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I ditched SUMIF for SUMIFS in Excel—and my spreadsheets finally work the way I need them to

Excel's SUMIF and SUMIFS functions both let you add up values that match criteria you specify. The problem is that many people treat them as separate tools: SUMIF for one condition, SUMIFS for ...

Excel SUMIFS: Aggregate Account Codes by Prefix Match with Wildcards | 3 Steps to Reduce Departmental Expense Reporting from 2 Hours to 10 Minutes

It was taking 2 hours a month just to "add up items by the first digit of the code"This is a story from when I was observing ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using SUMIFS to sum with multiple conditions

Q. I read the June 2020 JofA article on SUMIF. I have tried to use it in my Excel spreadsheet, but it won’t work since I have multiple criteria. Is there a way to get SUMIF to work if you have more ...

Automating Payment Reconciliation with XLOOKUP and SUMIFS: Accounting Excel Only Needs to Check 'Action Required'

Are you still searching for those reconciliations by eye?At the beginning of the month, bank deposit statements and billing ...
Ars Technica

Using Excel's SUMIF (or SUMIFS) with a column of criteria

I keep running into situations in Excel where I want to calculate a conditional sum, but my criterion is something along the lines of "Include cell B1 if cell A1 is a number, likewise B2 and A2, B3 ...

Pivot Tables Replace SUMIFS Formulas with Drag-and-Drop

A pivot table summarizes raw data without complex SUMIFS formulas. Group and analyze thousands of rows instantly using simple ...