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1. #HOW TO SUM A COLUMN IN EXCEL WITH EMPTY CELLS HOW TO#
2. #HOW TO SUM A COLUMN IN EXCEL WITH EMPTY CELLS DOWNLOAD#

#HOW TO SUM A COLUMN IN EXCEL WITH EMPTY CELLS DOWNLOAD#

To see more ways to count in Excel, you can visit the Excel Count Function page on my Contextures website, and download the sample file. NOTE: Those are two minus signs before each section of the SUMPRODUCT formula, not long dashes. Otherwise, you could use a SUMPRODUCT formula, like this one: However, if column D contained formulas, and some cells had a result of “” (an empty string), those cells would be also counted as “not empty”, just like the cells that contain text, even though they look blank.īe sure that your blank cells are really empty, if you’re going to use this formula. Our formula only counts the cells that are not empty. In this example, the notes were typed in the Problem column, and the remaining cells were empty. Rows 2 and 9 have orders for the East region, and an entry in the Problems column.

With this COUNTIFS formula, the result of the Problems count for the East region is 2. Used alone it means “not equal to ‘no text'”, so it will count cells that are not empty. The criterion “” is the “not equal to” operator. We’ll check column B for “East” region entries, and check column D for cells that are not empty. So, the best that we can do with COUNTIF is to get a count of East region orders.įortunately, there is a COUNTIFS function, and we can use it to get a count based on multiple criteria. (I don’t know why!) The COUNTIF function only has 2 arguments - you select a range to check, and the criterion to look for. Unfortunately, the COUNTIF function doesn’t work the same way. We can check region names in column B, then sum the amounts in column C. To do so, click the empty cell where youd like to display the result of a. If we want to get a total quantity for the East region orders, it’s easy to do with the SUMIF function. One of the most commonly used functions in Excel is the SUM function.

#HOW TO SUM A COLUMN IN EXCEL WITH EMPTY CELLS HOW TO#

This video shows how to use the COUNTIFS function to count cells based on multiple criteria.

COUNTIF sounds like the right function to use, but it doesn’t work for this problem. How can you count items in one column, based on a criterion in a different column? We’ve shipped orders to the East region, and want to know how many orders had problems (a problem note is entered in column D).