COUNTIFS Formula Help

tylermh

As one of the pieces of logic in a formula I'm attempting, I want a count within a range (column) if the date (formatted as MM/DD/YY) falls within the year 2017.  What do I need to change in the formula as shown in my screen shot?

Chris McKay

Hi Tyler,

=COUNTIF({NEW ACE MASTER LIST Range 9}, YEAR(@cell) = 2017) will get you out of trouble.

tylermh

Thanks for the reply, Chris.  I've seen that function before in my research, but I still get the #UNPARSEABLE error.  See my updated screenshot below according to your suggesting to see if I missed any spaces, commas, etc.

Chris McKay

Hi Tyler. My pleasure.

Your formula looks correct. Could you please confirm that your source range inside the { } is definitely a date?

tylermh

Yes, I've double-checked that the data range is for sure a date.  Not only that, I made sure there are dates within 2017 for the formula to count.  I'm stumped.  (The error is actually #INVALID DATA TYPE.  In my previous comment, I said it was #UNSPARSEABLE.)

Chris McKay

Oh OK, that changes things. Can you also confirm that the column your formula lives in is also a date format?

tylermh

I tried your suggestion of changing the formula column to a DATE type of column, but the error is #INVALID REF now (not sure why the error type keeps changing).

Mike Wilday

The invalid Ref error states that the existing range doesn't exist. I would double check your reference to the other sheet, and even recreate it to see if that solves your problem. 

https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2476176-formula-error-messages#invalidref