Skip to content
Free Excel Tutorials
  • Home
  • Excel For Beginners
  • Excel Intermediate
  • Advanced Excel For Experts

Data Analysis

  • How To Load Analysis ToolPak in Excel
  • How to Create One and Two Variable Data Tables in Excel
  • How to create dynamic reference table name in Excel
  • Understanding Anova in Excel
  • How to calculate correlation coefficient Correlation in Excel

References

  • How to calculate two-way lookup VLOOKUP in Excel Table
  • Basic INDEX MATCH approximate in Excel
  • How to use Excel INDIRECT Function
  • Count unique text values with criteria
  • To count total rows in a range in Excel

Data Validations

  • Prevent invalid data entering in specific cells
  • Excel Data validation allow uppercase only
  • Excel Data validation allow weekday only
  • Excel Data validation with conditional list
  • Excel Data validation unique values only

SUMIFS with multiple criteria and OR logic in Excel

by

This tutorial shows how to SUMIFS with multiple criteria and OR logic in Excel using the example below:

Formula

=SUM(SUMIFS(sum_range,criteria_range,{"red","blue"}))

Explanation

To sum based on multiple criteria using OR logic, you can use the SUMIFS function with an array constant. In the example shown, the formula in H6 is:

=SUM(SUMIFS(E4:E11,D4:D11,{"complete","pending"}))

How this formula works

By default, the SUMIFS function only allows AND logic – when you provide multiple conditions, all conditions must match to be included in the result.

One solution is to supply multiple criteria in an array constant like this:

Worked Example:   Sum by week in Excel

{“complete”,”pending”}

This will cause SUMIFS to return two results: a count for “complete” and a count for “pending”, in an array result like this:

{100,35}

To get a final total, we wrap SUMIFS inside SUM. The SUM function sums all items in the array and returns the result.

Cell references for criteria

You can’t use cell references inside an array constant. To use a cell reference for criteria, you can use an array formula like this:

={SUM(SUMIFS(range1,range2,range2))}

Where range1 is the sum range, range2 is the criteria range, and range3 contains criteria on the worksheet. With two OR criteria, you’ll need to use horizontal and vertical arrays.

Worked Example:   How to conditionally sum numeric data in an Excel table using SUMIFS

Note: this is an array formula and must be entered with control + shift + enter.

With wildcards

You can use wildcards in the criteria if needed. For example, to sum items that contain “red” or “blue” anywhere in the the criteria_range, you can use:

=SUM(SUMIFS(sum_range,criteria_range,{"*red*","*blue*"}))

Adding another OR criteria

You can add one additional criteria to this formula, but you’ll need to use a single column arrayfor one criteria and a single row array for the other. So, for example, to sum orders that are “Complete” or “Pending”, for either “Andy Garcia” or “Bob Jones”, you can use:

=SUM(SUMIFS(E4:E11,D4:D11,{"complete","pending"},C4:C11,{"Bob Jones";"Andy Garcia"}))

Note the semi-colons in the second array constant, which represents a vertical array. This works because Excel “pairs” elements in the two array constants, and returns a two dimensional array of results. With more criteria, you will want to move to a formula based on SUMPRODUCT.

Worked Example:   SUMIFS function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

Post navigation

Previous Post:

Sum sales in last 30 days by ID in Excel

Next Post:

Sum through n months in Excel

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Learn Basic Excel

Ribbon
Workbook
Worksheets
Format Cells
Find & Select
Sort & Filter
Templates
Print
Share
Protect
Keyboard Shortcuts

Categories

  • Charts
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Validation
  • Excel Functions
    • Cube Functions
    • Database Functions
    • Date and Time Functions
    • Engineering Functions
    • Financial Functions
    • Information Functions
    • Logical Functions
    • Lookup and Reference Functions
    • Math and Trig Functions
    • Statistical Functions
    • Text Functions
    • Web Functions
  • Excel VBA
  • Excel Video Tutorials
  • Formatting
  • Grouping
  • Others

Logical Functions

  • How to use IFS function in Excel
  • IFS function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation
  • IF with boolean logic in Excel
  • TRUE function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation
  • How to use Excel AND Function

Date Time

  • MONTH function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation
  • Convert date to text in Excel
  • Get days, hours, and minutes between dates in Excel
  • Check If Two Dates are same month in Excel
  • Add years to date in Excel

Grouping

  • Calculate conditional mode with criteria in Excel
  • How to randomly assign people to groups in Excel
  • Group times into 3 hour buckets in Excel
  • Group times into unequal buckets in Excel
  • Group numbers at uneven intervals in Excel

General

  • How to generate random number weighted probability in Excel
  • How to create dynamic named range with INDEX in Excel
  • Excel Operators
  • Count cells that contain errors in Excel
  • How to count total columns in range in Excel
© 2023 xlsoffice . All Right Reserved. | Teal Smiles | Abbreviations And Their Meaning