How do I count one column dependent on value in another column?

[Dan Morris]

I have a spreadsheet of staff a little like this (but with hundreds of names in several locations or different departments:

A B C
1 NAME LOCATION EFT
2 Fred Bloggs London 1.0
3 Jane Bloggs London 0.75
4 John Blaggs Salford 1.0
5 Richard Hobbs London 0.5
6 Tim Huggins Cardiff 0.6
7 Janet Smith Salford 1.0

What I need to do is create counts of both HEADCOUNT (ie: actual number of people) and EFT (ie: some staff are part time and EFT is the equivalent amount of full-time staff).

To get an accurate count on HEADCOUNT of everyone in London, I am using this:
= COUNTIF($B2:$B7,"London")
And that would give me the total number of everyone with London set as the location (ie: 3 people in the above example)

What I can’t understand is how to do the same with EFT, so using the above example the equation would have to ask does it have “London” in column B, and if it does add up the figures in column C, so London would equal 2.25 in the above example.

I’d be so grateful if someone could tell me how to make that equation.

Thank you so much. Dan

 

[Tetra201]

Try this:

=SUMIF($B$2:$B$7,"London",$C$2:$C$7)

 

[Dan Morris]

Dear Tetra201 - that works beautifully; thank you so much for your help, it's very much appreciated

Dan

 

[Tetra201]

Glad to be of a help.

 

[Dan Morris]

Saved my night

 

[Dan Morris]

One further question please:

So what if I want to count 1 for each number in column c (irrespective of what it is) if we have “London” in column B. So in the above example the first equation resulted in 2.25, now I need an equation that would say: 3 of the rows in column C contain a number and also contain “London in column B = 3

(It's not as simple as just counting column B as the real spreadsheet as many other columns which complicate it and means that it has to be a count depending on both columns).

THANK YOU

 

[Tetra201]

If zero in column C is a valid number, then use:

=SUMPRODUCT(($B$2:$B$7="London")*ISNUMBER($C$2:$C$7))

 

[Dan Morris]

Amazing; works perfectly; I salute and thank you profusely

 

[Dan Morris]

Amazing; works perfectly; I salute and thank you profusely