Why can you not use SUMIF?
=SUMIF(A1:A100,"First Project",B1:B100)
You do not tell what columns C and E are about.
One way would be to use a pivot table
Another is SUMPRODUCT
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A100="First Project"), B1:B100)

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> I want to sum data in cells when the data meets the criteria given in
> seperate cells. SUMIF cannot handle this; can someone advise another approach
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Jose Mourinho - 29 May 2007 14:33 GMT
Apologies, I should have been clearer> I have data arranged like this in
Columns:
Project Type Values Yr1 Yr2 Yr3:
1 A Product1Yr1 Prod1Yr2 Prod1Yr3
1 A Product2Yr1 Prod2Yr2 P2Yr3
2 B Product1Yr1 P1Yr2 Yr3 ...
2 B Product2Yr1 P2Yr2 Yr3 ...
3 A Product1Yr1 P1Yr2 Yr3 ...
3 A Product2Yr1 P2Yr2 Yr3 ...
I want sum of Product1 for Project Type A in Yr1
I can easily do it with filters (can try a Pivot table too I suppose- never
used them), but wondered whether a formula could handle this?
Many thanks!
> Why can you not use SUMIF?
> =SUMIF(A1:A100,"First Project",B1:B100)
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John Mansfield - 29 May 2007 20:06 GMT
You should be able to do so using SUMPRODUCT. There are many examples
(including the link below) of how to use SUMPRODUCT on the web.
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

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> Apologies, I should have been clearer> I have data arranged like this in
> Columns:
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