Comments on: SUMIF and COUNTIF on Different Sheets

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By: Ankit Kaul

Ankit Kaul — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:14:54 +0000

Your macro rocks, but I still have an impression that this could have been done in an easier way using pivot table, as you foretold. Anyways it will help the readers to have a stronger understanding of sumif and countif functions.

By: Dick Kusleika

Dick Kusleika — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:00:56 +0000

Replace(Target.Formula,me.Name & "!","")

That seems dangerous.

By: brougs78

brougs78 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:40:47 +0000

@fzz: I’m considering the exact same thing, because I do hate those unnecessary references.

Has anybody coded such a macro?

Is there a drawback I (we) miss?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:11:34 +0000

Why not use DCOUNT and DCOUNTA. This would elimimate having cell references in formulas (Sheet2!$G$2:$G$53).

This will allow flexibility for database expansion without changing the formula.

By: fzz

fzz — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:05:28 +0000

re constant 1 as criteria, =SUMIF(…,”=1″,…)

Why not just use a macro to replace unnecessary sheet references? It’d be a lot more general than a special purpose macro just for SUMIF.

By: Rob van Gelder

Rob van Gelder — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:05:08 +0000

The thing I hate most about sheet switching is that if you have to go back to the sheet you started with, it starts prefixing cell references with Sheet1!

By: Dick Kusleika

Dick Kusleika — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:05:29 +0000

That’s a good one Rob.

As for named ranges and structured references, I agree. About half the time I’m using SUMIF, it’s a one-off quick-and-dirty thing (like charting films), so the extra setup has not payoff for me.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:59:15 +0000

Agree with Sam.

I usually use VBA to create dynamic named ranges for each column, my headers, and the numerical data. Then just refer to those in the SUMIF formula. This becomes even more beneficial using Excel 2010, since I only need to type the first couple of characters of the named range, and then use Intellisense to select which one I want (without a single sheet switch or mouse movement in sight.

By: Rob Webber

Rob Webber — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:55:23 +0000

I don’t like the sheet switching and the unnecessary sheet references either. I do the following:

1. =SUMIF(,
2. Select criteria range then type a comma =sumif(,A2,
3. Switch to the data sheet
4. Select the sum range then type a close paren =sumif(,A2, Sheet2!$E$2:$E$53)
5. Put the cursor to before the first paren
6. Select the range for the first argument =sumif(Sheet2!$G$2:$G$53,A2, Sheet2!$E$2:$E$53)
7. Press Enter