Formula to return the SUM of prices from a cell with multiple values (multiselect column)
Hello!
I'm sure someone has encountered this issue before so hopefully there's a work around it.
We have a tracker with multiple service requests. We document each request in a very detailed way here. We already have a lot of columns here, so adding more than 2-3 is not an option.
From a multi-select column named "Transaction", users can select from a long list of transactions names as many as they need. Each transaction has a different price. I need to build a formula that SUM the prices of all the transactions selected, searching in a helper sheet for the price associated with each transaction.
Is there a mix of functions that could help me achieve this? I was thinking that maybe COLLECT with VLOOKUP but not sure if they work together.
Any guidance would be wonderful.
Thanks!
Best Answer
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You will need to incorporate the HAS function to get it to sum from multiple rows on a reference sheet based on a single cell that is multi-select dropdown.
=SUMIFS({Reference Sheet $$ Column}, {Reference Sheet Selection Column}, HAS([Selection Column]@row, @cell))
Answers
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You should be able to use a SUMIF
=SUMIF({Helper Sheet Range 1},=Transaction@row,{Helper Sheet Range 2})
Helper Sheet Range 1 = Transaction Names
Helper Sheet Range 2 = Number to add up
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You will need to incorporate the HAS function to get it to sum from multiple rows on a reference sheet based on a single cell that is multi-select dropdown.
=SUMIFS({Reference Sheet $$ Column}, {Reference Sheet Selection Column}, HAS([Selection Column]@row, @cell))
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OMG! You have just simplified an issue that I've been dealing with for months. I was sure this was impossible and focused on converting strings into numbers. How wrong I was!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Your solution worked perfectly.
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Happy to help. 👍
Keep in mind though... The only reason this works is because you are using the multi-select dropdown. Anything else does add more complexity.
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