How to Use SUMPRODUCT in Excel

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Quickly learn how Excel's SUMPRODUCT function works. It is one of Microsoft Excel's most powerful yet often overlooked function.
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🔑 Key Highlights:
▪️ Start with basic SUMPRODUCT uses - perfect for those new to Excel.
▪️ Advanced Applications: See how SUMPRODUCT can replace complex functions like VLOOKUP and SUMIFS.
▪️ Real-World Examples: From calculating revenue to performing OR conditions, learn through practical scenarios.
▪️ Pro Tips: Crucial syntax tips for error-free usage.
The classical use of Excel's SUMPRODUCT function is to do a sum of multiplications. The good thing about SUMPRODUCT is that it can work on arrays of values and it doesn’t have to be entered as an array function so no need to do control + shift + enter (CSE).
The great thing about SUMPRODUCT, is that it can help solve many more problems in non-obvious ways. It can act as a conditional SUMIFS function or work as a lookup function as INDEX and MATCH does. It can also act as a COUNTIF function.
SUMPRODUCT is also a better SUMIFS, because it can check for OR conditions - which the SUMIFS can't. SUMIFS can only check for AND conditions.
In this video you will see different examples of the SUMPRODUCT function and you will learn how it can save you from unnecessary "workarounds" in your Excel files. It will also show you the SUMPRODUCT formula in slow motion.
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[@LeilaGharani]

Grab the file I used in the video from here 👉 pages.xelplus.com/sumproduct-file

[@jimbarton7072]

One of your very best videos! Not only did I learn something about SUMPRODUCT, but your "slow motion" explanation is elegant and understandable. I try something similar when teaching SUMIFS, but you've really clarified it.

[@CheerfulMillie]

Super clear demonstration. Short and precise. Thank you!

[@excelymasoficial]

EXCELlent!!! Thank you Leila!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you +Otto Javier. You have Excellent videos yourself! Great quality! Very impressive. Are they all in Spanish?

[@excelymasoficial]

Thanks for your appreciation. Yes, they are all in Spanish. I have seriously considered putting subtitles to each of them. :) Best regards!

[@rauljimenez5485]

The simplicity and elegance of this use of sumproduct is genious, you rock!! 😀

[@williamarthur4801]

I've always loved Sumproduct, it does so much; and nice to hear / see someone emphasizing the importance of bracketing, I ended up creating a crib sheet of every AND / OR combination I could think as I was always getting confused. Still do for that matter.

[@johnsonbolhayon4790]

Wow..... Just wow! This helps a lot with my excel problems. Still watching a lot of your contents and they are all very helpful since you're so good at explaining the concept really well. You have an exceptional/genius skills in excel! I'll watch them all and proceed with your VBA next. 😉

[@smithanimal]

I can't believe how helpful this video was. As someone somewhat advanced in Excel the concept of SUMPRODUCT's utility has always somewhat evaded me. This video was laid out in such a perfect and simple format I completely grasp how the command is actually calculating now. I'm going to turn to your channel for any excel help. Nicely done!

[@LeilaGharani]

I‘m very glad to hear that Corey! Thank you.

[@shaolinmaster6362]

I love Leila!!! My favorite excel teacher!! I recommend her to everyone who wishes to expand their knowledge about any aspect of this tool!!!

[@snicho]

This just became my favourite explanation of the SUMPRODUCT function! All of the blog posts about SUMPRODUCT that I had previously bookmarked are now redundant. Great job Leila!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that snicho :)

[@lpanebr]

This is awesome. Everytime I think "oh, I already know about this function" I'm wrong, because there is always something new to learn with your videos. Thank you!

[@LeilaGharani]

It happens to me all the time :)

[@tamilarasans3737]

Your videos are amazing, i have a doubt regarding if lot of datas are there with respect to date...for example for 20 years .how to get month average of every month without using match or lookup or any cell reference formula.

[@garyshorn]

This was a wonderful tutorial. Had been doing vlookup with multiple "ifs" till now. This was amazing.

