SUMIFS Problem

Hi

Can anyone see a problem with this formula please?

=SUMIFS(Totalcost,VBA_code,B1,Receipt_date,">=Period!$C$10")

The formula is acting on a table with one transaction per row for multiple businesses identified by VB_code. Each transaction has a Receipt Date in a column called "Receipt_date".

I'm trying to sum the total costs to date of each business (VBA_code) from the date held in Period!$C$10. Cell B1 has the business code I'm interested in.

The formula always returns zero.

If I omit Receipt_date,">=Period!$C$10" the formula returns the total costs irrespective of the Receipt_date. So I guess there is something wrong with the syntax of Receipt_date,">=Period!$C$10" but I can't see what it is.

Help!

Simon

You need to change where the quotes are located in the final term, to this:

=SUMIFS(Totalcost,VBA_code,B1,Receipt_date,">="&Period!$C$10)

The way you had it you were including Period!$C$10 as a literal text string.

Hope this helps.

Pete

Thanks for sharing your skills Pete.

This was going to keep me awake all night. I will sleep like a log now.

Thanks again.

Simon

Well, I'm glad to have aided your sleep.

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Pete

Done all that.

Thanks again.

S