Invalid Operation with Countifs formula

Anne-Solene Monrouzeau

Hi,

The formula =COUNTIFS({CR Requests Inventory Request Monday}, [Monday of the week]@row, {CR Requests Inventory Status}, NOT("5) On Hold")) returns an Invalid Operation error. I checked the column properties and the references, all look good.

The same formula works referencing another sheet.

=COUNTIFS({CR Archived Requests Archive Monday}, [Monday of the week]@row, {CR Archived Requests Request Status}, NOT("5) On Hold"))

Any idea how to troubleshoot this?

Anne-Solene Monrouzeau

Edit: the formula below works, seems the issue is with the NOT statement.

=COUNTIFS({CR Requests Inventory Request Monday}, [Monday of the week]@row, {CR Requests Inventory Status}, "5) On Hold")

Paul Newcome

I would start by checking the data within each of the referenced ranges to see if that error is present anywhere.

Anne-Solene Monrouzeau

I did and it seems to be working. The issue occurs when I add NOT("5) On Hold"). Am I using the correct syntax?

Paul Newcome

The syntax looks correct. COUNTIFS can get a little picky sometimes. Let's try a little tweak...

=COUNTIFS({CR Requests Inventory Request Monday}, @cell = [Monday of the week]@row, {CR Requests Inventory Status}, @cell <> "5) On Hold")

Anne-Solene Monrouzeau

That works. I am not sure why, but it did the trick :) Thanks!

Paul Newcome

Happy to help. 👍️

It may have been glitching out because of the closed parenthesis in your specific text. Those can cause issues sometimes. That is why I always use

<>

instead of

NOT( )

Anne-Solene Monrouzeau

Good to know, I did not think about that. Learning every day!