SUMPRODUCT CAPTURING DATA FROM ANOTHER SPREADSHEET

[Guest]

Excel 2003

I have two spreadsheets within a workbook (Shift 1 and Daily Worksheet). I
want to capture each category (i.e. 2-MAKE READY)in Shift 1 spreadsheet for
each day of the month. The formula is in the Daily Worksheet which has the
categories in column a, and columns b - z have the day of the month
(i.e.10/4/04) and this is where I have the formula:
=SUMPRODUCT(--('SHIFT 1'!$B$2:$B$200="2-MAKE READY")*('SHIFT
1'!$C$2:$C$200=10/4/2004)). This isn't working. I can get the total of all
2-MAKE READY for the month by eliminating everything from *on, but I can't
get it to match and count on the date.

What I'd really like {: -) is to look up the 2-MAKE READY in the SHIFT 1 and
count if the date = b1,c1 (10/1, 10/2) cells in the Daily Worksheet.

I hope this makes sense!

TIA,

Carole O

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
try:
=SUMPRODUCT(--('SHIFT 1'!$B$2:$B$200="2-MAKE READY")*('SHIFT
1'!$C$2:$C$200=DATE(2004,10,4)))

 

[Guest]

Hi, Frank
I copied and pasted your suggestion and get a #REF. When I trace the error,
it shows a small table (Shift 1?) with an arrow pointing to the #REF cell.

Any ideas?

Carole O

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
maybe a linebreak as I only copied your sheet references. Just use your
existing formula but with the dATE function included

 

[Myrna Larson]

Frank has showed you what the problem is -- 10/4/2004 in this context means 10
divided by 4 divided by 2004, not the date Oct 4 2004. In addition to
embedding the literal date parameters inside the DATE formula, you can also
put the date in another cell (or perhaps you have it in a cell already), then
use a reference to that cell instead of the DATE formula. e.g. if A1 contains
the date 10/4/2004,

=SUMPRODUCT(--('SHIFT 1'!$B$2:$B$200="2-MAKE READY")*('SHIFT
1'!$C$2:$C$200=$A$1))

 

[Guest]

Wahoo!!! I'm doing a victory dance in my cubicle!! Thank you both so much.
This is exactly what I wanted (besides circumventing the pivot table!!)

Carole O

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
glad you sorted it out
Maybe for further reference:
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html