IF Checkbox flagged, SUM help requested

I am trying multiple variations on a Sum/IF formula and can't seem to crack it!

My goal is to SUM the rows in the [Estimated Refund Value] Column IF the [Credit Calculator] box is checked.

I've tried this in various forms including using the SUMIF feature as well as my current iteration below

=IF([Credit Calculator]:[Credit Calculator] = 1, SUM([Estimated Refund Value]:[Estimated Refund Value]), "")

not sure what I am missing, but I feel it's something small.

Answers

  • Paul McGuinness
    Paul McGuinness Overachievers

    Hi @Coen

    This should do the trick

    =SUMIFS([Estimated Refund Value]:[Estimated Refund Value], [Credit Calculator]:[Credit Calculator],TRUE)

    Hope that helps

    Thanks

    Paul

  • Nick Korna
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    Hi @Coen,

    This should do what you're after:

    =SUMIF([Credit calculator]:[Credit calculator], true, [Estimated Refund]:[Estimated Refund])

    Hope this helps; if you've any problems/questions then just post! 🙂

  • Monique Odom-Stearn
    Monique Odom-Stearn ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    Hello @Coen,

    Try this:

    =SUMIFS([Estimated Refund Value]:[Estimated Refund Value], [Credit Calculator]:[Credit Calculator], 1)

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  • Coen
    Coen ✭✭✭✭
    edited 09/06/23

    Thank you, both!

    Unfortunately I am still getting errors, this is leading me to think maybe it's not the formula but something else I've set up?

    @Paul McGuinness : =SUMIFS([Estimated Refund Value]:[Estimated Refund Value], [Credit Calculator]:[Credit Calculator], true) - I get an Invalid Operation error. :(



    @Nick Korna I also get an invalid operation error with your suggestion of =SUMIF([Credit Calculator]:[Credit Calculator], true, [Estimated Refund Value]:[Estimated Refund Value])

    BUT - If I change my column I want to SUM to a column without a formula, this works.

    =SUMIF([Credit Calculator]:[Credit Calculator], true, Cost:Cost) - This works



    Could it be possible that I am getting errors because I have a column formula set up in the [Estimated Refund Value] Column?

    I really appreciate the effort and suggestions :)

  • Coen
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    edited 09/06/23

    Thank you @Monique_Odom_Comcast I get an invalid operation error

    BUT!

    if I use a column that doesn's have a formula in it; it works.


    =SUMIFS(Cost:Cost, [Credit Calculator]:[Credit Calculator], 1)

    Cost is the column that I am using to calculate the [Estimated Refund Value] Column.

  • Monique Odom-Stearn
    Monique Odom-Stearn ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    Hmmm... I don't think a formula will cause an issue, as long as the result is a number. The SUM functions only work on numbers.

    @Coen, if you appropriately have numbers (manual or calculated by formula), can you send screenshots of your sheet (with any confidential information removed or blacked out)?

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  • Coen
    Coen ✭✭✭✭
    edited 09/06/23

    @Monique_Odom_Comcast Images below :)

    Estimated Refund Value formula is =Cost@row * 0.85

    The formula, using Cost and not [Estimated Refund Value] works.


    If I add a calculation to the end of the formula I get positive results

    =SUMIFS(Cost:Cost, [Credit Calculator]:[Credit Calculator], 1) * 0.85

  • Nick Korna
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    Do you have any errors in your Estimated Refund Value column? If there are any errors in there, these will stop the SUMIF from working properly.

  • Coen
    Coen ✭✭✭✭
    edited 09/06/23

    @Nick Korna I did!

    I've removed the error and am going to re-test the suggestions below! thank you!!


    @Nick Korna @Monique_Odom_Comcast @Paul McGuinness

    I had one row in my Estimated Refund Value column that had an error in it. I removed the error and all your suggestions worked! Thank you all!!

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