SUMIF, wildcard and cell ref
I am using a sumif function and would like the criteria to point to the cell
where the text characters are instead of typing them as I have do it for 50 names and 12 months. I also want to use a wildcard*. I thought of taking out the "" and have used = signs which are not accepted and typed in the cell reference but it does not work. Sheet 1 has names in Column B and Values associated with the names in Column H. In sheet 2 I setup the sumif calculation in B2. =SUMIF(Sheet1!$B$2:$B$281,"*Wendy*",Sheet1!$H$2:$H $281). I want to be able to replace Wendy with a cell reference of *a2* Sheet 2 Example A B C 1 Name Jan Feb etc 2 Wendy (FORMULA) 3 John Thanks in advance. |
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=SUMIF(Sheet1!$B$2:$B$281,"*"&A2&"*",Sheet1!$H$2:$ H$281) Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Dave" wrote: I am using a sumif function and would like the criteria to point to the cell where the text characters are instead of typing them as I have do it for 50 names and 12 months. I also want to use a wildcard*. I thought of taking out the "" and have used = signs which are not accepted and typed in the cell reference but it does not work. Sheet 1 has names in Column B and Values associated with the names in Column H. In sheet 2 I setup the sumif calculation in B2. =SUMIF(Sheet1!$B$2:$B$281,"*Wendy*",Sheet1!$H$2:$H $281). I want to be able to replace Wendy with a cell reference of *a2* Sheet 2 Example A B C 1 Name Jan Feb etc 2 Wendy (FORMULA) 3 John Thanks in advance. |
=SUMIF(Sheet1!$B$2:$B$281,"*"&A2&"*",Sheet1!$H$2:$ H$281).
-- HTH RP (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "Dave" wrote in message ... I am using a sumif function and would like the criteria to point to the cell where the text characters are instead of typing them as I have do it for 50 names and 12 months. I also want to use a wildcard*. I thought of taking out the "" and have used = signs which are not accepted and typed in the cell reference but it does not work. Sheet 1 has names in Column B and Values associated with the names in Column H. In sheet 2 I setup the sumif calculation in B2. =SUMIF(Sheet1!$B$2:$B$281,"*Wendy*",Sheet1!$H$2:$H $281). I want to be able to replace Wendy with a cell reference of *a2* Sheet 2 Example A B C 1 Name Jan Feb etc 2 Wendy (FORMULA) 3 John Thanks in advance. |
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