Using SUMIFS with multiple AND OR conditions

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I would like to create a succinct Excel formula that SUMS a column based on a set of AND conditions  plus a set of OR conditions   My Excel table contains the following data and I used defined names for the columns    Quote Value  Worksheet  A  A  holds an accounting value  Days To Close  Worksheet  B  B  contains a formula that results in a number  Salesman  Worksheet  C  C  contains text and is a name  Quote Month  Worksheet  D  D  contains a formula   TEXT Worksheet  E  E  mmm-yy   to convert a date time number from another column into a text based month reference    I want to SUM Quote Value if Salesman equals JBloggs and Days To Close is equal to or less than 90 and Quote Month is equal to one of the following  Oct-13  Nov-13  or Dec-13    At the moment  I ve got this to work but it includes a lot of repetition  which I don t think I need    SUM SUMIFS Quote Value Salesman   JBloggs  Days To Close   lt  90  Quote Month   Oct-13   SUMIFS Quote Value Salesman   JBloggs  Days To Close   lt  90  Quote Month   Nov-13   SUMIFS Quote Value Salesman   JBloggs  Days To Close   lt  90  Quote Month   Dec-13      What I d like to do is something more like the following but I can t work out the correct syntax    SUMIFS Quote Value Salesman   JBloggs  Days To Close   lt  90  Quote Month OR Quote Month  Oct-13  Quote Month  Nov-13  Quote Month  Dec-13      That formula doesn t error  it just returns a 0 value  Yet if I manually examine the data  that s not correct  I even tried using TRIM Quote Month  to make sure that spaces hadn t crept into the data but the fact that my extended SUM formula works indicates that the data is OK and that it s a syntax issue  Can anybody steer me in the right direction

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You can use DSUM  which will be more flexible  Like if you want to change the name of Salesman or the Quote Month  you need not change the formula  but only some criteria cells  Please see the link below for details   Even the criteria can be formula to copied from other sheets  http   office microsoft com en-us excel-help dsum-function-HP010342460 aspx CTT 1

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You might consider referencing the actual date time in the source column for Quote Month  then you could transform your OR into a couple of ANDs  something like  assuing the date s in something I ve chosen to call Quote Date    SUMIFS Quote Value   lt  90  Quote Date   gt    amp DATE 2013 11 1  Quote Date   lt    amp DATE 2013 12 31  Salesman   JBloggs  Days To Close     I moved the interesting conditions to the front    This approach works here because that  OR  condition is actually specifying a date range - it might not work in other cases

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Quote Month  Worksheet  D  D  contains a formula   TEXT Worksheet  E  E  mmm-yy   to convert a date time number from another column into a text based month reference    You can use OR by adding   in Sumproduct  See this   SUMPRODUCT  Quote Value   Salesman  JBloggs    Days To Close lt  90    Quote Month  Cond1    Quote Month  Cond2    Quote Month  Cond3      ScreenShot

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With the following  it is easy to link the Cell address      SUM SUMIFS FAGLL03  I 4  I 1048576 FAGLL03  A 4  A 1048576   gt    amp INDIRECT  A  amp ROW    FAGLL03  A 4  A 1048576   lt    amp INDIRECT  B  amp ROW    FAGLL03  Q 4  Q 1048576 E 2     Can use address   substitute   Column functions as required to use Cell addresses in full DYNAMIC

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Speed  SUMPRODUCT is faster than SUM arrays  i e  having    arrays in the SUM function  SUMIFS is 30  faster than SUMPRODUCT     SUM SUMIFS       vs SUMPRODUCT SUMIFS      both works fine  but SUMPRODUCT feels a bit easier to write without the CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER to create the      Preference  I personally prefer writing SUMPRODUCT -- ISNUMBER MATCH         over SUMPRODUCT SUMIFS      for multiple criteria    However  if you have a drop-down menu where you want to select specific characteristics or all  SUMPRODUCT SUMIFS     is the only way to go   as for selecting  all   the value should enter in   lt       Whatever word you want as long as it s not part of the specific characteristics

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You can use SUMIFS like this   SUM SUMIFS Quote Value Salesman  JBloggs  Days To Close   lt  90  Quote Month   Oct-13   Nov-13   Dec-13      The SUMIFS function will return an  array  of 3 values  one total each for  Oct-13    Nov-13  and  Dec-13    so you need SUM to sum that array and give you the final result   Be careful with this syntax  you can only have at most two criteria within the formula with  OR  conditions   and if there are two then in one you must separate the criteria with commas  in the other with semi-colons   If you need more you might use SUMPRODUCT with MATCH  e g  in your case   SUMPRODUCT Quote Value  Salesman  JBloggs    Days To Close lt  90  ISNUMBER MATCH Quote Month   Oct-13   Nov-13   Dec-13   0     In that version you can add any number of  OR  criteria using ISNUMBER MATCH

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In order to get the formula to work place the cursor inside the formula and press ctr shift enter and then it will work

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