Help COUNTIFS?

[david1678]

Hi,

I am trying to figure out a formula that will return a count of how many cells meet the following criteria: Column A: cells that show text "Open" or "Closed" or "Under Analysis" AND Column B: cells that show text "Other"

I was able to use the COUNTIFS formula to return a count for "If Column A shows "Open" and Column B: shows "Other", but I can't figure out how to get it to query multiple options for the column A cells.

Thanks for your help!

[Sam Capricci]

This would be one way but you're not saying if you want it to be all those conditions or any of those conditions.
=COUNTIF($A:$A,"open")+COUNTIF($A:$A,"closed")+COUNTIF($A:$A,"under analysis")+COUNTIF($B:$B,"other")

[david1678]

Thanks for the response Sambo kid,

I need it to any one of the column A text fields AND "Other" in column B of the same row. If that makes sense.

[CWatsonJr]

How about this?

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Cliff

[FDibbins]

Hi and welcome to the forum
You could create a big long formula...
=COUNTIFS($A:$A,"open",$B:$B,"other")+COUNTIFS($A:$A,"closed",$B:$B,"other")+COUNTIFS($A:$A,"under analysis",$B:$B,"other")

Or you could add a helper column, use this, copied down, and then count/add the helper...
=if(and(B2="Other",or(A2="other",A2="closed",A2="under analysis")),1,0)

[Sam Capricci]

I was going to go with the helper column but was too slow writing it and you got some good advice from the other two posters that I think will help you.

[Jonmo1]

Try

=SUM(COUNTIFS(A:A,{"Open","Closed","Under Analysis"},B:B,"Other"))

[FDibbins]

aahh thanks Jonmo, I tried the {} but forgot to add the SUM...duh

[david1678]

How about this?

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Cliff

Thanks to everyone for the replies! I ended up using this formula and it worked perfectly.

[FDibbins]

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[CWatsonJr]

Try

=SUM(COUNTIFS(A:A,{"Open","Closed","Under Analysis"},B:B,"Other"))

Is using the brackets something new with COUNTIFS?

Thanks

[Jonmo1]

It's actually the SUM that is using the brackets.
It becomes sort of an array formula by creating 3 different countifs functions (1 for each value in the {})
And then sums the result of each.

It's really just the same as
countifs(...criteria1...)+countifs(...criteria2...)+countifs(...criteria3...)
Just a simpler way to write it.