Using Vlookup to add up several rows

[howard]

I need to look up various types of Depreciation , where the values are in column 105 (Col DL) and the decriptions are in col L

I have tried to use the following formula to add all the various depreciation types in Col 105, but cannot get it to add the values


=IF(A69=(RIGHT(A69,50)),VLOOKUP("*Depreciation*",Sheet1!$L$1512:$DL$1783,105,FALSE))

The various types of depreciation are:

DEPRECIATION-COMPUTER EQUIP
DEPRECIATION Corp Signage
DEPRECIATION-P & M
DEPRECIATION-F & F
DEPRECIATION-OE

your assistance will be most appreciated

 

[Robert Mika]

Try this
=SUMIF(L1512:L1783,"*DEPRECIATION*",DL1512:DL1783)

as a part of your formula.

 

[howard]

Hi Robert

Thanks for the help. The formula works perfectly. However, the values must allways refer to Col DL. Each month a new col is inserted and the values are copied into Col DL. How do I overcome this?

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Hi Robert

Thanks for the help. The formula works perfectly. However, the values must allways refer to Col DL. Each month a new col is inserted and the values are copied into Col DL. How do I overcome this?

Try...

=SUMIF(L1512:L1783,"*DEPRECIATION*",INDIRECT("DL1512:DL1783"))

 

[howard]

Hi Aladin

Thanks for the help, which is much appreciated. What is the purpose of the indirect function i.e how does it work?

Regards

Howard

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Hi Aladin

Thanks for the help, which is much appreciated. What is the purpose of the indirect function i.e how does it work?

Regards

Howard

The string it embeds cannot change during copying, etc. INDIRECT resoves the range behind that unchanging string. This enables us to anchor the reference into a fixed address.

 

[howard]

Hi Aladin

Thanks for the explanation.

 

[LearnMeExcel]

Hi Aladin
i want to ask u
when i remove the " " from Indirect function it is return Error , why ?

=SUMIF($L$1512:$L$1521,"*DEPRECIATION*",INDIRECT(DL1512:DL1521))

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Hi Aladin
i want to ask u
when i remove the " " from Indirect function it is return Error , why ?

=SUMIF($L$1512:$L$1521,"*DEPRECIATION*",INDIRECT(DL1512:DL1521))

INDIRECT expects a string, not a range. Thus, this function resolves a string to a range whose values it makes available. When given a range, it has nothing to resolve, hence the error.