sumif function leaving a blank cell when criteria not met

[Andy H]

I'm having some difficulty trying to clean up a spreadsheet and need some help.

I'm using SUMIF to fill a section on my worksheet where i can check for
totals by value (example: A1:A30 is data and B1:B30 is a number 1-5, i then
am tracking the SUM of each number from B1:B30) which is working ok, except
that i occasionally have unused numbers that leave a "0" for a result in my
SUMIF function. IF for example in B1:B30 i have no "2" my formula still
leaves a "0" and that can be very harmful to my book keeping.

Example of Forumla:

{=SUMIF(B1:B30,2,A1:A30)}
Is there then a way to show "N/A" for unused values?
TIA

 

[Ashish Mathur]

Hi,

Try this

=if(sumif(B1:B30,2,A1:A30)=0,"",sumif(B1:B30,2,A1:A30))

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Regards,

Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.ashishmathur.com

 

[Rick Rothstein]

This formula seems to work...

=IF(COUNTIF(B1:B30,2),SUMPRODUCT((B1:B30=2)*A1:A30),NA())

 

[Andy H]

Thank you both, i'll try both today and see which one is easier for a rookie
like myself to understand