Sumproduct/if formula to ignore text string

[MZING81]

Hello Everyone,

I have a formula that I need to use in two different ways.
The first it needs to ignore the blank cells in a range, and sum two other ranges that meet a single text string criteria in each range. But one of the text strings is a combination of text with a dash and then a letter and a number I just need the first four characters. I tried the formula in a few different ways with no luck usually getting a "0".

=SUMPRODUCT('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$Q$5:$Q$1300="")*('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$V$5:$V$1300=D8)*('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$U$5:$U$1300=B8)

D8 is the text string that, four or more letter and then has a dash followed by a letter and number. The formula needs to ignore the "" in the range Q5:Q1300 then check the sum the other ranges.

Thank you for your help

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MZING81

[MZING81]

I've tried this one

=SUMPRODUCT(--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$Q$5:$Q$1300="")*('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$V$5:$V$1300=D8)*('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$U$5:$U$1300=B8))

but still get a zero.

[MZING81]

AND TRIED THIS ONE

=SUMPRODUCT(--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$Q$5:$Q$1300="")--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$V$5:$V$1300=D8)*('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$U$5:$U$1300=B8))

WHICH RETURNS, 508, BUT IT'S STILL OFF SHOUDL BE ABOUT 260ish.

[CheshireCat]

Your formula appears to be counting only the occasions when there is a blank in the "Q" range, not excluding them. Try modifying like this:

SUMPRODUCT(--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$Q$5:$Q$1300<>""),--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$V$5:$V$1300=D8),--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$U$5:$U$1300=B8))

Your description of the "first four Characters" is a little confusing, can you post a sample workbook to help clarify?

[MZING81]

Your formula appears to be counting only the occasions when there is a blank in the "Q" range, not excluding them. Try modifying like this:

SUMPRODUCT(--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$Q$5:$Q$1300<>""),--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$V$5:$V$1300=D8),--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$U$5:$U$1300=B8))

Your description of the "first four Characters" is a little confusing, can you post a sample workbook to help clarify?

Thanks for the help it almost completely worked.

=SUMPRODUCT(--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$Q$5:$Q$1204<>""),--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$V$5:$V$1204=D8)--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$U$5:$U$1204=B8))

An example of B8 is listed in the spread sheet as HTTP-G5

[MZING81]

Thanks for the help it almost completely worked.

=SUMPRODUCT(--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$Q$5:$Q$1204<>""),--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$V$5:$V$1204=D8)--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$U$5:$U$1204=B8))

An example of B8 is listed in the spread sheet as HTTP-G5

To clarify the above statment there are a quite a few different forms of the text string beside HTTP-G5, but similar to that with text, some are longer but all roughly the same format.
Can I use a *, next to the cell reference?

[Bob Phillips]

Is this what you want

=SUMPRODUCT(--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$Q$5:$Q$1204<>""),
--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$V$5:$V$1204=D8),
--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$U$5:$U$1204=LEFT(B8,FIND("-",B8)-1)))

[MZING81]

Is this what you want

=SUMPRODUCT(--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$Q$5:$Q$1204<>""),
--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$V$5:$V$1204=D8),
--('SCHEDULE WEEK ONE'!$U$5:$U$1204=LEFT(B8,FIND("-",B8)-1)))

Thanks for the assistance! I tried it out but it didnt quite function, ended using a helper column. But still gotta work on how the first portion, column q, will be able to account for multiple text strings, maybe I can use, &.

MZING81

[Bob Phillips]

Why don't you post an example workbook.