Creating a count using COUNTIF across multiple columns

CAS

Hi,

i would like to count the number of yes's in a column with a corresponding service line in a separate services column

my first column has three drop down options yes/no/NA and i would like to be able to count each one

So for example:

M&E yes = 37

M&E No = 12

M&E NA = 2

Paul Newcome

You would have to set up individual COUNTIFS for each column and then add them all together, or...

Insert 3 helper columns (one for each answer) and then use a COUNTIFS on every row to count how many of each answer for each row. Then to get your totals you would use a SUMIFS summing these helper columns based on the Service.

CAS

Hi Paul,

Thank you for your response.

I need each individual sum I'm not concerned with the total combined just i need to see the breakdown of Yes/No/NA

How do i write a formula for summing the Yes for a Service Live column and it to only pick up the M&E from the Service column.

Apologies if I'm not getting it so far.

Paul Newcome

Right. You would create 3 columns. One for Yes, one for No, and one for N/A. In these columns you would use a COUNTIFS looking from the first column to the last column and counting how many are (for example) "Yes".

Then to get the total number of Yes entries for M&E you would SUMIFS the Yes column where the Service column is "M&E".

CAS

Please could you show me the formula for this Paul?

I have 11 different category types and need to establish the yes, no, N/A for each one.

Paul Newcome

In the Yes column on the source sheet:

=COUNTIFS([First Column]@row:[Last Column]@row, @cell = "Yes")

ON your separate metrics sheet:

=SUMIFS({Yes Helper Column}, {Category Column}, @cell = "M&E")