COUNTIFS Formula

Riza

Hello Community,

I am encountering difficulty in using COUNTIFS formula to count the items with active dates within the quarter of the year. I tried the below formula in Excel spreadsheet and it worked well. However, the formula doesn't work in Smartsheet.

Formula in Excel spreadsheet:

=COUNTIF(D1:D344, "<10/1/2016")

=COUNTIFS(D1:D344, ">=10/1/2016", D1:D344, "<=12/31/2016")

Formula in Smartsheet:

=COUNTIF([ACTIVE DATE]1:[ACTIVE DATE]344, "<10/01/16")

=COUNTIFS([ACTIVE DATE]1:[ACTIVE DATE]344, ">=10/01/16", [ACTIVE DATE]1:[ACTIVE DATE]344, "<=12/31/16")

I wanted to obtain the count of items activated each quarter of the year.

Someone could help me out please. :-)

 

Thank you,

Riza

Paul Newcome

Have you tried removing the quotes around the dates? Smartsheet will look for EXACTLY what's inside the quotes, so if you <>= symbols aren't next to each date then Smartsheet will assume there is nothing that fits your criteria.

Riza

Yes, I already did. But I received a #INVALID OPERATION error.

Mike Wilday

I would recommend using the Date formula instead. https://help.smartsheet.com/function/date

=COUNTIFS([Active Date]1:[Active Date]344, >=DATE(2016, 10, 1), [Active Date]1:[Active Date]344, <=DATE(2016, 12, 31))

Mike Wilday

See attached screenshot of working formula. 

 

Riza

This is AWESOME! Thank you so much, Mike. I used your provided formula and it works. :-)

Thank you all for taking time to review and to provide recommendations. Truly appreciate it. :-)

Sincerely,

Riza

Mike Wilday

Glad I could be of assistance. I always keep this Smartsheet post on hand when working with formulas in Smartsheet. 

https://help.smartsheet.com/functions

Paul Newcome

They also have a sheet in the templates section called "Smartsheet Formula Examples" that I have found to be pretty handy. It gives examples of the various formulas in action in an actual sheet so you can manipulate data and see what happens.

Mike Wilday

Awesome suggestion. I think I'll check that out myself.