[@ImHewg]

Hey great video, the way you throughly explain everything amazing and made it easy to understand exactly how it all works. Thank you so much!

[@Asgardskasvinucha]

Thank you Leila, I didn't know this great potential of this function before I watched this video. Today, inspired by your video, I used it in another way than usually (combined with "left()") and worked great 🙂

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Your Lectures are really helpful M'am, Thank you!!

[@anhkimnguyen2223]

You explained this so articulately, made it really easy to understand. Thank you so much!

[@mahatarek2982]

the easiest and clearest explanation, many thanks, wish you always the best. please keep it up

[@jackfrost1031]

Another great video. This sort of formula is really elegant. It makes multi condition statements so much easier and takes very few helper cells.

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Thank you for creating such useful content! I always make sure to revisit them so that I don't forget anything!

[@Jenicek25]

Your videos are so great - clear, meaningful examples, usefult tips. Thanks very much!!

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Great......Leila..,really helpful and extraordinary explanations......very very thanks.

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Hi Leila - thanks a ton for your videos. They have been really helpful

[@jochbo]

Thanks Leila for showing us the + and * trick when doing OR and AND!

[@hodazadeh4745]

These tips made my life much easier. Thanks Leila

[@williamedgarperrigo9813]

i’ve worked with sumproduct but this segment cleared up unanswered questions. Thank you!

[@kapilprasannaa]

This helped me so much in my Excel interview today. I used sumproduct instead of countifs and sumifs and the interviewer was visibly impressed. Thank you so much - you will have a lot of good karma (and business) for doing this.

[@LeilaGharani]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[@horvathgabor5485]

@@LeilaGharani Wow... I'm very courious of it... what kind of task could it have been where I use sumproduct instead of countifs and sumifs? Could you or maybe Kapil P please give an example?

[@horvathgabor5485]

Meanwhile I studied "sumproduct", now I know that it can be used as countif (count quantity, as in this video, no numbers will be counted) and sumif (when there is only 1 array, so there's no multiplicaton)

[@TruthofDilly]

​@@LeilaGharani there any way I can add up a certain product in a list of many different items?

[@robertofelce]

The hot tip for the + meaning or, blew my mind. Didn't know about it. Thank you so much!

[@LeilaGharani]

You are so welcome, Roberto!

[@lmcbunnylove]

Thank you so much! It was immensely helpful!

[@ketanshah3736]

Great explanation. It helped me in creating very useful calculations. Thanks.

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that is really fantastic. thank you Leila for teaching another useful lesson

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One of the best teachers on the internet. Bravo.

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Yeah, I agree, I even have done a few of her courses online through Udemy. At my work now I am now considered a bit of an Excel Guru... These videos have really helped.

[@sunnyn9017]

Hello!! This is an amazing channel! I used Sumifs, index match mainly but not Sum product. I knew more than most in both organisations over the past decade but, this is a game changer! Thank you so much!

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad it's helpful for you. Sumproduct really can be quite useful.

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superb explanations i found 2nd best tutorial ever on youtube that makes u matchless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mam could u please make a video on lookupformulas beginner to advance

[@LeilaGharani]

Hi Jacky. That is so flattering!! Thank you! I have a video on VLOOKUP & HLOOKUP. I'll try to get it loaded before the weekend.

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What a great video, I think you've just saved me a lot of time. Thanks!!

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FINALLY, someone who explains this in a way that makes sense! Thank you.

[@LeilaGharani]

You're very welcome. I'm glad it makes sense :)

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Brilliant teaching style, Leila. Your work ethic and the quality of your presentations are inspiring. Thank you for posting these tutorials.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you Bianca! I'm glad you find the tutorials useful.

[@DouDouMa]

I have been using excel for work for quite sometime. Have been searching what function can perform both sumif & sumproduct at the same time. Finally, found this video! This is the most powerful function I have learnt in Excel so far! The tutorial had explained the function very clearly that make very easy to understand & apply! Also found that besides "+", can also use "-" to exclude some conditions. Thanks a lot!

