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COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

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    COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    Please would someone be kind enough to help me convert this formula so that people using 2003 can see the data:

    =COUNTIFS('Sales'!$A$4:$A$400,"JAN",'Sales'!$V$4:$V$400,1)

    Would really appreciate any help at all.
    Thank you!!!

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    Try:

    =SUMPRODUCT(('Sales'!$A$4:$A$400="JAN")*('Sales'!$V$4:$V$400=1))
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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    Just tried it and it has come back with an error #####VALUE

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    Is the column wide enough to display the result?

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    yes, I have just checked and I have also expanded it further just incase.

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    So are you getting ######### or are you getting #VALUE! error?

    If the Countifs worked, so should the Sumproduct.

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    Apologies it is a #VALUE!

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    So then I think you must have that error in one of the 2 lookup columns.... it's needs to be fixed.

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    Can you attach your workbook? My guess is that your numbers are probably stored as text, but I'm not really sure if that would affect SUMPRODUCT.

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    Text entries won't affect this sumproduct formula.

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    Do you have a comparison statement in all parts of the sumproduct? If so, the formula should work, unless your ranges are different in size. The * operator in Sumproduct will throw an error if one of the component of the sumproducts returns text. A formula like

    =SUMPRODUCT(('Sales'!$A$4:$A$400="JAN")*'Sales'!$V$4:$V$400)

    will throw an error if column V contains text. In that case, use the -- version, like

    =SUMPRODUCT(--('Sales'!$A$4:$A$400="JAN"),'Sales'!$V$4:$V$400)

    For a discussion of Sumproduct and its error messages, see here http://spreadsheet-toolbox.com/libra...error-message/

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    properly laid out data would enable a Pivottable to do this
    Hope that helps.

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    Re: COUNTIFS formula convert to 2003

    Did you resolve this?

    COUNTIFS will ignore errors in the ranges but the suggested SUMPRODUCT and other formulas won't ignore those errors. It would be best to eliminate any errors in the referenced ranges but if you don't this formula might work for you

    =SUMPRODUCT(ISNUMBER(MATCH(Sales!$A$4:$A$400,{"JAN"},0))*ISNUMBER(MATCH(Sales!$V$4:$V$400&"",{"1"},0)))

    That will ignore errors as COUNTIFS does and also it will count both numeric 1s and text "1"s as COUNTIFS does
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