Perhaps try also:
=SUMPRODUCT((Table1!J2:J5='Summary Results
PC'!B$13)*(ISNUMBER((Table1!N2:N5))),Table1!N2:N5)
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"philcud" <philcuddy@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> hi all,
> i have the following formula
>
> =SUMPRODUCT((TABLE1!J2:J5='Summary Results PC'!B13)*(TABLE1!N2:N5))
>
> in effect this is a simple sumif, the reason i'm using sumproduct is
> that i am going to expand it to more than one criteria.
>
> my problem lies in the range i am summing (TABLE1!N2:N5), contains text
> and error values (first example in cell j5, if i shrink the range to
> only look down to cell j4, it works)
>
> i have tried using
>
> '=SUMPRODUCT((TABLE1!J2:J5=='Summary Results
> PC'!B$13)*ISNUMBER((TABLE1!N2:N5)))
>
> but this gives me the count of number cells in the range, not the
> summed range needed.
>
> have googled this for wuite some time and have come up with no solution
> - over to the group.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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