COUNTIF using multiple criteria

Question

I am trying (what I thought was a simple formula) to countif using multiple criteria.  I have a drop-down column.  I want to calculate the number of "yes" and number of "Maybe - Depending on caseload" for the CHILDREN.

I am using:  =COUNTIF(CHILDREN(), "Yes", [CHILDREN(), "Maybe - Depending on my caseload"]) but it doesn't work.  Where is my error?  When I remove the second criteria it calculates the "yes" perfectly.  I am certain this is a error in how I put in the second criteria but I'm not seeing it.

Thank you for any help you all can provide!

Jason Tarpinian · Accepted Answer

I don't believe there is a way to COUNTIF based on multiple criteria in Smartsheet (I've tried before to somehow get OR to work). To get around this, I just make it a simple addition problem:

=COUNTIF(CHILDREN(), "Yes") + COUNTIF(CHILDREN(), "Maybe - Depending on my caseload")

Mindy Schneider · Accepted Answer

THANK YOU Jason Tarpinian!  Your suggestion worked perfectly!