SUMPRODUCT and other formulas combined...

[Guest]

I often use the SUMPRODUCT formula in the following manner:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(OFFICE=$B12),--(REVENUE<>""),--(REGION="1 - Canada"))

where... OFFICE, REVENUE and REGION are all 'Names' given to column ranges

I often, however, find that my data is structured in such a way that I could
really benefit from being able to use other formulas in conjunction with the
SUMPRODUCT format. For instance, it would be great if I could structure the
'REGION' section of the above formula to only have to look at the first
character (I'll attempt to demonstrate my thinking by way of the following
altered version of the above formula):

=SUMPRODUCT(--(OFFICE=$B12),--(REVENUE<>""),--((LEFT(REGION,1))=1))

Is something like this possible?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Guest]

hi cdavidson

you can test it by
tolls>formula auditing>Evaluate formula...

the way it looks,,,perhars you can do it something like this
=SUMPRODUCT(--(OFFICE=$B12),--(REVENUE<>""),--((LEFT(REGION,1))="1"))

perhaps enclosing 1 with double quotes. "1" to be read as text by LEFT
function...

regards

 

[Guest]

That formula will work, you just need to keep in mind that the LEFT function
returns a text value. Thus, you should be checking if it is equal to "1"
instead of 1.

--(LEFT(REGION,1)="1")

HTH,
Elkar

 

[Bob Phillips]

Have you tried it? The best way to learn is by trying. In essence, it should
work, but there are some gotchas to be wary of it. Try it and see if you get
any.

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HTH

Bob

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