#Value! due to formatting issue

[uhlabomber]

All, Let me start of by saying thanks for the help.

I want to write what I thought was a simple formula.
If column A has text "XXXX" then look in range F9:M384 and count or sum the number of times you see text "XXXX"

I've tried several different formulas but the closest I've gotten is returning a #value! which I thought was just a formatting issue.

Here are some example formulas I've written but can't get to work... any suggestions?

=SUMIF('Dashboard'!A9:M384,('Dashboard'!A:A="P1"),('Dashboard'!F9:M384="Software")) This formula fails
=COUNTIFS('Dashboard'!$F9:$M384,"Controls",'Dashboard'!A9:A384, "=""P1") This returns a #Value!

Any ideas?
Maybe an IF Then statement??

Thanks again for your time.
Matt

[wfm007]

Try changing "=""P1" into P1 in countifs

[duffry]

This should do you:

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[uhlabomber]

As in this?
=COUNTIFS('Dashboard'!$F9:$M384,"Controls",'Dashboard'!A9:A384,P1)
I still get a #value!
I then thought maybe my range was wrong and I needed to include column A in it.. so I tried this:
=COUNTIFS('Dashboard'!$A9:$M384,"Controls",'Dashboard'!A9:A384,P1)
But still get a #Value!

Maybe countifs doesn't like text or general format of cells?

[uhlabomber]

=SUMPRODUCT((Dashboard!$F9:$M384="Controls")*(Dashboard!A9:A384="P1"))

This formula ^^^^^ does work... man you guys are quick and awesome.

I have a different formula within the same spreadsheet that is troubling me as well... Do I need to start a new thread?

[Marcol]

The ranges must be the same size
e.g.

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If there is more than one column in the ranges, then it will only count where "Controls" and "P1" are in the same position

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The arrays can be in any position on the sheet, but must have the same number of rows and columns.

What are you trying to do?

[arlu1201]

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