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    help to understand and figure out a formula...

    Hello,

    I have this file that I have acquired from a previous co-worker. I wanted to manipulate the formula. But i hope the understand what the formula is.

    =SUMIF('MISC.'!$L:$L,"="&($A6&TEXT(C$4,"mmm-yy"))

    I would like to change the mmm-yy to just Year.

    Thank you .

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    Re: help to understand and figure out a formula...

    Fast answers need clear examples. Post a small Excel sheet (not a picture) showing realistic & representative sample data WITHOUT confidential information (10-20 rows, not thousands...) and some manually calculated results. Just before posting, scroll down to GO ADVANCED, click, and then scroll down to MANAGE ATTACHMENTS and click again. Now follow the instructions at the top of that screen.

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    Re: help to understand and figure out a formula...

    =SUMIF('MISC.'!$L:$L,"="&($A6&TEXT(C$4,"mmm-yy"))

    I would like to change the mmm-yy to just Year.
    =SUMIF('MISC.'!$L:$L,"="&($A6&TEXT(C$4,"yyyy"))
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    Re: help to understand and figure out a formula...

    Im not sure you need the "=" in there, either...
    =SUMIF('MISC.'!$L:$L,$A6&TEXT(C$4,"yyyy")

    What this is saying is...
    SUM all values in col L that meet the criteria of (whatever is in) A6 and the year in C4 in text format.

    However, that does not appear to make any sense...combining A6 and a year in text format will result in a text answer...and you cannot sum text.

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    Re: help to understand and figure out a formula...

    Thank you!

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    Re: help to understand and figure out a formula...

    Happy to help and thanks for the feedback

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