Put you test values in M1:M4, and use

=SUMPRODUCT(--($A$2:$A$200=M1),--($B$2:$B$200=M2),--($C$2:$C$200=M3),--($D$2
:$D$200=M4))

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Nicki King" <Nicki wrote in message
...
Hi

I am currently working on producing reports from a data dump. One of the
reports is based on counting how many incidents are there of a certain
criteria. Easy enough except the criteria is across 4 columns (see below)

SYSTEM COMPONENT ITEM MODULE
LTN-ENVIRONMNT ENVIRONMENTAL PWR-DISCONNECT N/A
LTN-NETWORK NETWORK-DEVICE UNKNOWN FAULTY-CARD


How do I tell excel to count how many tickets there are of LTN-ENVIRONMNT,
ENVIRONMENTAL, PWR-DISCONNECT, N/A (for example)? Basically one ticket
would contain the 4 column information otherwise it wouldnt be valid.

Thanks
Nicki