I'm trying to add an "OR" value to a single column range in a COUNTIFS formula...

Justin Cascade

I have a formula that counts a row that's marked as "done" for me (by status = full), AND is equal to column "Media Type" (Value "Press Release"), AND marked finished in the last 30 days.

This is working now:

=COUNTIFS(Status:Status, ="Full", [Media Type]:[Media Type], ="Press Release", [Completion Date]:[Completion Date],

I'm trying to add the value "News Release on CHA.com" in the "Media Type" column to the total count in the formula.

So basically: "Count If media type is either Press Release or News Release on CHA.com, and marked completed in the last 30 days.)

I'm stuck here:

=COUNTIFS(Status:Status, ="Full", [Media Type]:[Media Type], ="Press Release", OR [Media Type:[Media Type] ="News Release on CHA.com", [Completion Date]:[Completion Date],

I'm not figuring this one out... Any help is appreciated!

Paul Newcome

Try this:

=COUNTIFS(Status:Status, ="Full", [Media Type]:[Media Type], OR(@cell = "Press Release", @cell = "News Release on CHA.com"), [Completion Date]:[Completion Date],

Paul Newcome

Try this:

=COUNTIFS(Status:Status, ="Full", [Media Type]:[Media Type], OR(@cell = "Press Release", @cell = "News Release on CHA.com"), [Completion Date]:[Completion Date],

KPH

It looks like the end of your formula was chopped off in your question (it is a problem with the quote formatting in the community). I think it should be

=COUNTIFS(Status:Status, ="Full", [Media Type]:[Media Type], ="Press Release", [Completion Date]:[Completion Date], >TODAY(-30))

So now, your question. Assuming you also need the News releases to have the full status, the quickest thing is to repeat the above but for the new Media Type. Ie:

=COUNTIFS(Status:Status, ="Full", [Media Type]:[Media Type], ="News Release on CHA.com", [Completion Date]:[Completion Date], >TODAY(-30))

This gives you the count for the News Releases that are Full and Completed in the last 30 days.

And then just add the two numbers together with a plus sign

=COUNTIFS(Status:Status, ="Full", [Media Type]:[Media Type], ="Press Release", [Completion Date]:[Completion Date], >TODAY(-30)) + COUNTIFS(Status:Status, ="Full", [Media Type]:[Media Type], ="News Release on CHA.com", [Completion Date]:[Completion Date], >TODAY(-30))

Would that work for you?

KPH

@Paul Newcome 's answer is more elegant than mine :)

Here it is with the missing part, in case you need that:

=COUNTIFS(Status:Status, ="Full", [Media Type]:[Media Type], OR(@cell = "Press Release", @cell = "News Release on CHA.com"), [Completion Date]:[Completion Date], >TODAY(-30))

Justin Cascade

Thanks all, and yes the final version of my formula with the "in the last 30 days" part is this:

=COUNTIFS(Status:Status, ="Full", [Media Type]:[Media Type], OR(@cell = "Press Release", @cell = "News Release on CHA.com"), [Completion Date]:[Completion Date],

Thanks all for your help!

Paul Newcome

Happy to help. 👍️