[@LeilaGharani]

You're very welcome. Glad you liked the explanation. True. SUMPRODUCT is so versatile by itself and on top it can be combined with other functions to create impressive one formula arrays.

[@charlesochan9892]

Leila Thank you so much and God bless you for these wonderful tutorials that have transformed me.

[@LeilaGharani]

My pleasure Charles. I'm glad you find the tutorials helpful.

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It is really amaizing that, this video is free !!. Excellent work Leila. Sumproduct is really an amaizing and extreemly usefull function

[@kamelgameel1250]

Great lecture, This is totally useful thanks Leila

[@EricaDyson]

I know this is an old session but it's new to me and I'm so glad I found it! Thanks so much. So clear, so useful!

[@LeilaGharani]

Oldies are goldies :) Glad you found it useful Erica.

[@ulisesserna6155]

Leila great job, helping me grow my knowledge.... looking forward to keep learning from you.

[@merissawong1883]

I finally understand sumproduct. Thank you! Could you provide a video on how to incorporate multiple named ranges as the criteria in sumproduct?

[@yasseralg3928]

Very well executed explanations! Thank you 😊

[@ivanrybalchenko7225]

Thank you! Your explanation is so clear.

[@rheymanda1074]

Your tutorials are the best. Thank you for sharing this knowledge. This is a fantastic use of this function and I can't wait to see how I'll be using it.

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you find the tutorials helpful Guillaume.

[@dasrotrad]

EXCELLENT explanation. You do a marvelous job explaining a complex function. Thank you!

[@LeilaGharani]

You're welcome Robert. Glad you like the explanation.

[@isaiahmaragalla]

you are amazing. thank you. such a clear explanation. hot tip of true value as 1 and false value as 0 is brilliant

[@hadibq]

Great demo for this great function! the array aspect of it now got a bit forgotten by old-timers with all the new array native functions. TY

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Thank you Leila. Your videos are much appreciated.

[@LeilaGharani]

You're welcome. Glad to hear that.

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[@mtsplacement]

Very useful formula and you explained it very well :), Thank You

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Merci. Avec vous on est sûr s’apprendre quelque chose à la fin de la vidéo. Amicalement.

[@innerfire81]

Fantastically helpful video! Thank you!

[@normanli2943]

Very clearly explained! Thank you Leila, you are a good teacher!

[@LeilaGharani]

I'm glad you like it!

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Easy way of teaching complex formulas. Appreciate your hard work❤.

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[@LeilaGharani]

I'm really glad it is helpful!

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[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you for the kind feedback, Mark!

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BEAUTIFUL WAY OF TEACHING, Thank you so much.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you Lavi.

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Priceless illustration! It`s hard to find words to express my appreciation

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you for the kind feedback!

[@infernaltactics4498]

thank you so much, this is the exact video I needed to make my sumproduct formula work :)

[@operamaniak81]

Many new functions in Excel, but this video is like about a new star too. Very inspiring, thank you!

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Amazing! What a great, easy to follow tutorial!

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each time I see your video I know I'm going to be surprised. This one is not an exception. Thank you for sharing.

[@sachinrv1]

Leila, thanks for sharing this exquisite function. Usually we tend to use countif/s, sumif/s for they are quite a simpler than sumproduct. The slight rigidity of sumproduct is in understanding use of "*" ,"+" and "=". This will take a person little while to get hang on to. But still surely useful. Thanks again...

[@LeilaGharani]

Yes, true - we have to be careful with the brackets too when using SUMPRODUCT. But the great thing about it, is it can simply do OR conditions which the SUMIFS can't do easily - (unless we use two or more SUMIFS functions or wrap the SUMIFS inside a SUMPRODUCT function :) )

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Thank you very much Leila for teaching us Excel functions. Can you kindly do a session on how to use Excel cubes?

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Crisp n clear explanation

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[@LeilaGharani]

You're very welcome. Thank you for your support of my courses. Hope you find a lot of value in them for your work.

