sort by SUMIF results
 

I am trying to sort by sumif results to no avail! I have a specific
cell as the criteria and when I run the sort, it follows the contents
of the cell specified. Is the task I wish to complete even possible???
Here is an example:

Column A Column B

1 January =SUMIF('Points - Branches'!B:B,Standings!A1,
'Points -
Branches'!AN:AN)

2 February =SUMIF('Points - Branches'!B:B,Standings!A2,
'Points -
Branches'!AN:AN)

3 March =SUMIF('Points - Branches'!B:B,Standings!A3,
'Points -
Branches'!AN:AN)

I am trying to do a decensing sort by Column B and what happens is the
Column A sorts properly, but the numbers in Column B stay as they are
since if January moves to A3, the criteria in the B1 changes to A3
automatically.

I hope someone can help!!

Thank you!

dcd


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Have you tried making the criteria formula absolute?

1 January = SUMIF('Points - Branches'!B:B,Standings!$A$1,'Points -
Branches'!AN:AN)

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"dcd123" wrote:


I am trying to sort by sumif results to no avail! I have a specific
cell as the criteria and when I run the sort, it follows the contents
of the cell specified. Is the task I wish to complete even possible???
Here is an example:

Column A Column B

1 January =SUMIF('Points - Branches'!B:B,Standings!A1,
'Points -
Branches'!AN:AN)

2 February =SUMIF('Points - Branches'!B:B,Standings!A2,
'Points -
Branches'!AN:AN)

3 March =SUMIF('Points - Branches'!B:B,Standings!A3,
'Points -
Branches'!AN:AN)

I am trying to do a decensing sort by Column B and what happens is the
Column A sorts properly, but the numbers in Column B stay as they are
since if January moves to A3, the criteria in the B1 changes to A3
automatically.

I hope someone can help!!

Thank you!

dcd


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Yes, I did try making the criteria absolute, but the cell number still
changes once the sort is run. Any other suggestions?


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