Download Excel Workbook
What does it do?
Sums multiple criteria
Formula breakdown:
=SUMIFS(Sum_Range,Criteria_Range1,Criteria1,Criteria_Range2,Criteria2…)
What it means:
=SUMIFS(Return the Sum from this Range,Evaluate this Range,With this Criteria,Evaluate that Range,With that Criteria…)
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 from a list of Regions and return the Sum of those arguments from a Sales list. See how easy it is…
We want to get the sum of the sales amounts for John in the North Region.
STEP 1: We need to enter the SUMIFS function in a blank cell:
=SUMIFS(
STEP 2: The SUMIFS arguments:
Table of Contents
Range
What is your range that contains the source data to add together?
Highlight the column that contains the sales data
=SUMIFS(D15:D23,
Criteria_range1
For the first criteria, which range contains the source data?
Let us target the sales rep first, so select that column
=SUMIFS(D15:D23, B15:B23,
Criteria1
What is your filtering criteria?
We want to filter for sales amounts of John, so type in “John”
=SUMIFS(D15:D23, B15:B23, “John”,
Criteria_range2
For the second criteria, which range contains the source data?
Let us now target the Region, so select that column
=SUMIFS(D15:D23, B15:B23, “John”, C15:C23,
Criteria2
What is your filtering criteria?
We want to filter for sales amounts of the North Region, so type in “North”
=SUMIFS(D15:D23, B15:B23, “John”, C15:C23, “North”)
Just like that, Excel has selectively found the values and summed them together!
How to Use the SumIfs Formula in Excel
John Michaloudis is a former accountant and finance analyst at General Electric, a Microsoft MVP since 2020, an Amazon #1 bestselling author of 4 Microsoft Excel books and teacher of Microsoft Excel & Office over at his flagship Academy Online Course.
