Formula for totaling 2 selections from a drop down in sheet summary

KHoward

Hello,I am trying to write a formula for my sheet summary. I would like a formula that gives me a total number when Instructional Design and Learning Solutions is selected. I have been successful with the countif formula when I want to count just one criteria but not two.

bisaacs

Hey @KHoward,

If you're only wanting to count cells that contain both those items, then you'll want to use COUNTIF, AND, CONTAINS in the sheet summary formula:

=COUNTIF(Dropdown:Dropdown, AND(CONTAINS("Learning Solutions", @cell), CONTAINS("Instructional Design", @cell)))

If you want to count cells that have either one of them, just change the AND to OR.

Hope this helps!

bisaacs

Hey @KHoward,

If you're only wanting to count cells that contain both those items, then you'll want to use COUNTIF, AND, CONTAINS in the sheet summary formula:

=COUNTIF(Dropdown:Dropdown, AND(CONTAINS("Learning Solutions", @cell), CONTAINS("Instructional Design", @cell)))

If you want to count cells that have either one of them, just change the AND to OR.

Hope this helps!

KHoward

@bisaacs Thank you, that did the trick. I needed the OR.

Melanie PLU

@bisaacs I was trying to use this formula for my sheet summary formula and it isn't quite working. Will you take a peek please?

=COUNTIF(CAH STATUS:CAH STATUS, OR CONTAINS("YES READY", @CELL), CONTAINS("YES READY NO SHIELDS DUE TO CREDIT HOLDS", @cell)))

I get #PUNPARSEABLE error

bisaacs

@Melanie PLU Hey Melanie!

Looks like you missed a couple things to ensure it works:

1. Any column names with spaces must have brackets encasing them in a formula: [CAH STATUS]:[CAH STATUS]
2. When using the OR function, you need to use parenthesis around the different expressions you want to use: OR(CONTAINS(….), CONTAINS(…))
3. For the 2nd CONTAINS statement, you only should need to put "NO SHIELDS DUE TO CREDIT HOLDS", since the first contains already is accounting for "YES READY"

Hope this helps!!

bisaacs

So sorry, I forgot to include the formula that worked for me @Melanie PLU:

=COUNTIF([CAH STATUS]:[CAH STATUS], OR(CONTAINS("YES READY", @cell), CONTAINS("NO SHIELDS DUE TO CREDIT HOLDS", @cell)))