Help with Countif Function Referecing 2 Columns on a different Sheet

I want to be able to see the count of Projects that are assigned to a specific person in one column and have a status of complete in another column. Not sure what I'm doing wrong?

=COUNTIF({Master Task & Project List Range 1}, "Crystal Oliver", {Master Task & Project List Range 2}, "Complete")

Am receiving "Incorrect Argument Set" error.

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Andrée Starå

Hi Oliver,

Try this.

=COUNTIFS({Master Task & Project List Range 1}; "Crystal Oliver"; {Master Task & Project List Range 2}; "Complete")

The same version but with the below changes for your and others convenience.

=COUNTIFS({Master Task & Project List Range 1}, "Crystal Oliver", {Master Task & Project List Range 2}, "Complete")

Depending on your country you’ll need to exchange the comma to a period and the semi-colon to a comma.

Did it work?

Have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting

Paul Newcome

To further expand on Andree's solution...

The issue you are running into with your original formula is that COUNTIF is designed for only ONE set of range/criteria whereas COUNTIFS (note the "S") can handle MULTIPLE sets.

I personally have gotten into the habit of only using COUNTIFS (and SUMIFS for that matter) and completely disregarding the non-S version as that allows me to further expand if needed without having to worry about forgetting to add that one little letter in.

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