multiple NOT(CONTAINS) not working

OshaK

Hello,

i hope someone can help me solve this puzzle. I'm calculating the number of rows in my sheet based on some criteria in one column (Division), but I need to exclude 3 people (rows) from it temporarily based on another column (Last Name).

I'm able to exclude one, but I'm not able to add the exclusions for the other two.

=COUNTIFS([Division]:[Division], OR(@cell = "Div 1", @cell = "Div 2", @cell = "Div 3", @cell = "Div 4", @cell = "Div 5"), [Last Name]:[Last Name], NOT(CONTAINS(@cell, "Person 1")))

this formula works and exclude Person 1, but I'm trying to add two more and i get INCORRRECT ARGUMENT.

I tried multiple ways (below is one of them).

=COUNTIFS([Division]:[Division], OR(@cell = "Div 1", @cell = "Div 2", @cell = "Div 3", @cell = "Div 4", @cell = "Div 5"), [Last Name]:[Last Name], NOT(CONTAINS(@cell, "Person 1", @cell, "Person 2")))

Thank you for your help!

Nic Larsen

Try: =COUNTIFS([Division]:[Division], OR(@cell = "Div 1", @cell = "Div 2", @cell = "Div 3", @cell = "Div 4", @cell = "Div 5"), [Last Name]:[Last Name], AND(NOT(CONTAINS("Person 1", @cell)), NOT(CONTAINS("Person 2", @cell))

Nic Larsen

Try: =COUNTIFS([Division]:[Division], OR(@cell = "Div 1", @cell = "Div 2", @cell = "Div 3", @cell = "Div 4", @cell = "Div 5"), [Last Name]:[Last Name], AND(NOT(CONTAINS("Person 1", @cell)), NOT(CONTAINS("Person 2", @cell))

OshaK

thank you, @Nic Larsen it works great!