Need help on countif and sumif function with dates and wildcard characters

[chinita_jill]

Hi,

I have 2 columns of data in sheet 1 as follows:
B C
Open 08/30/05
Closed 08/01/05
Closed 08/30/05
Open 08/03/05
Closed 07/01/05
Closed 07/02/05

In sheet 2, I would like to count how many cells are:
1. have august as their dates
2. open on the month of august
3. closed on the month of august
4. etc.

so far, i'm trying this count if formula out, but it doesn't work.
1. =COUNTIF(Sheet1!$C$1:$C$65000,"08/**/**")
2.
=SUM(IF((Sheet1!$B$1:$B$65000="Open"),IF(Sheet1!$C$1:$C$65000="08/**/**",1,0)))
3.
=SUM(IF((Sheet1!$B$1:$B$65000="Closed"),IF(Sheet1!$C$1:$C$65000="08/**/**",1,0)))

i don't know if it's the wildcard characters, or if it's the format of
my date. please help!! thanks!!

 

[SteveG]

Try SUMPRODUCT,


=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A6="Open")*(MONTH(B1:B6)=8))

Change the "Open" to "Closed" to count the closed. If you want to see
a different month then change the 8 in the formula to the corresponding
month # (Jan=1,Feb=2,Mar=3.....Dec=12).

HTH

Steve

 

[Guest]

Let's say your dates are in rows 2-7 for this example

 

[chinita_jill]

thanks steve. unfortunately, your formula returns "#VALUE!"

any idea why this happens?

 

[SteveG]

Did you change the range in the formula to mathc yours?

=SUMPRODUCT((B1:B6="Open")*(MONTH(C1:C6)=8))


If you are concerned with the year as well as the month then,

=SUMPRODUCT((B1:B6="Open")*(MONTH(C1:C6)=8)*(YEAR(C1:C6)=2005))

HTH

Steve

 

[SteveG]

One other thing, your ranges need to be the same size (B1:B6, C1:C6).
If you tried something like B1:B6 and C1:C11, it would return the VALUE
error too.


HTH
Steve