COUNTIFS and with 2 different values in same column?

akirbyson

Hi there,

I'm trying to create a formula to count when 2 different types of activity in a column ("Key Initiative" and "Initiative" have the value "Complete".

I've been trying different ways to organize COUNTIFS to solve the problem, but I'm getting either "0" or #Unparse as a result.

The most straightforward formula I've used is 

=COUNTIFS(Type8:Type40, "Key Initiative", Type8:Type40, "Initiative", Status8:Status40, "Complete"

I get "0" as the answer.

Can anyone help me solve this?

Thanks!

 

J. Craig Williams

COUNTIFS is a series of AND statements. You need an OR kind of thing:

This should work:

=COUNTIFS(Type8:Type40, "Key Initiative", Status8:Status40, "Complete") + =COUNTIFS(Type8:Type40, "Initiative", Status8:Status40, "Complete")

Craig

Mike Wilday

I always forget that simple trick! I need to remember the Countifs can be added together.  Thanks for reminding me!  I always try to come at these types of requests with a complicated formula. Sometimes simple math is the best solution! 

J. Craig Williams

I try to do the simple solutions first, and only get complicated if those don't work. I'm lazy in that way.

I try to keep in mind what the functions return value type is, which helps with the simple solutions.

Craig

Rafsun Royal

 Craig, I am using this but shwing "Invalid Operation:

 

=COUNTIF([Current Overall Status]:[Current Overall Status], "QA") + =COUNTIF([Current Overall Status]:[Current Overall Status], "UAT")

 

I am trying to count the total tasks that are in either QA or UAT.

HELP!

Thanks,

Rafsun

J. Craig Williams

Get rid of the second = sign

Craig