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Excell SUMPRODUKT Alternative?

Asked by: dMa

Hi experts, i have a problem, mnaybe the picture will explain it better:

on the selected field i use this formula: =SUMPRODUCT(K21:K29=I15;L21:L29>=60)

the result should be 1 but it#s always show me zero..... or even #VALUE ERROR when i have a lookupcombo behind.

what i need is in the first table the result of how many comapny a have more than 60 points and so one: the right result should looks like:

Company        |     > 60
a                     |          1
c                     |         0
f                      |         1
i                      |          2

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2009-11-05 at 01:50:27ID24873790
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Microsoft Excell 2007

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Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software

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Answers

 

by: jppintoPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:02:28ID: 25747984

Please take a look at the attached file.

jppinto

 

by: jppintoPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:04:26ID: 25747990

You formula should be like this:

=SUMPRODUCT((K21:K29=D2)*(L21:L29>=60))

not like this:

=SUMPRODUCT(K21:K29=I15;L21:L29>=60)

Take a look at this article to understand how SUMPRODUCT works:

http://excel-user.blogspot.com/2009/10/sumproduct-sum-values-based-on.html

jppinto

 

by: jppintoPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:07:16ID: 25748003

Sorry...mistake! Should be like this:

=SUMPRODUCT((K21:K29=I15)*(L21:L29>=60))

 

by: dMaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:28:26ID: 25748108

ok on the example i post here it works.....

the problem is, on my excell sheet i use in the first Table the Company field as a combobox selection for the secound table. in this case (i guess thats the reason) the result of the function is #VALUE!, i#m not sure if thats the reason. any ideas?..

 

by: dMaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:32:15ID: 25748129

maybe as an addition the field points is also an calculated value, is like dateA - date2.
anyway i'm getting an #VALUE! error

 

by: jppintoPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:34:18ID: 25748140

Can you post a sample sheet please?

jppinto

 

by: dMaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:44:06ID: 25748186

here is my sheet witch do not work...... :( maybe thats helps more

 

by: jppintoPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:51:58ID: 25748212

Take a look at the attached file.

jppinto

 

by: jppintoPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:56:18ID: 25748226

You had alot of problems with you sheet. For starting the SUMPRODUCT function must have the same number of rows in each array argument. For instance:

You cannot have this:

=SUMPRODUCT((K21:K29=I15)*(L21:L50>=60))

The ranges must be the same size  K21:K29 and L21:L29 (not L50)!

If you have * in cells where you're performing calculations it will produce an error so you have to check if the value ISERROR() to avoid getting #VALUE on your calculated cells that will give an error where you have SUMPRODUCT formulas.

Hope this helps you to create better sheets now. Please take a look at the link I provided before about the SUMPRODUCT function to see a simple example on how to work with this.

jppinto

 

by: dMaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:58:44ID: 25748237

you are the best!!! THX A LOOOOOOOOOOOOT

 

by: dMaPosted on 2009-11-05 at 02:59:23ID: 31650406

best ever :)

 

by: patrickabPosted on 2009-11-05 at 04:54:39ID: 25748874

jppinto,

>If you have * in cells where you're performing calculations it will produce an error so you have to check if the value ISERROR() to avoid getting #VALUE on your calculated cells that will give an error where you have SUMPRODUCT formulas.

SUMPRODUCT() will work without errors on cells contain the results of calculations containing any mathematical operator (*/+-). However what needs to be checked for is whether a calculation produces an error. Which you've sort of said, but not quite. If there's an error produced by a calculation and that cell in turn is used by a SUMPRODUCT() formula then the SUMPRODUCT() will fail. I think that's what you were getting at. In which case the syntax to trap an error like that would be:

=IF(ISERROR(SUMPRODUCT((K21:K29=I15)*(L21:L29>=60))),"",SUMPRODUCT((K21:K29=I15)*(L21:L29>=60)))

Patrick

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