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Issues using Ampersand (&) to combine numbers from two different cells
I am trying to combine two different cells that contain numbers into one cell and it is bringing over incorrect values. In my example below the first part of the data is in cell B2 and the second pa...
So, the invoice number is the criteria, right?
Then you can leave it as text but you hit another problem because SUMIF() makes a type conversion from text to number and the result is not correct.
But there is a workaround:
https://newtonexcelbach.com/2017/12/22/the-countif-bug-and-how-to-avoid-it/
I do need to do further calculations as I am using a SUMIF formula to total the amounts received based on the special invoice number. Do you know of any add one as you suggested?
So, the invoice number is the criteria, right?
Then you can leave it as text but you hit another problem because SUMIF() makes a type conversion from text to number and the result is not correct.
But there is a workaround:
https://newtonexcelbach.com/2017/12/22/the-countif-bug-and-how-to-avoid-it/