Hi!

Glad you got it worked out!

I don't know why the SUMIF didn't work, it should have! I too, was going to
suggest MAX IF as a last resort but it's a bit of "overkill". But hey, if
it's working.......

Biff

"Sue" wrote in message
...
Hi Biff,
Thank you for your input and assitance. I really appreciate it.
Doing a great job! Problem now solved.
Sue


"Biff" wrote:

Hi!

0/01/00 is a zero formatted as a date. So that means the result of the
formula was 0.

Column D is already formated Date.

I thought the dates were in column E? Anyhow, are you certain they're
real
dates?

=ISNUMBER(E2)

Should return TRUE for real dates.

Are all the client names the same?

For example:

B2 = Jones

B50 = <spaceJones

B55 = Jones<space

You could try this:

=COUNTIF(B2:B366,"Jones")

Do you get the correct result?

=SUMIF(B2:B366,"Name",E2:E366)

This is a very basic formula and there's not too much that can cause a
problem. Either the dates aren't really dates and are just TEXT strings
or
the client name entries don't all match.

Biff

"Sue" wrote in message
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Hi Biff,
Tried both suggestions but they both came back with 0/01/00 and I know
the
finish date for client B2 in column E is 25/03/05. Column D is already
formated Date.
Can you help further?
Thanks Sue

"Biff" wrote:

Hi!

=sumproduct(--(B2:B366="name"),E2:E366)

But use this instead:

=SUMIF(B2:B366,"Name",E2:E366)

Format cell as DATE

Biff

"Sue" wrote in message
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I have literally typed in
=sumproduct(--(B2:B366=name),--(E2:E366<""),E2:E366)
but I am getting #NAME? error. I want cells in column D to read the
client
name in column B and go to column E and find the latest finish date
for
that
person. Where am I going wrong with the above formula? Clients
name
can
appear on up to 5 rows scattered intermittently down the spreadsheet
but
only
one entry will have the finish date for that client and the rest
will
have
defaulted to 0 due to post linking from another workbook. Can
anyone
please
help. I have just this problem to go.
Thanks Sue.
B D
E
Client Names where latest finish date to be inserted
Finish
dates