many thanks for all your help, in the end i used:
=SUMPRODUCT((TABLE1!$J$2:$J$2000=$B$45)*(TABLE1!$V$2:$V$2000="n")*(ISNUMBER((TABLE1!$N$2:$N$2000))),TABLE1!$N$2:$N$2000)
(note i have increased the range sizes and criteria)
as it turned out, what i thought were na errors, was actually text
inputted by the user.
Thanks again
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