Although all of the reponses that I've had have suggested the same course of
action I can't make it work.

I didn't mention in my original query that the formula is in one work sheet
and the data is in another so I amended your solution to:

=SUMPRODUCT(--('Cost Detail'!B13:B98=121),--('Cost
Detail'!B13:B98<=129),--('Cost Detail'!J13:J98)).

Could this result in a #VALUE! response?

If not is there anything else in the formatting of either of the workbooks
that might prevent the formula from working (like subtotalling etc).

Thanks for your help.



"Toppers" wrote:

Try:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A4=121),--(A1:A4<=129),--(B1:B4))


<A1:A4 ... activity numbers
<B1:B4 ....Spend

HTH

"HLS" wrote:

I would like to be able to use SUMIF to return the total spent on various
activities within a dept (without having to have a separate column stating
the dept number).

Activity 121 $400
Activity 144 $700
Activity 126 $45
Activity 141 $1457

I want to SUM activities 121 - 129 and 131 - 139 and so on.

Is it possible to insert a range of criteria within the SUMIF function?