I'm using a formula

=SUMIF(C:D,H2,D:D)


which sums salaries in column D if the company name listed in column C
matches the one listed in H (autofilled down a list of unique organisations)


If column B contains a sub department of the organisation, is it possible to
do a SUMIF that will add up the salaries in D column for all data rows where
the organisation = such and such AND the department = SUCH and SUCH (both
organisation and department would be referenced by the content of cells in
column H2:H20 for organisation and I1:P1 for departments)


tks in advance

"Lee Harris" wrote in message
...
I'm using a formula

=SUMIF(C:D,H2,D:D)


which sums salaries in column D if the company name listed in column C
matches the one listed in H (autofilled down a list of unique
organisations)


If column B contains a sub department of the organisation, is it possible
to do a SUMIF that will add up the salaries in D column for all data rows
where the organisation = such and such AND the department = SUCH and SUCH
(both organisation and department would be referenced by the content of
cells in column H2:H20 for organisation and I1:P1 for departments)


tks in advance


It would also be great if I could somehow count the number of items, with a
COUNTIF or something, i.e, how many rows contain Department X for
Organisation Y

The organization names are in C1:C200 (change as needed)
B1:B200 has the subdept
The salaries are in D1:D200
H2:H20 is the lookup org list
I1:P1 is the subdept lookuplist

To sum with 2 criteria use SUMPRODUCT. The first sum is found with
=SUMPRODUCT( --($C$1:$C$200=$H2), --($B$1:$B$200=I$1), $D$1:$D$200)

Yes, that is a double negative before the first two parentheses.

Suppose this is cell AA1, then copying it to AA2 will find sums for first
org and second subdept.
Copy across to get the other depts and copy down for other orgs

best wishes

Bernard Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
"Lee Harris" wrote in message
...
I'm using a formula

=SUMIF(C:D,H2,D:D)


which sums salaries in column D if the company name listed in column C
matches the one listed in H (autofilled down a list of unique
organisations)


If column B contains a sub department of the organisation, is it possible
to do a SUMIF that will add up the salaries in D column for all data rows
where the organisation = such and such AND the department = SUCH and SUCH
(both organisation and department would be referenced by the content of
cells in column H2:H20 for organisation and I1:P1 for departments)


tks in advance

Yes, very easy. Just drop the salary stuff
=SUMPRODUCT( --($C$1:$C$200=$H2), --($B$1:$B$200=I$1))
best wishes

"Lee Harris" wrote in message
...
Thanks bernard
that works beautifully - is it easy to modify to COUNT the actual number
of items that fit the criteria, rather than summing the salaries?

"bernard liengme" wrote in message
...
The organization names are in C1:C200 (change as needed)
B1:B200 has the subdept
The salaries are in D1:D200
H2:H20 is the lookup org list
I1:P1 is the subdept lookuplist

To sum with 2 criteria use SUMPRODUCT. The first sum is found with
=SUMPRODUCT( --($C$1:$C$200=$H2), --($B$1:$B$200=I$1), $D$1:$D$200)

Yes, that is a double negative before the first two parentheses.

Suppose this is cell AA1, then copying it to AA2 will find sums for first
org and second subdept.
Copy across to get the other depts and copy down for other orgs

best wishes

Bernard Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
"Lee Harris" wrote in message
...
I'm using a formula

=SUMIF(C:D,H2,D:D)


which sums salaries in column D if the company name listed in column C
matches the one listed in H (autofilled down a list of unique
organisations)


If column B contains a sub department of the organisation, is it
possible to do a SUMIF that will add up the salaries in D column for all
data rows where the organisation = such and such AND the department =
SUCH and SUCH (both organisation and department would be referenced by
the content of cells in column H2:H20 for organisation and I1:P1 for
departments)


tks in advance

Thanks bernard
that works beautifully - is it easy to modify to COUNT the actual number of
items that fit the criteria, rather than summing the salaries?

