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Formula for COUNTIFS combined with OR (I think)
Hello,
Please can someone help me with a formula for the following:
Column E is labelled "Priority" with drop down options of "High", "Medium" or "Low" from a lookup table.
Column I is labelled "Status" with drop down options of "Complete", "In Progress" or "Not Started" from a look up table.
I want to count in cell I2, how many priorities in column E are "high" AND column I has the status "In Progress" OR "Not Started" [i.e. a status that is not "Complete"].
I have created a COUNTIFS formula but cannot seem to apply a second criteria that excludes from the count any with the status "Complete": =(COUNTIFS($E7:E13,"High"))
I can then adjust the same formula for "Medium" and "Low" priorities for cells I3 and I4 respectively.
=SUM(COUNTIFS($E$7:$E$13,"high",$I$7:$I$13,{"In progress","Not started"}))
=SUMPRODUCT(($E$7:$E$13="high")*(($I$7:$I$13="In progress")+($I$7:$I$13="Not started")))
Does any of these formulas return the intended result?
OliverScheurichThank you so much! That worked a treat!
- Thanks again OliverScheurich!
I tried to use your formula to create a new formula for a different value.
This time, I'm trying to count how many tasks are due this week based on a date in column H, and on a status in column I, that is either "In Progress" or "Not Started" .
Here is what I've come up with but it is not working. Perhaps I need to simplify it to use "<>complete" as status as per Peter's suggestion below. My columns have names but there is content above the table that possibly prevents Excel identifying the names:
=SUM(COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,"<"&TODAY(),$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started","In Progress"})) + (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,TODAY(),$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started","In Progress"})) + (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,TODAY+1(), $J$9:$J83, {"Not Started","In Progress"})) + (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,TODAY+2(),$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started","In Progress"})) + (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,TODAY+3(),$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started","In Progress"})) + (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,TODAY+4() ,$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started","In Progress"})) + (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,TODAY+5(),$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started","In Progress"})) + (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,TODAY+6(),$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started","In Progress"}))= SUMPRODUCT( (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,"="&TODAY(),$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started";"In Progress"}))
+ (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,"="&TODAY()+1, $J$9:$J83, {"Not Started";"In Progress"}))
+ (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,"="&TODAY()+2,$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started";"In Progress"}))
+ (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,"="&TODAY()+3,$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started";"In Progress"}))
+ (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,"="&TODAY()+4,$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started";"In Progress"}))
+ (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,"="&TODAY()+5,$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started";"In Progress"}))
+ (COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,"="&TODAY()+6,$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started";"In Progress"})) )Or:
=SUMPRODUCT((COUNTIFS($H$9:$H83,">="&TODAY(),$H$9:$H83,"<="&TODAY()+6,$J$9:$J83,{"Not Started";"In Progress"})))
Does any of this formulas return the intended result?
Assuming the columns of you table are named (or you could use structured references)
= COUNTIFS(Priority, "High", Status, "<>Complete")Sorry, the forum was showing 0 responses. Still, good to know we are in agreement!
- Thanks Peter! I think this will count completed items however I'm looking to count not started and in progress items. But I can use a combo of your suggestions and Oliver's suggestions for a clean formula. There are other tables crossing into the same column, so I think a cell-specifc formula may be best rather than a column-specific formula. However, this is great to know for future spreadsheets!
Just to clarify the syntax, the status
"<>complete"means the formula returns a count for items that are not complete. That is because of the "<>" not equal to.