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@Leila is the Goddess of Excel...this video had answers to lot of my queries...thank you..u are the best

[@NoShadowOfDoubt1]

Thank you... a great alternative to two SUMIFs....

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Great explination of how Excel interprets the information.

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i stumbled into your videos while bored at work. i love your explanations, great work! now i have to watch all your videos and pick up all the cool tricks!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that :)

[@ah244895]

You are great at explaining. I learned much of this already but you explain how and why it works superbly!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you! I'm glad you find the tutorials easy to follow :)

[@animeasia6450]

Wow this video actually clears all my doubts thank you ma'am.

[@debseymour5705]

Wow Leila This saves me so much time. Thanks Heaps!!

[@resrussia]

Excellent video tutorial on SUMPRODUCT. Your explanations are easy follow.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks +Training Research

[@darcyg852]

Best instructor! Bar none! You make it so comprehensive!

[@LeilaGharani]

Wow, thank you Darcy!

[@shironmania]

Rightly said that this is for advanced users....many would have used sumproduct in a elementary level but with criteria it makes a very useful tool....thanks again

[@LeilaGharani]

Very true. It really is a powerful function that is often overlooked.

[@EliotPowell]

First, I have only recently discovered your KZbin channel, and I find it to be super helpful, and secondly, your explanation and uses for SUMPRODUCT will absolutely change the way I use Excel. A few comments: 1. Typos in the SUMPRODUCT_Excel_Explained_Free_Worknook_Xelplus: in Cells H23, H24 and H25 the word is SUMPRODUCT (not “SUMPRODCUT”) 2. In practicality, I find the Average Price calculation misleading. Revenue of 98,200 divided by a quantity of 470 units is 208.94. Your calculation of 208.40 is effectively a simple average of the 5 prices, not reflective of how much was sold. 3. Curiously, when you double check the Average Price (around 13:45 of the video), the Status Bar shows an average value for the highlighted values in cells D46, D47, D48, D50 and D52 of 208. I get the same result of 208 when highlighting the numbers in the same sequence (D46, D47, D48, D50, then D52) 4. The numbers in those cells (100, 200, 320, 222, and 200) actually have an average of 208.4. Somehow, the Status Bar shows a different (incorrect?) number of 208. 5. Even more curious, on my computer, when I highlight the cells from your file in reverse order (D52, D50, D48, D47, then D46) the Status Bar shows the correct Average Price of 208.4 … I don’t know why this is, but I am hoping you can explain it!

[@ketandave3273]

LG! This was really good. I never knew this! It makes match-index complications hell of a simple thing! Thank you very much.

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad to help :)

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Leila Gharani, I found your videos great and helpful. You are doing a great work. Your mode of delivering information and your presentation is best of best. Slowly and steadily you focus on each and every point and make lecture complete. May God reward you for this kind work. Wish you success. Thanks

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you so much for your comment! Makes me very happy to hear you find the videos helpful.

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I’m impressed with your knowledge

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That's how Excel (and everything) should be taught. Thank you

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[@LeilaGharani]

You're welcome Luis....and thank you!

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Exactly what I was looking for !

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Perfect explanation as always!

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[@LeilaGharani]

You're very welcome. Glad you find the tutorials helpful.

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Thanks a lot for your videos! They all are super useful!

[@user-ff4lt3bo7i]

Thank you for the tutor! Very Helpful!

[@TJMelrose]

I wish I could give this video 1000 thumbs-up. I finally understand SUMPRODUCT well enough to use it on my own. Thank you Leila Gharani!

[@LeilaGharani]

I'm already happy with the one thumbs up :) I'm glad the video is helpful Thomas.

[@pavannandula]

Awesome video. Now I got to know about the real use & value of SumProduct Function

[@clarehumail]

How fantastic your interdiction for SUMPRODUCT formula. It is useful for me, Thank you Leila.

[@LeilaGharani]

I'm happy to hear you find it useful. Thank you for the feedback.