N/As in Sumproduct

[wiscokid]

I am taking the sumproduct of three columns using the following formula
=SUMPRODUCT(--($M11=Data!$F$2:$F$100),--(Data!$DT$2:$DT$100=N$9),(Data!$I$2:$I$100))

The problem is that if I have any N/A's in either of these three columns (F,DT and I) I get an N/A returned, even if I should be having a value returned.

thanks

Paul

 

[Joe4]

Are the N/As the result of formulas?

The best way to handle it is usually to fix the underlying data. If the N/As are the result of formulas, they can be fixed by replacing the offending formula with something like:

=IF(ISNA(formula),0,formula)

 

[wiscokid]

The N/As are the result of data downloaded from SQL. No formulas are used in excel for the data

 

[Joe4]

Is it possible to have the problem fixed on the SQL side? SUMPRODUCT formulas and other array formulas really do not like errors in the data.

You could always use the ISNA formula format I displayed above to create formulas to fix the data, and then run your SUMPRODUCT off of this instead.

For example, column F is one of your columns of data. If this is one of the columns with some N/A data, insert a column and use:

=IF(ISNA(F2),0,F2)

If the ISNA function does not recognize the N/A data, then Excel probably sees the N/A as text, and you should be able to simply use the Replace functionality (Edit | Replace) to replace N/A with some other value, like 0 or 1, depending on how you need your formulas to work.

 

[barry houdini]

So are the N/As just text or actual error values?

If they're just text then you should be able to use

=SUM(IF(ISNUMBER(Data!$I$2:$I$100),Data!$I$2:$I$100)*($M11=Data!$F$2:$F$100)*(Data!$DT$2:$DT$100=N$9))

confirmed with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

 

[wiscokid]

Thanks for the suggestions

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

I am taking the sumproduct of three columns using the following formula
=SUMPRODUCT(--($M11=Data!$F$2:$F$100),--(Data!$DT$2:$DT$100=N$9),(Data!$I$2:$I$100))

The problem is that if I have any N/A's in either of these three columns (F,DT and I) I get an N/A returned, even if I should be having a value returned.

thanks

Paul

=SUM(IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(Data!$F$2:$F$100,$M11,0)),IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(Data!$DT$2:$DT$100,N$9,0)),IF(ISNUMBER(Data!$I$2:$I$100),Data!$I$2:$I$100))))

which you need to confirm with control+shift+enter, not just with enter.