How do I setup criteria in DSUM to sum values NOT equal (<>)

[Mark Rucker]

Greetz,
I want to use DSUM on a data set. I want to sum values in a field where the
criteria is setup as NOT EQUAL rather than EQUALS. Like this:
CRITERIA1
<>"MAY2004"

Which would give me a sum of all values where field/column CRITERIA1 is not
equal to MAY2004. But I can't figure out how to get it to do this for me.

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

Does the Criteria1 column contain text, or dates formatted as mmmyyyy?
If it's text, your example should work.
If it's dates, you could enter a date in another cell, and refer to it,
e.g.: ="<>"&P1

Or, use two columns for the date in the criteria area, e.g.:

Criteria1 Criteria1
="<"&P1
=">"&Q1

where P1 contains 5/1/05 and Q1 contains 5/31/05