Hello all!
I need help on writing a CountIF statement for the following: I want a total
count of serial numbers in column B that have discontinue in column E.

Try this array formula:

=SUM(IF((E1:E100="discontinue")*(B1:B1000),1))

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HTH
JG


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The SUMPRODUCT worked. Thanks Elkar!

"Elkar" wrote:

Depending on your needs, there are a couple different solutions he

Use this first one if you just want a count of how many times "discontinue"
appears in column E.

=COUNTIF(E1:E100,"discontinue")

Use this second one if you want a count of lines in which both a serial
number appears in column B and "discontinue" appears in column E.

=SUMPRODUCT(--(B1:B100<""),--(E1:E100="discontinue"))

And of course, adjust the cell references to your needs. I just assumed
rows 1 through 100 for the examples.

HTH,
Elkar

"Tracy" wrote:

Hello all!
I need help on writing a CountIF statement for the following: I want a total
count of serial numbers in column B that have discontinue in column E.

Depending on your needs, there are a couple different solutions he

Use this first one if you just want a count of how many times "discontinue"
appears in column E.

=COUNTIF(E1:E100,"discontinue")

Use this second one if you want a count of lines in which both a serial
number appears in column B and "discontinue" appears in column E.

=SUMPRODUCT(--(B1:B100<""),--(E1:E100="discontinue"))

And of course, adjust the cell references to your needs. I just assumed
rows 1 through 100 for the examples.

HTH,
Elkar

"Tracy" wrote:

Hello all!
I need help on writing a CountIF statement for the following: I want a total
count of serial numbers in column B that have discontinue in column E.