Excel SUMIFS: Sum Alternate Columns based on Criteria and Header

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Learn how to sum columns based on column header and on criteria.
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What You'll Discover:
▪️ Dynamic Sum Creation: Learn how to sum varying columns based on user-selected parameters.
▪️ Data Validation: Implement data validation for refined user input.
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▪️ Practical HR Data Application: Apply these techniques to real HR data scenarios.
This example shows you a set of HR data. The aim is to create a report where the user inputs the cost center and selects which information they want to see for the cost center - for example the total salary, benefits or bonus information. The challenge is to SUM based on criteria (cost center) AND based on column header selection.
The solution shown in the video uses SUMIFS together with INDEX MATCH to provide a moving sum. The 2nd argument of the INDEX function using area numbers is also used to show an alternate solution.
To learn more about the SUMIFS function, check out this video:
• How to Use SUMIFS, COU...
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Thank you so much Gopala. Very glad to hear you enjoy the videos :)

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This video never gets old. Such a beautiful explanation on index and match along with sumifs for different columns.

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Hi, Leila, as always, thanks for simplifying my work. Just to add, I use Indirect to dynamically change the sum range, but given that it's volatile, I always sought a better way; yours is better.

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Fully agree Sachin. As a team the formulas can achieve amazing results :)

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Excellent explanation of this application of SUMIFS with Index/Match to determine the sum column. Much appreciated.

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Thanks you so much for love my comment....... I tired this formula but its work only on same sheet. As long as I tried to get the result from one sheet to another. I got N/A.... is there any solution plzz? Can u help me?

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Just uploaded it :)

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I'm glad you find it easy to follow. Thank you for your support.

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This is awesome. This is just what I needed to conditionally sum on variable columns. I will have to check out more of your videos. Great Job!

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I'm glad to hear that! Thank you for your comment.

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Never knew about that trick using index with sumif's to change sum range dynamically. Thank You !!

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Hi Leila I've worked with Excel for many years but learn something new every time I watch one of your vids. Just one quibble. The singular of "criteria" is "criterion". Keep up the good work. Peter

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Hi Peter - Glad you like the videos and find the content useful. As for criterion - That's good to know - I always went with criteria for singular and plural :)

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[@TH3LMITA]

Thank you very much for sharing all your knowledge, I really appreciate it, I have learned a lot from you, and I would like to share this other option, using the titles of the columns in the table and obtaining the same result =SUMIF(Table1[Cost center],J6,INDIRECT(CONCATENATE("Table1[",K6,"]")))

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Thanks for another interesting video. As trainer, I appreciate your taking the time to work through the reasoning behind the formula. I am trying a new strategy with your videos. Instead of just watching the videos (and taking notes), I watch the introduction and see if I can derive your solution on my own. Sometimes I able to arrive at the same solution, sometimes I find a different solution and most of time I cannot figure out a solution. I took a slight different strategy solve the problem. I defined names for each of fields/columns containing values being summed and used the INDIRECT function to decide which field to use based on the name of ranges. Thanks again for a wonderful video and a good intellectual challenge.

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That's a great learning approach and also a great answer you came up with! It's great to hear your ways of getting to the answers for me and others too because it provides all of us different perspectives and methods to getting to the same place. Thank you so much for sharing....

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Hi Leila, Also, we can use for range selection with appling CHOOSE&MATCH functions instead of index. =SUMIFS(choose(match(K6;Table1[[#Header];[Base salary]:[Bonus]];0);Table1[Base salary];Table1[Benefits];Table1[Bonus]);Table1[Cost center];J6) That's all 😊 Thanks for your presentation

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Thank you Ankur for your nice comment and for your support. I am really glad you find the videos useful.

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Very Helpful, appreciate if you have next video with dynamic selection with Horizontal Sumifs..

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You're welcome Praveen