I am trying to count the number of times 2020 in one Colum appears when January is in another Colum?

Brent Bowser

=COUNTIFS(Year:Year, "2020", test:test, "January")

I am getting a #invalid data type error

Andrée Starå

Hi @Brent Bowser

I hope you're well and safe!

Try something like this.

=COUNTIFS(Year:Year, 2020, test:test, "January")

Did that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Brent Bowser

Andrée Starå thank you, I am still getting the same error with provided formula.

Andrée Starå

@Brent Bowser

Happy to help!

Strange!

Can you share a screenshot?

Justin Peters

@Brent Bowser that formula looks right assuming test column is referencing the month. What are the column properties for both Year and test column? Are they both Text/Number?

Brent Bowser

Brent Bowser

@Justin Peters test column is month and yes both columns are text/Number

Andrée Starå

@Brent Bowser

Try copy/pasting this formula.

=COUNTIFS(Year:Year, 2020, Test:Test, "January")

Did that work?

Brent Bowser

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/312399#Comment_312399

@Andrée Starå no this did not work, I do thank you for your time. I am going to try another way.

Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/312400#Comment_312400

So strange! It should work?

I'd be happy to take a quick look.

Can you maybe share the sheet(s)/copies of the sheet(s)? (Delete/replace any confidential/sensitive information before sharing) That would make it easier to help. (share too, andree@workbold.com)