Why can't I use the MONTH function within the SUMIFS statement?

I have a Detail worksheet with three named ranges: Category, DateOfService
and Amount.

I have a Summary worksheet where I am trying to summaries the amounts by
Category (represented by the rows) and Month (represented by the columns).

Why do I get an error when I try to use this formula on the Summary sheet?

=SUMIFS(Amount,Category,A2,Month(DateOfService),1)

where A2 is the first row in the summary data.

You just can't, it's daft isn't it, makes SUMIFS more or less pointless IMO.

Try this

=SUMPRODUCT(--(Category=A2),--(Month(DateOfService)=1),Amount)

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HTH

Bob

"djhunt77" wrote in message
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I have a Detail worksheet with three named ranges: Category, DateOfService
and Amount.

I have a Summary worksheet where I am trying to summaries the amounts by
Category (represented by the rows) and Month (represented by the columns).

Why do I get an error when I try to use this formula on the Summary sheet?

=SUMIFS(Amount,Category,A2,Month(DateOfService),1)

where A2 is the first row in the summary data.

On Mar 28, 7:28*am, djhunt77
wrote:
I have a Detail worksheet with three named ranges: Category, DateOfService
and Amount.

I have a Summary worksheet where I am trying to summaries the amounts by
Category (represented by the rows) and Month (represented by the columns)..

Why do I get an error when I try to use this formula on the Summary sheet?

=SUMIFS(Amount,Category,A2,Month(DateOfService),1)

where A2 is the first row in the summary data.


Any chance that with "Category" and "A2" you are mixing text and
values? Or is your "DateOf Service" text?

Break it into single criteria and see where the problem is.

I use a formla just like that and it works fine.

Else Bob's SUMPRODUCT formula with the unary works fine.

Why do I get an error when I try to use this formula
=SUMIFS(Amount,Category,A2,Month(DateOfService),1 )

SUMIF
SUMIFS
COUNTIF
COUNTIFS
AVERAGEIF
AVERAGEIFS

These functions can only handle "straight" comparisons. That is, you can't
manipulate a range array to test for a condition.

In the formula above you're trying to manipulate the range array
DateOfService by first testing for the month.

MONTH(DateOfService) = 1

The test has to be a "straight" comparison:

DateOfService = 1

Of course, that doesn't do what you want so you need to use a different
function as Bob suggested.

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"djhunt77" wrote in message
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I have a Detail worksheet with three named ranges: Category, DateOfService
and Amount.

I have a Summary worksheet where I am trying to summaries the amounts by
Category (represented by the rows) and Month (represented by the columns).

Why do I get an error when I try to use this formula on the Summary sheet?

=SUMIFS(Amount,Category,A2,Month(DateOfService),1)

where A2 is the first row in the summary data.

Yu can use that convention if you're willing to use an array formula

e.g. this works. You'd have to change names etc.

~=SUM((DOSDEP=$B19)*(DOS_Acct =$C19)*(DOS_Acct =
$D19)*(MONTH(DOS)=MONTH($G$3))*(DOSAmount))

Here I'm looking up both the month of the range month and the column
header.

Siegfried

Ctrl-Shift-Enter

Thanks Bob - that suggestion worked perfectly!

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

You just can't, it's daft isn't it, makes SUMIFS more or less pointless IMO.

Try this

=SUMPRODUCT(--(Category=A2),--(Month(DateOfService)=1),Amount)

--

HTH

Bob

"djhunt77" wrote in message
news
I have a Detail worksheet with three named ranges: Category, DateOfService
and Amount.

I have a Summary worksheet where I am trying to summaries the amounts by
Category (represented by the rows) and Month (represented by the columns).

Why do I get an error when I try to use this formula on the Summary sheet?

=SUMIFS(Amount,Category,A2,Month(DateOfService),1)

where A2 is the first row in the summary data.


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