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Compare Columns of Dates In A Formula
Since I cannot see your spreadsheet and reference it against what you are saying, being specific gets more difficult. Correct my thinking: Your original sumif formula calculated the total for a given product with regards to what was entered on the other tabs, correct? Your new => date formula filtered out those entries that did not meet the date criteria so what was left to add was only the entered information that met the date criteria, then filtered by the sumif equation adjusted to use the new range. If my remark is correct, I do not understand why everything is needed to be input. With regards to your 100% completion, do you have markers that denote an item is 100% complete so you can use that as a TRUE/FALSE marker in an equation that can set the value to $0, or do you delete it manually?
You are completely correct about the SUMIF formula. However, either yourself or I am confused on how the date portion is going to work. I will attach a version of my spreadsheet without the hidden columns below in case I messed anything up.
But I'll try to re-explain my goal of this sheet. When I buy something, I detail all the information of the buy into the Skins/Consumables tabs. The buying checklist would be used to plan SOME of my buying choices. Not everything I buy will be planned/listed in the Buying checklist tab. I believe this is the issue for me. Something in the Skins/Consumables may be skipped over and I don't think I'm correctly writing that in Excel. Instead of skipping over a row, my dates are being compared incorrectly.
When I mentioned I wanted to delete info in the Checklist I meant the following: I manually type how many I want. Excel would tell me how many I bought so far. There is a remaining amount which does the subtraction. Finally the far left will show a check mark when remaining equals 0. I would love the option to manually delete a row of my inputs if I decided to. Say I buy all the items, well they aren't needed to be bought anymore, so I can remove them from the checklist but leave there entries on the correct page.
You should be able to access/download it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19CTtqmPoTHZsfokLAzaQIZ2bPeEPLDli/view?usp=sharing
Ok Got it. It will help me if we can place values in it so I can see how it currently operates, and how you want it to. Can we place some items in each Skins/Consumables, then see how the buying checklist currently works? Also, I do not see the formula based on the date anywhere.
The formula for creating the date is causing me issues. Every formula I type is giving me a blank cell/not working since there is another page. I think the problem, for me..., is comparing the new Hidden dates to whatever cell is next on the list... Don't know how to solve this. I unhided all the cells and input some sample data in. New link for the excel file is below. Everything on the right side of the Checklist can be typed into Item for sorting.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CFyv1O9glRqwAxhhBuwiK_nP2qgKGnpy/view?usp=sharing
Instead of putting a date in that cell, (hidden date) have the formula resolve the amount you want counted instead, if the conditions are met. In your sumif formula range, point it to the hidden date range. It will count what is there if it meets the conditions, and what is there only meets your date condition.
The hidden date formula will have to be a lookup formula looking at the buying checklist page, and have an iferror clause so it zeros out when no value is found.