Sumif problem

[DanKokoro]

Hi all,

I'm a bit of a noob, I tried searching for a solution to my problem in this forum but couldn't find one so i apologise if this has been asked before.

My problem is this. There are two columns of interest A and B.

Column A contains Dates of individual sales. There are multiple sales per day. In Column B is the quantity sold for that individual sale. E.G.

A........... B
01/07/10 8
01/07/10 10
01/07/10 5
02/07/10 12
02/07/10 15
02/07/10 8
03/07/10 6
03/07/10 7
04/07/10 5

What i need to be able to do is on another page, list all the dates with a sum of the sales on that date. e.g.

So basically. sum column B IF column A = "insert date".

Unfortunately i don't know where to start.

Thank you in advance for your help, it is much appreciated.

P.s. if the dates are confusing - that is for the month of July. I'm from New Zealand so we may write our dates the other way around to many of you.

 

[pagrender]

It looks like a Pivot Table should suit your needs.

Have you used a pivot table before?

 

[lenze]

A much easier approach is to create a Pivot Table!!!

   A        B   C  D           E     
 1 Date     Amt                      
 2 1/7/2010 8                        
 3 1/7/2010 10     Sum of Amt        
 4 1/7/2010 5      Date        Total 
 5 2/7/2010 12     1/7/2010    23    
 6 2/7/2010 15     2/7/2010    35    
 7 2/7/2010 8      3/7/2010    13    
 8 3/7/2010 6      4/7/2010    5     
 9 3/7/2010 7      Grand Total 76    
10 4/7/2010 5                        
Sheet3
[Table-It] version 09 by Erik Van Geit

See www.contextures.com for tutorials on Pivot Tables

lenze

 

[Matty]

Hello,

Also, have a look at the SUMIF function.

Here's an example:

Sheet1


<TABLE style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 2pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 30px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><COL style="WIDTH: 83px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 19px"><COL style="WIDTH: 83px"><COL style="WIDTH: 97px"></COLGROUP><TBODY><TR style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><TD></TD><TD>A</TD><TD>B</TD><TD>C</TD><TD>D</TD><TD>E</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">1</TD><TD style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Dates</TD><TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sales</TD><TD></TD><TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Dates</TD><TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sales Per Day</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">2</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">01/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">8</TD><TD></TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">01/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">23</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">3</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">01/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">10</TD><TD></TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">02/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">35</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">4</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">01/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">5</TD><TD></TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">03/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">13</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">5</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">02/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">12</TD><TD></TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">04/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">5</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">6</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">02/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">15</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">7</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">02/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">8</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">8</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">03/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">6</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">9</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">03/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">7</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">10</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">04/07/2010</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">5</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


<TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: groove; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #00ff00; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: groove; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffcf9; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: groove; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: groove; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #00ff00"><TBODY><TR><TD>Spreadsheet Formulas</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt" border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2><TBODY><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><TD>Cell</TD><TD>Formula</TD></TR><TR><TD>E2</TD><TD>=SUMIF(A$2:A$10,D2,B$2:B$10)</TD></TR><TR><TD>E3</TD><TD>=SUMIF(A$2:A$10,D3,B$2:B$10)</TD></TR><TR><TD>E4</TD><TD>=SUMIF(A$2:A$10,D4,B$2:B$10)</TD></TR><TR><TD>E5</TD><TD>=SUMIF(A$2:A$10,D5,B$2:B$10)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Matty

 

[paipimenta]

Sheet2:
Column A....Column B
04/07/10....=sumif('Sheet1'!A:A,$A$1,'Sheet1'!B:B)

This is where $A$1 is the cell with the date to sum, Sheet1 column A has the dates, Sheet1 column B has orders

 

[DanKokoro]

Awesome thanks alot guys,

Pivot table worked a treat. And i'll be storing those sumif formulas for a later date.

Really appreciate the help you guys are great