{"id":10028,"date":"2019-08-05T09:58:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T07:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=10028"},"modified":"2023-11-30T17:39:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:39:59","slug":"maxifs-formula-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/maxifs-formula-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"MAXIFS Formula in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gets the max value based on the cells that matches the criteria<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=MAXIFS(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">max_range<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">criteria_range1<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #339966;\">criteria1, &#8230;<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=MAXIFS(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">cells that contains the values<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">first set of cells to base the filtering on<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #339966;\">filtering condition of first set of cells, &#8230;<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you need to get the max value while doing filtering at the same time, the\u00a0<strong>MAXIFS Formula<\/strong> will do this for you in Excel! This was introduced in Excel 2019.<\/p>\n<p>You need to specify on which ones you want to get the MAX value, then specify one or more conditions used for filtering. In our example, we want to get the maximum sales of John!<\/p>\n<p>I explain how you can do this below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yz-HqB7wQ0k?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">MAXIFS-FORMULA.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span> We need to <strong>enter the <i>MAXIFS\u00a0<\/i>function in a blank cell<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=MAXIFS(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"MAXIFS Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-01.jpg\" alt=\"MAXIFS Formula in Excel\" width=\"717\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-01.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-01-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The <b>MAXIFS\u00a0<\/b>arguments:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/maxifs-formula-in-excel\/#max_range\" title=\"max_range\">max_range<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/maxifs-formula-in-excel\/#criteria_range1\" title=\"criteria_range1\">criteria_range1<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/maxifs-formula-in-excel\/#criteria1\" title=\"criteria1\">criteria1<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"max_range\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>max_range<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the range that contains the values to get the max value?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the cells containing the sales numbers that you want to get the maximum value from:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=MAXIFS(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D9:D13,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"MAXIFS Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-02.jpg\" alt=\"MAXIFS Formula in Excel\" width=\"725\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-02.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-02-300x78.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"criteria_range1\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>criteria_range1<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the range that contains the values for filtering?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the cells containing the sales person names:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=MAXIFS(D9:D13, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C9:C13,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"MAXIFS Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-03.jpg\" alt=\"MAXIFS Formula in Excel\" width=\"779\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-03.jpg 779w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-03-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-03-768x186.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"criteria1\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>criteria1<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the your filtering criteria?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Since we want to filter to the sales numbers of John, type in John:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=MAXIFS(D9:D13, C9:C13, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;John&#8221;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"MAXIFS Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-04.jpg\" alt=\"MAXIFS Formula in Excel\" width=\"532\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-04.jpg 532w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-04-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You now have John&#8217;s highest sales number!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"MAXIFS Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-05.jpg\" alt=\"MAXIFS Formula in Excel\" width=\"536\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-05.jpg 536w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MAXIFS-FORMULA-05-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Use the MAXIFS Formula in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ebooks.myexcelonline.com\/products\/101-most-popular-excel-formulas-e-book\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10741\" 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Gets the max value based on the cells that matches the criteria Formula breakdown: =MAXIFS(max_range, criteria_range1, criteria1, &#8230;) What it means: =MAXIFS(cells that contains the values, first set of cells to base the filtering on, filtering condition of first set of cells, &#8230;) If you need to get the max [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[559,3,499],"tags":[142,560,502],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}