Applying Filter to a search

[adityasadhoo]

Hi, i am new to Excel and needed help to sum up values in a list which must be filtered. I have been trying for a while now to use the SUMIF() and VLOOKUP() function to do this but have had no success. Below is a simplified version of the list.

Date	Item	Box	Quantity
03/11/05	apple	box1	1
03/11/05	apple	box2	2
03/11/05	pear	box2	3
04/11/05	plum	box1	1
04/11/05	pear	box1	2
04/11/05	apple	box1	2
05/11/05	plum	box1	1
05/11/05	pear	box6	3
05/11/05	apple	box4	4
06/11/05	plum	box2	2
06/11/05	apple	box1	5

As an example if i wanted to know what quantities of apples have been recieved between the 3rd and 5th of november in box one it should return 3.

Has anyone got any idea on how i can do this, or what i can use that may help me??

Thanks
Ady

 

[lenze]

The operative word is PIVOT TABLE.

Have a look at the articles on pivot tables here
http://www.mrexcel.com/articles.shtml
or see the Excel help file. The Microsoft Knowledge Base also has some good info on PTs

HTH

lenze