COUNTIF blank (Date column)

Guaca Mohle

I'm trying to count rows that do not have a date value added in a date column. The right answer is 5, but when I use the following formula, I'm getting 177:

=COUNTIF({Approval Date},"")

I've also tried the following with the same results:

=COUNTIF({Approval Date},ISBLANK(@cell))

Any clues?

Andrée Starå

Hi @Guaca Mohle

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Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Guaca Mohle

andree@workbold.com, thanks! I'm making some progress:

=COUNTIF({Approver Date}, @cell = "")

This formula appears to be working but with unexpected result:

The right value should now be 4. But there are 10 blank rows (Rows 182-191) that appear when I filter the source sheet on Approved Date Column = blank. This results in a count of 14.

I keep deleting these rows, but they keep appearing back which is incorrectly inflating my count.

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Sandra Murray

Any help on counting blank Data fields or non blank date fields?

Genevieve P.

Hi @Sandra Murray

The formula above should work:

=COUNTIF({Column}, "")

However as observed, there will always be a number of blank rows at the bottom of the sheet to allow new submissions. I would recommend adding a second criteria to your formula so you could how many blank cells there are in one column, but only if another column is not blank, like so:

=COUNTIFS({Column to Count}, "", {Column with text}, <> "")

The <> says "does not equal" blank.

Cheers,

Genevieve