Tom,

=SUMIF(A2:A2978,A2,R2:R2978)/SUMPRODUCT((A2:A2978=A2)*(R2:R2978<0))

Array-entering not necessary.
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"Tom" wrote in message
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{=AVERAGE(IF(Prov!$A$2:$A$2978=$A2,Prov!$R$2:$R$29 78))}

Above is a formula that succesfully averages what I want. However
sometime the Prov!range r2:R2978 contains zeros.

How can I eliminate those zeros from the average?

The first part of the formula with the cell reference is looking up and
match a name before performin the average..

TIA

Tom