Finding Sum of Values for Specific Period

[hottoddy]

*REDACTED* - I feel I had to much sensitive info in this original post, see replies below for info .

[AskMeAboutExcel]

Please can you share a santised sample of the worksheet itself? There are many possible reasons why you might not be getting the expected results, but its very difficult to diagnose from a screenshot.

[Gregb11]

Yes, please read the yellow banner at the top of the page for attaching a sample workbook.

[AliGW]

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[hottoddy]

Hi All! First, thank you for your replies - I should have read the yellow banner at the top and probably familiarized myself with the other rules you have pointed out. I apologize for that. I have attached a sanitized version of the spreadsheet. On the "Table" tab, I have pasted only the values into the table rather than leaving the formulas that were there previously. This table is looking up the Cost of something at the start of a process and then evenly applying that cost over the course of 8 months for each Category and Phase, so each unique value in the columns appears exactly 8 times. In the Return tab, I am trying to retrieve the sum of values for each Category and Phase at a specific period. I need the sum, as there will be additional "starts" for each category/phase in the Table tab previously mentioned. The "Starts" or Start Period, is technically the column headers for the data set in the Table tab, but I think that this should be irrelevant beyond its use for creating the actual data set in this tab.

[AskMeAboutExcel]

Try this in cell AO11 and copy down/across

=IF(AO$6>$B$3,SUMPRODUCT((Table!$K$34:$DU$1373)*(Table!$H$34:$H$1373='Cash Flow'!$B11)*(Table!$G$34:$G$1373='Cash Flow'!$C11)*(Table!$E$34:$E$1373='Cash Flow'!AO$5)),0)

Does this get you to the expected results?

[hottoddy]

I'm not sure why I can't figure out how to reply to this thread... twice I've tried to post that I actually solved this issue by creating a subtotal for each row in a column at the end of the table and then just using a basic SUMIFS to achieve the same result. AskMeAboutExcel, your solution also works AND is closer to what I was trying to achieve initially - so thank you very much. Achieving this through SUMPRODUCT was how I thought it should work, regardless of my solution, so getting to see how you constructed the formula is extremely beneficial for me. Thank you very much!

[AskMeAboutExcel]

no problem, glad you were able to solve this. Using helper columns /calculation often isn't considered 'as elegant' as using a more complex formula, but in many cases it makes for simpler formulas that are not only easier to code, but more transparent to follow and check