTIF.Soyoucanwriteformulaslike,
=SUMIFS(D3:D16,B3:B16,SpitBomb,C3:C16,*th)togetsumofspitbombssoldinNorthandSouth.
Sowhatisthecatch?
WhileSUMIFSseemslikeallbutterfliesandberries,thereisacatch.ItworksonlyinExcel2007andabove.But
withExcel2010inthehorizon,IhavehighhopesthatfinallyeveryonewillbeabletoenjoytheSUMIFSformula.
Bonus:
JustlikeSUMIFS,thereisCOUNTIFSandAVERAGEIFStooinExcel2007+.Iamsureyoualreadyknowwhatthey
mean.
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190ResponsestoIntroductiontoExcelSUMIFSFormula
1. cuboosays:
April20,2010at1:04pm
Veryuseful,thankyou!
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AmarKumarsays:
June19,2015at5:38am
Veryuseful
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2. JanHghsays:
April20,2010at1:43pm
Must...force..ITdepartment...toUPGRADETHISSORRYMESSTOWin7&Office2010!!!
*drooooooool.....*
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3. Finnursays:
April20,2010at4:33pm
I'vebeenworkingwithsumifformulastodayandhavebeenwonderinghowIcanuse2criteriasormore.I
havebeenreadingaboutDsumandDaverage.But,ofcourse,thisismucheasier.
Sothanks!
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4. Duchezneesays:
April20,2010at5:15pm
Ofallthetipsyou'vepostedthusfar,Ican'tthinkofonethatwillbemorebeneficialtomeinmydaytoday.
WantingtoincludemultiplecriteriainmySUMIFformulashaslongbeenaseriouspointoffrustration.
Question:Howwillthisformulabehandledbytheconversiontoolifsomeoneopensmy2007filewithand
earlierversionofExcel?
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