SUMIF simplification - multiple criteria

[gaj104]

Hi,

I'm using a cumbersome SUMIF formula

=-SUMIF(PL2006!AO:AO,"ECH",PL2006!AN:AN)-SUMIF(PL2006!AO:AO,"XCH",PL2006!AN:AN)

I tried to change it to the following but it did not work

=-SUMIF(PL2006!AO:AO,OR("ECH","XCH"),PL2006!AN:AN)

Is there a formula to simplfy the first one, mainly as I will need to add futher 3 letter criteria.

Many thanks

 

[Domenic]

Try...

=-SUM(SUMIF(PL2006!AO:AO,{"ECH","XCH"},PL2006!AN:AN))

Hope this helps!

 

[JohnnyTightlips]

=-sum(sumif(PL2006!AO:AO,{"Ech","XCH"},PL2006!AN:AN))

You can add variables within the curly brackets

EDIT: Beaten!!

 

[gaj104]

Excellent stuff guys. Many thanks

 

[BruceyBonu$]

that looks really useful.. but I cant get that to work, any ideas what Im doing wrong...
my formula to test was..
=SUMIF(H:H,{"s","sd"},G:G)
it only counts those that equal "s" though..

 

[BruceyBonu$]

I added the Sum around the formula and it works. Can someone explain why it needs to be wrapped in a sum () please ?

 

[Domenic]

I added the Sum around the formula and it works. Can someone explain why it needs to be wrapped in a sum () please ?

In this case, SUMIF has two values as its criteria, as specified by the array constant...

{"s","sd"}

Since the criteria is an array, SUMIF returns an array made up of two values. The first value with "s" as its criteria, and the second with "sd". These values are then passed to SUM which it sums.

Hope this helps!

 

[BruceyBonu$]

Great explanation. Appreciated