{"id":518,"date":"2014-10-04T17:48:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T15:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=518"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:17:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:17:31","slug":"sumifs-function-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/sumifs-function-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"SUMIFS Function: Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sums multiple criteria<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=SUMIFS(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sum_Range<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Criteria_Range1<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #008000;\">Criteria1<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Criteria_Range2<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #008000;\">Criteria2<\/span>&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=SUMIFS(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Return the Sum from this Range<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Evaluate this Range<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #008000;\">With this Criteria<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Evaluate that Range<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #008000;\">With that Criteria<\/span>&#8230;)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <strong>SUMIFS<\/strong> function allows you to Sum multiple criteria.<\/p>\n<p>For example, you can select one Sales Rep from a list of Sales Reps and select one Region from a list of Regions and return the Sum of those arguments from a Sales list.\u00a0 See how easy it is&#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/renX9WSjM_Y?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><\/p>\n<p><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<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SumIfs-Intro.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SumIfs-Intro.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\">SumIfs-Intro.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p>We want to get the<strong> sum of the sales amounts<\/strong> for <strong>John<\/strong> in the<strong> North Region<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>We need to enter the <strong>SUMIFS<\/strong> function in a blank cell:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=SUMIFS(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs1.png\" alt=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\" width=\"784\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs1.png 784w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs1-768x400.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span> The <strong>SUMIFS<\/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\/sumifs-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\/sumifs-function-introduction\/#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\/sumifs-function-introduction\/#Criteria1\" title=\"Criteria1\">Criteria1<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/sumifs-function-introduction\/#Criteria_range2\" title=\"Criteria_range2\">Criteria_range2<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/sumifs-function-introduction\/#Criteria2\" title=\"Criteria2\">Criteria2<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Range\"><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Range<\/span><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is your range that contains the source data to add together?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Highlight the column that contains the sales data<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=SUMIFS(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D15:D23,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs2.png\" alt=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\" width=\"831\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs2.png 831w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs2-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs2-768x260.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Criteria_range1\"><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Criteria_range1<\/span><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>For the first criteria, which range contains the source data?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let us target the sales rep first, so select that column<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=SUMIFS(D15:D23, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">B15:B23,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs3.png\" alt=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\" width=\"836\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs3.png 836w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs3-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs3-768x264.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Criteria1\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Criteria1<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is your filtering criteria? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We want to filter for sales amounts of John, so type in &#8220;John&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=SUMIFS(D15:D23, B15:B23, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;John&#8221;,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs4.png\" alt=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\" width=\"905\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs4.png 905w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs4-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs4-768x240.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Criteria_range2\"><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Criteria_range2<\/span><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>For the second criteria, which range contains the source data? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let us now target the Region, so select that column<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=SUMIFS(D15:D23, B15:B23, &#8220;John&#8221;, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C15:C23,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs5.png\" alt=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\" width=\"914\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs5.png 914w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs5-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs5-768x238.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Criteria2\"><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Criteria2<\/span><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is your filtering criteria? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We want to filter for sales amounts of the North Region, so type in &#8220;North&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=SUMIFS(D15:D23, B15:B23, &#8220;John&#8221;, C15:C23, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;North&#8221;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs6.png\" alt=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\" width=\"797\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs6.png 797w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs6-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs6-768x279.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/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=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs7.png\" alt=\"SUMIFS Function: Introduction\" width=\"622\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs7.png 622w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sumifs7-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Use the SumIfs Formula in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What does it do? Sums multiple criteria Formula breakdown: =SUMIFS(Sum_Range,Criteria_Range1,Criteria1,Criteria_Range2,Criteria2&#8230;) What it means: =SUMIFS(Return the Sum from this Range,Evaluate this Range,With this Criteria,Evaluate that Range,With that Criteria&#8230;) The SUMIFS function allows you to Sum multiple criteria. For example, you can select one Sales Rep from a list of Sales Reps and select one Region [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17475,"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":[3,15,292],"tags":[43,58],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518"}],"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=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}