Running total based upon current date

[ucastores]

I have cells with dollar values from formulas and i am trying to place the
total of all those values in another cell based upon the current date
backwards. An IF gives me a #name result. I know i am not using the Date
command properly, but i can't figure out how to do it. can anyone help me?
I used =IF(Date<=TODAY, sum(. ... Or is there a better way to do it? What
i want is if the date is today or inthe past to add the dollar values in the
cells, but not the ones that are in the future.

 

[Mike H]

Hi,

Change the ranges to suit

=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A20<>"")*(A1:A20<=TODAY())*(B1:B20))

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[ucastores]

Mike, being the usual slow thinking person i can sometimes be, i think a left
an important bit of info out. ... can i send you a copy that work sheet?
The columns are titled with the months of the year and those that are in the
future i don't want included but the ones that have passed i do.

 

[Mike H]

Hi,

With the obvious changes

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question.

 

[Don Guillett]

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[Don Guillett]

To get the sum for 2011 for the 1st one for both rows. If this is what you
want?
=SUM(A8:OFFSET(A8,1,MONTH(TODAY())))