Sumproduct based on substring?
 

Hi -

I have a worksheet that has bug titles in column B and priority in
column C.

We have developed standard naming conventions for the bug title. For
example:

- MC: the Member Center has a bad help link in the header
- FP: the Front Page has a broken image in the header

I want to get a count of the bugs that contain a sub string of the
title (e.g. "MC" or "FP") and also have a certain Priority level in
column C.

I've tried these without success:

=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000="MC")*(C32:C1000="P1"))
=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000="*MC*")*(C32:C1000="P1"))
=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000=*MC*)*(C32:C1000="P1"))
=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000,*MC*)*(C32:C1000="P1"))

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!


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Hi!

Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("MC:",B32:B1000))),--(C32:C100="P1"))

Better:

Use cells to hold the criteria:

A1 = MC:
B1 = P1

=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(A1,B32:B1000))),--(C32:C100=B1))

Including the colon with the string helps reduce any false positives.

Biff

"altopalo" wrote in
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Hi -

I have a worksheet that has bug titles in column B and priority in
column C.

We have developed standard naming conventions for the bug title. For
example:

- MC: the Member Center has a bad help link in the header
- FP: the Front Page has a broken image in the header

I want to get a count of the bugs that contain a sub string of the
title (e.g. "MC" or "FP") and also have a certain Priority level in
column C.

I've tried these without success:

=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000="MC")*(C32:C1000="P1"))
=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000="*MC*")*(C32:C1000="P1"))
=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000=*MC*)*(C32:C1000="P1"))
=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000,*MC*)*(C32:C1000="P1"))

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!


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Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT((ISNUMBER(SEARCH("MC",B32:B1000)))*(C3 2:C1000="P1"))
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RD
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"altopalo" wrote in
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Hi -

I have a worksheet that has bug titles in column B and priority in
column C.

We have developed standard naming conventions for the bug title. For
example:

- MC: the Member Center has a bad help link in the header
- FP: the Front Page has a broken image in the header

I want to get a count of the bugs that contain a sub string of the
title (e.g. "MC" or "FP") and also have a certain Priority level in
column C.

I've tried these without success:

=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000="MC")*(C32:C1000="P1"))
=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000="*MC*")*(C32:C1000="P1"))
=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000=*MC*)*(C32:C1000="P1"))
=SUMPRODUCT((B32:B1000,*MC*)*(C32:C1000="P1"))

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!


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Thank you!!!!


=SUMPRODUCT((ISNUMBER(SEARCH("MC",B32:B1000)))*(C3 2:C1000="P1"))

worked beautifully


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I guess the reason it worked beautifully was because it didn't contain a
typo, leaving out a "0".<vbg

Appreciate the feed-back.

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RD
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Thank you!!!!


=SUMPRODUCT((ISNUMBER(SEARCH("MC",B32:B1000)))*(C3 2:C1000="P1"))

worked beautifully


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