Lesson 24: SUMIFS  Function (Excel 2007)

The general format for the SUMIFS formula is as follow: =SUMIFS(range to sum, range of criteria 1, criteria 1, range of criteria 2, criteria 2) and you can have as many criteria as you need.

It is a little different than the SUMIF function that could only handle a single criteria and that it replaces.

In this first example the criteria applies :
=SUMIFS(D2:D7,D2:D7,">5")
In plain English it says: sum the values of the cells D2 to D7 if they are greater than 5. The result should be 27.

You can have many critrria like in the example below:
=SUMIFS(D2:D7,D2:D7,">5",C2:C7,"John") which results in 8 because it is summing the values in D2 to D7 greater than 5 if the name in C2 to C7 is John.
In the above formula you can replace John by its address:
=SUMIFS(D2:D7,D2:D7,">5",C2:C7,C2)

SUMPRODUCT can do More

If you want to sum the amounts based on its value, on the name AND on the month, you can not use SUMIF or SUMIFS have to use SUMPRODUCT. Here is an example:
=SUMPRODUCT((MONTH(A2:A7)=6)*(C2:C7="John")*(D2:D7>5)*(D2:D7))
The formula above sums all value grater than 5 in D2 to D7 if the value in C5 to C7 is John and if the month of the date in A2 to A7 is 6 (June).
You could not do the above with SUMIFS

WARNING: You can only use SUMIFS if you are using Excel 2007 and if everyone who will receive your workbook are also using Excel 2007. You can do the same thing and even more in a version of Excel that is earlier than 2007. You will use SUMPRODUCT the most powerful function in Excel.

The SUMIFS  Function in Excel
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