Sum in a report shows zero for cells with value

Miew

Hello, I am building a report and inserting a basic sum recap, but the value shows as zero even if the cells targeted have data in it. Is it possible the problem comes from the fact that is is not a pure value but actually the result of a multiple IF formula ?

Here is a screenshot of the source in the sheet :

When I select the column, no sum or average are shown at the bottom, just a count :

And the intended report looks like this with zero as a SUM ("Somme" in French) :

I'm in a French display, sorry if it makes things a bit trickier.

Can you help me find a way to sum or average my data in the report recap option ? Thanks,

Melissa

Paul Newcome

Try removing the quotes from around the numbers in your nested IF statement.

Quotes around numbers will output a text string that only looks like a number, and text can't be summed. Removing the quotes from around the numbers will output a numeric value which can then be summed.

Zachary Hall

The multiple IF() formula should not be throwing it off, however if the source has the data stored as text as opposed to a number value, that could be the reason. One way to avoid this error is to convert the text using VALUE() around your data.

Miew

It worked indeed. Thank you!

Paul Newcome

Happy to help. 👍️