True, but semi-colons are used for commas. To my understanding, they do not
replace the need for arguments enclosed in parentheses. MONTH=4 is exactly
what is says it is. It is not MONTH(date).
=SUMIFS(D1:D10;A1:A10;MONTH=4;B1:B10;"criteria") does not contain
parentheses to enclose the date argument to the MONTH function, as far as I
can ascertain. Even if the semi-colons were replaced by commas, it is still
MONTH=4. MONTH of what?

Tyro


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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No they are meant to contain semi-colons, as did the OPs, because
presumably he has a continental Excel.

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"ryguy7272" wrote in message
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I think Bob's formulas are supposed to contain commas, not semicolons, as
such:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(MONTH(A1:A10)=4),--(B1:B10="criteria"),D1:D10)

Also, you may consider this:
=COUNTIF(A1:A9,"=4")+COUNTIF(B1:B9,"criteria")

However, that may not yield the results you are after.

Finally, a pivot table would do it for you, but I think you'd have to add
a
helper column, and you have to use something like the =month() function.


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"Tyro" wrote:

MONTH=4? MONTH of what?
Did you look in Help for the usage of MONTH?

Tyro

"Jonas" wrote in message
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Hi.

I have a table of entries, structured in the following way:

Column A contains dates. Column B contains a data validated list.
Column D
contains values.

I now wish to go through all the rows in the list, and sum the values
if
1)
the value of the cell in column B matches "criteria", and 2) the date
in
column A is in a specific month.

I tried the following formula to sum over all dates in April, without
success:

=SUMIFS(D1:D10;A1:A10;MONTH=4;B1:B10;"criteria")

I suspect my use of the MONTH function is a bit unorthodox, but can't
seem
to figure out the proper way to do it.

I would greatly appreciate any help!

/Jonas