Thanks for the help - that is working now - it makes more sense now you've
explained it.

Cheers

"T. Valko" wrote:

From your description this is what your layout looks like:

..........A..........B.........C.........D........ .E
1....Client.....Amt.....Amt.....Amt.....Amt
2.......X..........5..........2.........7......... .4
3.......Y..........1..........4.........6......... .6
4.......Z..........0..........5.........5......... .5

You want the sum for client Y:

=SUMPRODUCT((A2:A4="Y")*B2:E4)

The result is 17.

Biff

"Sarah (OGI)" wrote in message
...
Thank you, but that doesn't seem to work.
What is the 'A2:A10=A2' part of the formula doing? Is it working as a
vlookup?

"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

A2 = client

=SUMPRODUCT((Update!A2:A10=A2)*Update!B2:F10)

Biff

"Sarah (OGI)" wrote in message
...
I need to use a vlookup and sum function (I think) in an Excel 2000
workbook
with two worksheets. The Update worksheet shows client ref in column
A,
then
along each row, shows various monetary values of business done by each
client. The Summary worksheet also shows the client ref in column A,
but
I
need this worksheet to sum each of the values entered on a row, but
pull
out
the the result of the sum by doing a vlookup on the client ref.
Thanks in advance!