"bernard liengme" wrote in message
...
The organization names are in C1:C200 (change as needed)
B1:B200 has the subdept
The salaries are in D1:D200
H2:H20 is the lookup org list
I1:P1 is the subdept lookuplist

To sum with 2 criteria use SUMPRODUCT. The first sum is found with
=SUMPRODUCT( --($C$1:$C$200=$H2), --($B$1:$B$200=I$1), $D$1:$D$200)

Yes, that is a double negative before the first two parentheses.

Suppose this is cell AA1, then copying it to AA2 will find sums for first
org and second subdept.
Copy across to get the other depts and copy down for other orgs

best wishes

Bernard Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
"Lee Harris" wrote in message
...
I'm using a formula

=SUMIF(C:D,H2,D:D)


which sums salaries in column D if the company name listed in column C
matches the one listed in H (autofilled down a list of unique
organisations)


If column B contains a sub department of the organisation, is it possible
to do a SUMIF that will add up the salaries in D column for all data rows
where the organisation = such and such AND the department = SUCH and SUCH
(both organisation and department would be referenced by the content of
cells in column H2:H20 for organisation and I1:P1 for departments)


tks in advance

I meant also to point you to the Help file to learn about Pivot Tables
Bernard

"Lee Harris" wrote in message
...
I'm using a formula

=SUMIF(C:D,H2,D:D)


which sums salaries in column D if the company name listed in column C
matches the one listed in H (autofilled down a list of unique
organisations)


If column B contains a sub department of the organisation, is it possible
to do a SUMIF that will add up the salaries in D column for all data rows
where the organisation = such and such AND the department = SUCH and SUCH
(both organisation and department would be referenced by the content of
cells in column H2:H20 for organisation and I1:P1 for departments)


tks in advance

this group is a beautiful thing!
many thanks again :-)


"bernard liengme" wrote in message
...
Yes, very easy. Just drop the salary stuff
=SUMPRODUCT( --($C$1:$C$200=$H2), --($B$1:$B$200=I$1))
best wishes

"Lee Harris" wrote in message
...
Thanks bernard
that works beautifully - is it easy to modify to COUNT the actual number
of items that fit the criteria, rather than summing the salaries?

"bernard liengme" wrote in message
...
The organization names are in C1:C200 (change as needed)
B1:B200 has the subdept
The salaries are in D1:D200
H2:H20 is the lookup org list
I1:P1 is the subdept lookuplist

To sum with 2 criteria use SUMPRODUCT. The first sum is found with
=SUMPRODUCT( --($C$1:$C$200=$H2), --($B$1:$B$200=I$1), $D$1:$D$200)

Yes, that is a double negative before the first two parentheses.

Suppose this is cell AA1, then copying it to AA2 will find sums for
first org and second subdept.
Copy across to get the other depts and copy down for other orgs

best wishes

Bernard Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
"Lee Harris" wrote in message
...
I'm using a formula

=SUMIF(C:D,H2,D:D)


which sums salaries in column D if the company name listed in column C
matches the one listed in H (autofilled down a list of unique
organisations)


If column B contains a sub department of the organisation, is it
possible to do a SUMIF that will add up the salaries in D column for
all data rows where the organisation = such and such AND the department
= SUCH and SUCH (both organisation and department would be referenced
by the content of cells in column H2:H20 for organisation and I1:P1 for
departments)


tks in advance

Also, you may want to take a look at pivot tables which allow real easy
analysis of this stuff.

http://www.geocities.com/jonpeltier/...pivotstart.htm

--
Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Lee Harris" wrote in message
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I'm using a formula

=SUMIF(C:D,H2,D:D)


which sums salaries in column D if the company name listed in column C
matches the one listed in H (autofilled down a list of unique
organisations)


If column B contains a sub department of the organisation, is it possible
to do a SUMIF that will add up the salaries in D column for all data rows
where the organisation = such and such AND the department = SUCH and SUCH
(both organisation and department would be referenced by the content of
cells in column H2:H20 for organisation and I1:P1 for departments)


tks in advance