Does the range you specify for SUMIF correlate to
the sum_range (ie, if the 'if' range is only 1 column,
the sum_range can only be returned for 1 column)?

Yes, that's how it works.

Try it like this:

=SUMPRODUCT((C5:C123="HOV Freeway")*BE5:BQ123)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Keith" wrote in message
...
I have a portion of a spreadsheet with 13 columns and 119 rows of data
(from
BE5 to BQ123 - with each row being designated as "HOV Freeway" "Freeway"
or
"Arterial" in column C). I tried to perform a simple sum on this data IF
the
row is a "HOV Freeway".

So the formula I used was: =(SUMIF(C5:C123,"HOV Freeway",BE5:BQ123))...
I didn't get any type of error, excel seemed to accept the formula and
gave
me a value of 24889.6, but that value is just the Sum of BE5:BE123. When
doing a quick check, the real value should be 281261.0... not even close
to
what excel calculated for me.

My question is, why didn't I get an error if it is only going to sum one
column, instead of the 13 columns I thought I was asking for in the
formula?

Is there a way to sum all of those columns and rows, using SUMIF? Does
the
range you specify for SUMIF correlate to the sum_range (ie, if the 'if'
range
is only 1 column, the sum_range can only be returned for 1 column)? I
really
need this to work for 13 columns.

Thanks a lot for the help.