{"id":503,"date":"2014-10-04T16:17:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T14:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=503"},"modified":"2024-02-06T16:06:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:06:02","slug":"sumif-function-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/sumif-function-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"SUMIF Function: Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sums the values in a range that meet a criteria that you specify<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=SUMIF(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Range or Cells<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Criteria<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008000;\">[Sum_Range]<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=SUMIF(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Evaluate this Range\/Cells<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">With this Criteria<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008000;\">[Optional Sum Range]<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <strong>SUMIF<\/strong> function is used widely amongst <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/free-excel-templates-and-spreadsheets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"spreadsheet\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">spreadsheet<\/a> users as it is a simple Excel function.\u00a0 It allows you to Sum the values in a range that meet a criteria that you specify.<\/p>\n<p>So if you want to Sum a range of sales values that are above $3,000 then this is the best Excel function to use, as I explain below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fZO2biEF58g?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;\" 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class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p>We want to get the sum of the sales amounts that are above $3000.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>We need to enter the <strong>SUMIF<\/strong> function in a blank cell:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=SUMIF(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUMIF Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif1.png\" alt=\"SUMIF Function: Introduction\" width=\"876\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif1.png 876w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif1-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif1-768x358.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span> The <strong>SUMIF<\/strong> 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\/sumif-function-introduction\/#Range\" title=\"Range\">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\/sumif-function-introduction\/#Criteria\" title=\"Criteria\">Criteria<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Range\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Range<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is your range that contains the source data?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Highlight the column that contains the sales data<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=SUMIF(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D15:D23,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUMIF Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif2.png\" alt=\"SUMIF Function: Introduction\" width=\"702\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif2.png 702w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif2-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Criteria\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Criteria<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Which records do you want to sum together?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since we want to sum the amounts greater than 3000, then let&#8217;s type in &gt;3000<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=SUMIF(D15:D23, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;&gt;3000&#8221;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUMIF Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif3.png\" alt=\"SUMIF Function: Introduction\" width=\"653\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif3.png 653w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif3-300x130.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just like that, Excel has selectively found the values and summed them together!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUMIF Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif4.png\" alt=\"SUMIF Function: Introduction\" width=\"634\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif4.png 634w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sumif4-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Use the Sumif Formula in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What does it do? Sums the values in a range that meet a criteria that you specify Formula breakdown: =SUMIF(Range or Cells, Criteria, [Sum_Range]) What it means: =SUMIF(Evaluate this Range\/Cells, With this Criteria, [Optional Sum Range]) The SUMIF function is used widely amongst spreadsheet users as it is a simple Excel function.\u00a0 It allows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17366,"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":[3,15,291],"tags":[43,57],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}