How do I create a countifs formula if I have a column with multi drop down?

How do I create a countifs formula if I have a column with multi drop down and I need to specify which word to include for my count count? I would like to use the HAS function but it is not working as I am also referencing the data from another sheet so I can not use @cell with the HAS.

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  • David Tutwiler
    David Tutwiler Overachievers Alumni

    I think you can use CONTAINS to do that.

  • It is coming back with Zero. Would you be able to show how I would write the formula?

  • David Tutwiler
    David Tutwiler Overachievers Alumni

    Sure thing. In this formula I have a column called "multi" that I have a multiple drop-down selector with 1,2,3,4,5 available to pick. I populated the first cell with 1,2,3 and the second with 2, and the rest with other numbers that aren't 2. I'm looking for 2 and I expect it to return 2 instances since it is in the first mutli-select and the second.

    =COUNTIF(multi:multi, CONTAINS("2", @cell))

    So this looks at the whole range of the column (multi:multi) and checks each cell (@cell) on whether or not it contains a 2.

    Would that work for what you're looking for?

  • I would like to use the COUNTIFS as I have multiple criteria. The formula works for 1 criteria but when I add another criteria it returns a Zero. Thank you!

  • Thanks! It works!!

  • David Tutwiler
    David Tutwiler Overachievers Alumni

    Awesome! Glad you got it going.

  • Hi David, I have spent an age on this exact same problem and your answer has solved it for me! Thank you, you are amazing!

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