Vlookup, Count Blank?

**jrwalker14** · 08-09-2013, 11:19 AM

Hi All, new to the forum and after scanning several threads, I am fairly certain this question hasn't been asked but I apologize if it already has.

What I am trying to do is to find a formula/function combination that will be entered into a cell on one workbook and scan another workbook for the data I need.

The formula I need will be able to scan the range from the other workbook and match a given date in Column A, and then for all rows where that date appears, count the number where there is also a blank cell in another column. Thanks in advance for your help!

**TMS** · 08-09-2013, 11:21 AM

Sounds more like you need COUNTIFS rather than VLOOKUP and/or COUNTBLANK

Regards, TMS

**jrwalker14** · 08-09-2013, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by TMShucks

Sounds more like you need COUNTIFS rather than VLOOKUP and/or COUNTBLANK

Regards, TMS

Thanks TMS. I first thought of COUNTIF, but to be honest I am fairly new to using formulas and functions more complex than average, sum, sumif etc and I was not aware there was a COUNTIFS. I plugged in =COUNTIFS(A:A,A2,C:C,"") and bam, that's the solution. Thanks!

**TMS** · 08-09-2013, 01:03 PM

You're welcome. Thanks for the rep.

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