Example:
A B C D
Person Period Sales Type Commision
Mary 1 Industrial $500
Jason 1 Municipal $1000
Mary 2 Municipal $700
Jason 2 Industrial $1500
Mary 1 Municipal $750
Jason 1 Municipal $410

I would like to know, how much commision Jason had for his Municipal sales
in period 1.

Spend half an hour to google/learn Pivot Tables. Formula solutions may seem
familiar and safe and sufficient, but a Pivot is way faster and unbelievably
powerful.

Best wishes Harald


"Jarod" skrev i melding
...
Example:
A B C
D
Person Period Sales Type Commision
Mary 1 Industrial
$500
Jason 1 Municipal $1000
Mary 2 Municipal $700
Jason 2 Industrial
$1500
Mary 1 Municipal $750
Jason 1 Municipal $410

I would like to know, how much commision Jason had for his Municipal sales
in period 1.

I want it in a formula because I am going to be continuously updating the
spreadsheet. I want it to just automatically update.

"Harald Staff" wrote:

Spend half an hour to google/learn Pivot Tables. Formula solutions may seem
familiar and safe and sufficient, but a Pivot is way faster and unbelievably
powerful.

Best wishes Harald


"Jarod" skrev i melding
...
Example:
A B C
D
Person Period Sales Type Commision
Mary 1 Industrial
$500
Jason 1 Municipal $1000
Mary 2 Municipal $700
Jason 2 Industrial
$1500
Mary 1 Municipal $750
Jason 1 Municipal $410

I would like to know, how much commision Jason had for his Municipal sales
in period 1.


.

Of course.

"Jarod" wrote in message
...
I want it in a formula because I am going to be continuously updating the
spreadsheet. I want it to just automatically update.

"Harald Staff" wrote:

Spend half an hour to google/learn Pivot Tables. Formula solutions may
seem
familiar and safe and sufficient, but a Pivot is way faster and
unbelievably
powerful.

Best wishes Harald


"Jarod" skrev i melding
...
Example:
A B C
D
Person Period Sales Type Commision
Mary 1 Industrial
$500
Jason 1 Municipal
$1000
Mary 2 Municipal
$700
Jason 2 Industrial
$1500
Mary 1 Municipal
$750
Jason 1 Municipal
$410

I would like to know, how much commision Jason had for his Municipal
sales
in period 1.


.

Hi Jarod

I would reinforce what Harald says.
If you make your source data a List (XL2003) a Table(XL2007) or a
Dynamic named Range (any XL version), then the new data will
automatically be included.
You can even make the refreshing of the Pivot Table automatic, whenever
you activate it.

For more help on Dynamic Ranges take a look at
http://www.contextures.com/xlNames03.html

--
Regards
Roger Govier

Jarod wrote:
I want it in a formula because I am going to be continuously updating the
spreadsheet. I want it to just automatically update.

"Harald Staff" wrote:

Spend half an hour to google/learn Pivot Tables. Formula solutions may seem
familiar and safe and sufficient, but a Pivot is way faster and unbelievably
powerful.

Best wishes Harald


"Jarod" skrev i melding
...
Example:
A B C
D
Person Period Sales Type Commision
Mary 1 Industrial
$500
Jason 1 Municipal $1000
Mary 2 Municipal $700
Jason 2 Industrial
$1500
Mary 1 Municipal $750
Jason 1 Municipal $410

I would like to know, how much commision Jason had for his Municipal sales
in period 1.

.

Use cells to hold the criteria...

F2 = Jason
G2 = 1
H2 = Municipal

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A7=F2),--(B2:B7=G2),--(C2:C7=H2),D2:D7)

If you're using Excel 2007:

=SUMIFS(D2:D7,A2:A7,F2,B2:B7,G2,C2:C7,H2)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jarod" wrote in message
...
Example:
A B C
D
Person Period Sales Type Commision
Mary 1 Industrial
$500
Jason 1 Municipal $1000
Mary 2 Municipal $700
Jason 2 Industrial
$1500
Mary 1 Municipal $750
Jason 1 Municipal $410

I would like to know, how much commision Jason had for his Municipal sales
in period 1.