No, you are right, it does not work this way, because you are
attempting equality. Try this:

=SUM(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("CAD-EC-",A2:A5)),B2:B5,0))

This is an *array* formula, thus you need to commit it with Ctrl+Shift
+Enter. A non-array version is with SUMPRODUCT:

=SUMPRODUCT(B2:B5*ISNUMBER(SEARCH("CAD-EC-",A2:A5)))

HTH
Kostis Vezerides

On Feb 13, 5:07 pm, ron wrote:
In a simple SUMIF function this
=SUMIF(A2:A5,"CAD-EC-*",B2:B5)
works fine for summing the two CAD-EC entries below ($9,000).

A B
CAD-EC-001 $4,000
CAD-GC-001 $1,000
CAD-PC-001 $1,000
CAD-EC-002 $5,000

But when I use the Conditional Sum Wizard,
=SUM(IF(A2:A5="CAD-EC-*",B2:B5,0))
This "CAD-EC-*" doesn't work. Or does it, and I don't know how to use
it. The reason I need to use the conditional sum wizard is that I actually
have other conditions, I'm just trying to keep it simple to find the correct
wildcard usage.