Excel 2007 : how to drag countifs formula without changing one of the criteria

**Gzchan** · 06-30-2010, 06:29 AM

Hi, have an issue here, how do i able to drag the countifs formula without changing one of the criteria, for example:

Ship owners Bulker
ALP =COUNTIFS(Data!A:A,B19,Data!I:I,D1)
NOL =COUNTIFS(Data!A:A,B20,Data!I:I,D1)

thanks in advance! :D

**Bob Phillips** · 06-30-2010, 06:38 AM

Try

=COUNTIFS(Data!$A:$A,$B19,Data!$I:$I,$D$1)

**DonkeyOte** · 06-30-2010, 06:41 AM

further to Bob's solution - be sure to check out the XL help files regards: relative, absolute, and mixed references

(very important to understand this if you are using XL regularly)