Excel Formula Error

natetc

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Hi,

I get this error went entering a formula

'The specified formula cannot be entered because it contains more values, references and/or names than are allowed in the current file format.'

I am entering a SUMPRODUCT formula with over 50 statements, example

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A100="Fruit"),--(B1:B100="Oranges"))+SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A100="Meat"),--(B1:B100="Beef"))
 

Excel Facts

Can a formula spear through sheets?
Use =SUM(January:December!E7) to sum E7 on all of the sheets from January through December
What is the result you want from that monster formula?
DCOUNT might be an easier way to count rows meeting 50 multiple conditions.
 
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You could break them into multiple named ranges and then add all the named ranges together. Such as:

NameRange1 = SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A100="Fruit"),--(B1:B100="Oranges"))
NameRange2 = SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A100="Meat"),--(B1:B100="Beef"))

Then do something like =NameRange1+NameRange2

And so forth. There is a limit on the number of characters in a formula I believe it is 1,024, but not positive.

Hope that helps.
 
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