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trying to use this formula:

SUMPRODUCT(($L$22:$L$1166={"1svc"})*($M$22:$M$1166 ))

Column L contains both text and numerical data. Using excel help, near
as I can tell it cannot read the column with both types being contained
within.


here is as far as I can get with "help":

-Microsoft Excel cannot translate the text into the correct data type.
Make sure the formula or function is correct for the required operand
or argument, and that the cells that are referenced by the formula
contain valid values. For example, if cell A5 contains a number and
cell A6 contains the text "Not available", the formula =A5+A6 will
return the error #VALUE!.-



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It looks like a viable formula to me - what result do you get?

The curly braces are superfluous here and I'd advise a different
syntax

=SUMPRODUCT(--($L$22:$L$1166="1svc"),$M$22:$M$1166)


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Sorry, it is Saturday so I'm a bit slow today, but you really only need
SUMIF for one criterion, i.e.

=SUMIF($L$22:$L$1166,"1svc",$M$22:$M$1166)


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gives me #value

I'll try yours in a bit and see what happens.

One thing forgot, the "1svc" is just one of many variable I will be
looking for (it was just my test) - how to string those in?


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thanks - both worked. Why do you prefer one over the other??


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SUMIF is more efficient if there is only one condition to test for.

If you still need multiple values, use

=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(MATCH($L$22:$L$1166,{"1svc","2cdr"},0))) ,--$M$22:$M$
1166)

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thanks - both worked. Why do you prefer one over the other??


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thanks Bob, but i'm back to the #value! error.

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That suggests to me a text value in the M column alongside one of the
conditions tested for.

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thanks Bob, but i'm back to the #value! error.

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You could still use SUMIF....

=SUM(SUMIF($L$22:$L$1166,{"1svc","xyz"},$M$22:$M$1 166))


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And we have a winner....

thank a million for the help.

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You could still use SUMIF....

=SUM(SUMIF($L$22:$L$1166,{"1svc","xyz"},$M$22:$M$1 166))


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Which means that you have text in a number field as I suggested. If you want
to ignore bad data, so be it.

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And we have a winner....

thank a million for the help.

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You could still use SUMIF....

=SUM(SUMIF($L$22:$L$1166,{"1svc","xyz"},$M$22:$M$1 166))


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Perhaps it's *mixed* data Bob, which might not necessarily make it *bad*.<g
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Which means that you have text in a number field as I suggested. If you
want
to ignore bad data, so be it.

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And we have a winner....

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You could still use SUMIF....

=SUM(SUMIF($L$22:$L$1166,{"1svc","xyz"},$M$22:$M$1 166))


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That may be so RD, but firstly the OP never stated this, so it makes me
think that this is not known, which means a potential error is being
overlooked. Secondly, it is summing based upon a condition, which
possibly/probably precludes the *mixed* data. There is a strong possibility
that there are either text lookie numbers there, or so much data that there
is text buried in there. Either way I think the OP should satisfy themselves
that it is okay to ignore that data.

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Perhaps it's *mixed* data Bob, which might not necessarily make it
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Which means that you have text in a number field as I suggested. If you
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And we have a winner....

thank a million for the help.

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daddylonglegs Wrote:
You could still use SUMIF....

=SUM(SUMIF($L$22:$L$1166,{"1svc","xyz"},$M$22:$M$1 166))


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I agree with what you're saying, and that's the *exact* reason that I prefer
the asterisk version of SumProduct over the double unary version.
The asterisk version *forbids* an inclusion of text by returning the #VALUE!
error, while *still* calculating numeric text.
The unary version bypasses text entries and allows calculations *excluding*
the POSSIBLY incorrect numeric and/or alpha text entry, therefore masking an
incorrect conclusion.
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That may be so RD, but firstly the OP never stated this, so it makes me
think that this is not known, which means a potential error is being
overlooked. Secondly, it is summing based upon a condition, which
possibly/probably precludes the *mixed* data. There is a strong
possibility
that there are either text lookie numbers there, or so much data that
there
is text buried in there. Either way I think the OP should satisfy
themselves
that it is okay to ignore that data.

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Perhaps it's *mixed* data Bob, which might not necessarily make it
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Which means that you have text in a number field as I suggested. If
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to ignore bad data, so be it.

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And we have a winner....

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You could still use SUMIF....

=SUM(SUMIF($L$22:$L$1166,{"1svc","xyz"},$M$22:$M$1 166))


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