Why is it not counting "MTS" in my sheet summary

RickyT

If you see in the PROJECTS column there are multiple entries. "MTS" is one of those options, but it made me realize its not counting it if there are multiple entries. Here is my formula:

=COUNTIFS(Projects:Projects, "MTS")

How do I get it to see the MTS in the PROJECTS column?

ker9

Hi @RickyT

See if this formula helps:

=COUNTIF(Projects:Projects, CONTAINS("MTS", @cell))

Hope this helps!

ker9

Hi @RickyT

See if this formula helps:

=COUNTIF(Projects:Projects, CONTAINS("MTS", @cell))

Hope this helps!

RickyT

@ker9 thanks for the solution, that worked. Can you explain why the @cell part works? I understand it searching for the MTS with contains but the last bit has me confused. My guess is that the statement contains is not aware of the column we a searching since its outside the statement.

ker9

@RickyT - this help article will explain it better than me

"The @cell argument performs a calculation on each row at the same time that the primary function (SUMIF for example) is evaluating the criteria in the range, making your formula more efficient."

https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2476491-create-efficient-formulas-with-at-cell

Hope this helps :)