How to avoid spill error on Sumif

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Hi,

I'm trying to create a formula in a table column that sums values based on a date/time range as long as the time difference between any values within the range and the value in the current row is roughly less than 2 minutes. The issue I'm running into is a spill error from said calculation which I would like to find a somewhat non-strenuous means of getting around.

Here is the current formula:
=SUMIF([Update Time],([Update Time]-[@[Update Time]])*1440<=2,[Amount])

Obviously haven't exhaustively completed the calculation, but my issue is really just the spill error. I understand the source of the error and everything, but I'm having a creative block at the moment so open to solutions that may change the methodology completely.

Thank you in advance for any thoughts/help.
 

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Hello, could you please upload a sample of your data so that we could see how it is structured (FILTER + SUM might be a way here)?
 
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Welcome to the MrExcel forum!

You have 2 issues. First, you can't have a Spill formula in a table. I can tell you're using a table by the form of your current formula. Second, when using SUMIF, the way you defined the comparison doesn't work. I tried remediating it with SUMIFS, but it got very long and complicated, so I moved to FILTER as hagia_sofia suggested.

Book1
ABC
1Update TimeAmountNear Sum
21:0013
31:0123
41:05316
51:1044
61:2055
71:06616
81:06716
91:30827
101:31927
111:321027
Sheet2
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:C11C2=SUM(FILTER([Amount],ABS([Update Time]-[@[Update Time]])*1440<=2))


Since a formula will automatically replicate down all rows in the table, you don't need to use a Spill formula. Let us know if this works for you. Also, you might want to subtract 1 from the answer, since each row will count itself.
 
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Welcome to the MrExcel forum!

You have 2 issues. First, you can't have a Spill formula in a table. I can tell you're using a table by the form of your current formula. Second, when using SUMIF, the way you defined the comparison doesn't work. I tried remediating it with SUMIFS, but it got very long and complicated, so I moved to FILTER as hagia_sofia suggested.

Book1
ABC
1Update TimeAmountNear Sum
21:0013
31:0123
41:05316
51:1044
61:2055
71:06616
81:06716
91:30827
101:31927
111:321027
Sheet2
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:C11C2=SUM(FILTER([Amount],ABS([Update Time]-[@[Update Time]])*1440<=2))


Since a formula will automatically replicate down all rows in the table, you don't need to use a Spill formula. Let us know if this works for you. Also, you might want to subtract 1 from the answer, since each row will count itself.
The sum filter approach was exactly what I was looking for, thank you very much!
 
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