In this example, the goal is to sum the quantities in column C when the text in column B contains "hoodie". The challenge is that the item names ("Hoodie", "Vest", "Hat") are embedded in a text string that also contains size and color. This means we need to apply criteria that...Read more
In this example, the goal is to sum the Price in column C when the Product in column B begins with "sha". To solve this problem, you can use either the SUMIF function or the SUMIFS function with the asterisk (*) wildcard, as explained below.
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In this example the goal is to sum the numbers in the range F5:F16 when corresponding cells in the range C5:C15 are not equal to "Red". To solve this problem, you can use either the SUMIFS function or the ...Read more
In this example, the goal is to sum the Amounts in C5:C16 when the Lead in D5:D16 is not blank (i.e., not empty). A good way to solve this problem is to use the SUMIFS function. However, you can also use the ...Read more
In this example, the goal is to map the numbers 1-6 to the arbitrary values seen in the table below. For example:
In this example, the goal is to sum Total when the corresponding Color is either "Red" or "Blue". For convenience, all data is in an Excel Table named data. This is a tricky problem, because the solution is not obvious. The go-to function for...Read more
In this example the goal is to sum the numbers in the range F5:F16 when cells in the range C5:C15 contain "Red". To solve this problem, you can use either the SUMIFS function or the SUMIF function. The SUMIF...Read more
In this example, the goal is to subtotal invoices by age, where age represents the number of days since the invoice was issued. This problem can be solved with the SUMIFS function and the COUNTIFS function, as explained below. For convenience, age (E5:E16) and amount...Read more
In this example, the goal is to subtotal (count and sum) values based on cell color. This is a tricky problem, because there is no Excel function that will let you count cells by color directly. There are several different approaches, as explained below.
