Hi Paul

=SUMPRODUCT(($B$2:$B$6<"")*
($B$2:$B$6-$A$2:$A$6E$1)*
($B$2:$B$6-$A$2:$A$6<=F$1)*
($C$2:$C$6=$E2))

The first term inside the Sumproduct, is testing whether the item is
Closed - this returns True or False
The next tests whether the Interval between the two dates is Greater
than the First date band, which I had left blank to start at 0, and you
amended to -1 to pick up 0 - again True or False
The Next term tests whether the interval is Less than or Equal to the
Second Date band (5 days) - again True or False
Finally, the last check is whether column C contains "Approved" (cell
E2) - again True or False

Because these Terms are being multiplied together, this coerces the
Trues' to 1's and False's to 0's

so 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 =1
but 0 x 1 x 1 x 1 = 0
and a 0 for any of the 4 will return 0, so only anything which satisfies
all conditions will return a 1.

Sumproduct then adds these together to give the totals for each group.

Bob has a great treatise on Sumproduct on his site at
http://xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT
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Regards

Roger Govier


"phocused" wrote in message
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Roger,

I figured it out but am still confused to how it worked.

Is there any way I can ask a favour, is it possible you could take me
through what is happening in the calculation?

I understand that it is taking the product of the array and
multiplying it
by the product of the second array but i just dont see how it arrives
at 1 or
2 or whatever :-)

Rgds Paul

PS i will understand if this is to long and arduos.


"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi Paul

Well figured out!!
Many thanks for letting us know you resolved the problem.

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Regards

Roger Govier


"phocused" wrote in message
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I figured it out, woohooo!

If I put -1 into cell e1 it performs the calculation on the dates
that
are
equal as well.

thanks

Rgds Paul

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=SUMPRODUCT((B1:B10-A1:A10),--(C1:C10="Approved"))

etc.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"phocused" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a list of Start Dates starting in A2 and running down to
A35. I
also
have a list of End Date strting in B2 and running down to B35
(Note: Not
all
start dates will have a corresponding end date)
Listed in C2 is a status, Approved, Rejected etc

Problem
I am trying to calculate the number of days between the start
and
end date
and list it as the number approved, rejected in 5 days or less :
6
to 10
days
: 10 to 20 days or greater than 20Days
I also want to break this down by month

So i would end up with a result looking like

Stats for December
number of calls closed in <= 5 days 6 - 10 days
10 - 20
days 20@
Approved 3 2
10 0
Rejected 1
0
0 0

I can do this over several calculations using several
worksheets,
but i
would like to do it in a single sheet using an array

Is this possible ?

Rgds Paul