Help With My Checkbook

Justinian

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I want to write a formula so that all expenses for January get summed in a cell below my checkbook labeled "January." I need a formula that sees if the word January is entered into a cell and if January is entered, no matter in how many cells, the formula adds those expenses into my total cell below which is also named January. The same applied for February and all months of the year. How do I do this?
 

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Hello

Take a look at SUM.IF
There would also be a solution using SUMPRODUCT, but my first suggestion is more "native".

kind regards,
Erik
 
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I already tried that and it does not work. The amount is in column I and the month is in column K. When January is entered into column K, I need whatever amount is to the left of the cell with the word January to be input into a cell below the table.
 
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The best way when refering to months is to enter them as dates, formatted as mmmm. Do that and you can use a PivotTable.
 
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No, I am not using a pivot table. I just want a formula to recognize what month is entered and then throw the amount entered in the cell to the left of that into a total cell below the table.
 
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I didn't say that you are using a PivotTable, I meant that a PivotTable would be the best way to do this.
 
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How so? I still need a cell off the table to calculate totals predicated upon what month has been entered.
 
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Justinian, I think that it is time to display an example to work with.
Also be aware that "it does not work" (SUM.IF) does not give much information.
I think that "it does work", but perhaps we are not talking about the same thing, hence my suggestion: provide an example: let's say about 15 rows.
Also I think that a Pivot Table might be an idea to consider.
 
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I cannot download Excel Jeanie for some reason so I am unable to provide a snip of my spread.

Column A Column B Column C

Vendor Amount Month


Cell A22
Running total
 
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