Is there any reason why the first countif works but not the second?
{=COUNT(IF((bay.cost.1=B97)*(dept.1="DOTAG"),bay. cost.1))}
and it works, B97 is a currency value.

It works because bay.cost.1 are numeric values and that's what COUNT does.
It counts numbers.

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"), mhc.lease.no))}

Your other formula would like this:

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"),1 ))}

However, there's a better way to do this using non-array formulas:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(bay.cost.1=B97),--(dept.1="DOTAG"))

=SUMPRODUCT(--(mhc.lease.no=F17),--(mhc.dept="DOTAG"))

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I've got a worksheet that uses the following countif function:

{=COUNT(IF((bay.cost.1=B97)*(dept.1="DOTAG"),bay.c ost.1))}

and it works, B97 is a currency value.

In another worksheet I have

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"),m hc.lease.no))}

Where F17 is a text field, but the second one doesn't work.

However, this works instead

{=SUM(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DCS"),1,0)) }

Is there any reason why the first countif works but not the second?