A blank date is treated as 0 which is Jan 0, 1900 and compares to be less
than TODAY() so it meets the criterion of
=SUMPRODUCT(--(N1:N100<TODAY()),--(BM1:BM100="yes")) . You said you have
dates in column N. You mentioned nothing about blanks.

Tyro



"JHolmes" wrote in message
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=SUMPRODUCT(--('Outbound Correspondence'!N3:N100<TODAY()),--('Outbound
Correspondence'!BM3:BM100="Yes"))

Yes definitely have dates in col N.
There are 18 instances of "Yes" in col BM, and it returns 18, even when I
blank out one of the dates in col N (so it should return 17) it still
returns
18.

Thanx again for your help

"Tyro" wrote:

That is exactly what the formula does. It returns the number of times the
date is in the past in column N AND the corresponding column BM entry =
"yes".
Are you sure you have dates in column N? Show me your formula as you
entered
it.

Tyro

"JHolmes" wrote in message
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I was using the top one from your answer:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(N1:N100<TODAY()),--(BM1:BM100="yes"))

and AGH sorry just realised it doesnt actually work - was just
coincidence.
It is checking the date in column N correctly, but it is then returning
the
total amount of times "Yes" is in BM - not just the amount of times
that
it
occurs in a row where the date (col N) is before today's date. Any idea
how i
can restrict it to just where the date is in the past AND col BM
="Yes"?
thankx again...

"Tyro" wrote:

You're welcome

Tyro

"JHolmes" wrote in message
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Yes thanks heaps this worked :)

"Tyro" wrote:

If your dates are in N1:N100 and the "yes", "no" values are in
BM1:BM100
then if you mean by "past today's date" as in the past then

=SUMPRODUCT(--(N1:N100<TODAY()),--(BM1:BM100="yes"))

or if you mean the date is in the future then

=SUMPRODUCT(--(N1:N100TODAY()),--(BM1:BM100="yes"))

Tyro

"JHolmes" wrote in message
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Is there any way for a formula to check more than one criteria
before
counting? So if I have dates in Column N - I have the formula to
check
that
date is past today's date, then in column BM I have a Yes or No
value,
and
for the formula to only count the row when it contains a "Yes" in
BM? I
have
tried using nested countif and doesnt seem to work.