AVERAGEIF

I am trying to create a formula averaging the time it takes to complete a request from my completed work sheet and it is returning an invalid operation error. Here is the formula,

=AVERAGEIF({Completed - Duration}, {Completed - Parent ID}, ="TOP")

I only want to average the parent rows durations and I plan on making another with the <> for the children as well.

Any suggestions?

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  • Jeff Reisman
    Jeff Reisman ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Dakota Haeffner

    With AVERAGEIF, if your criteria is not a part of the range that you want to average, you need to list the criteria range and criteria first, then the range you want to average. Try this:

    =AVERAGEIF({Completed - Parent ID}, ="TOP", {Completed - Duration})


    If you just wanted to average the Completed - Duration where the duration is less than 100, you would only need to list the range to average and the criteria: =AVERAGEIF({Completed - Duration}, <100)

    Note: for evaluating text values, the equal sign before the text value "TOP" isn't strictly necessary.

    Regards,

    Jeff Reisman

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