Excel Nesting IF in SumIfs

Question

Ok. So i'm looking to nest IF in my SUMIFS formulas. The only problem i'm having is when one of my referenced cells show FALSE, the formula no longer works. How do i get the formula to completely remove that Criteria from the SUMIFS formula and still work?

Codes i've used.

=SUMIFS(R:R,IF(BE4=TRUE,I:I),IF(BE4=TRUE,BD4),J:J,BD5)

=IF(BE4=TRUE,SUMIFS(R:R,I:I,BD4),0)+IF(BE5=TRUE,SUMIFS(R:R,J:J,BD5),0)

I've even tried breaking the SUMIFS formula into multiple cells, and using IF and INDIRECT to create a working code. Just keeps popping up with #REF error.

Here's that code

=INDIRECT(CONCATENATE(BK1,IF(BE2=TRUE,BK2,""),IF(BE3=TRUE,BK3,""),IF(BE4=TRUE,BK4,""),IF(BE5=TRUE,BK5,""),BK6))

Here's the code that didn't work before the IF.

=INDIRECT(CONCATENATE(BK1,BK2,BK3,BK4,BK5,BK6))

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Mock Sheet https://www.dropbox.com/s/tl64vbsalcqxqdm/CriteriaIFS.xlsx?dl=0

Answer 1

I needed to do the same thing. The formula needed to look at a different column as Criteria_Range2 depending on product. I put an IF statement for both the Criteria_Range2, and for the Criteria2 because each column had slightly different information. Basically, it tells the formula use column C (in another worksheet) as the Criteria_Range2 if the product category is anything other than Ceilings. If it is Ceilings, it uses column A as Criteria_Range2. On my worksheet, Column A is a "helper column" that groups our Ceilings sub-products into Tile and Grid.

Hopefully this isn't too confusing, but it works for me and I didn't easily find anything else out there showing how to use IF statements in the Criteria Ranges in the SUMIFS. (I suggest ignoring the very ugly xlookup defining the sum_range.)

SUMIFS(XLOOKUP($AF$20&"COGS CM MTD",Fact_Sales!$E$6:$CS$6&Fact_Sales!$E$7:$CS$7,Fact_Sales!$E$8:$CS$928),Fact_Sales!$B$8:$B$928,'Report Draft'!$AE27,IF('Report Draft'!$AD27<>"CEILINGS",Fact_Sales!$C$8:$C$928,Fact_Sales!$A$8:$A$928),IF('Report Draft'!$AD27<>"CEILINGS",'Report Draft'!$AD27,'Report Draft'!$AF27))

Answer 2

Try this array formula:

 =SUMIFS(N:N,IF($A$2,E:E,T:T),IF($A$2,$C$2,""),IF($A$3,F:F,T:T),IF($A$3,$C$3,""),IF($A$4,H:H,T:T),IF($A$4,$C$4,""),IF($A$5,I:I,T:T),IF($A$5,$C$5,""))

It is an array formula and must be confirmed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter.

This is based on your data sheet provided. You will need to change the references to your sheet. The column T reference should be a column that is empty.

Answer 3

Please try this formula,

=IF(BE4=TRUE,SUMIFS(R:R,I:I,BD4,J:J,BD5),SUMIFS(R:R,J:J,BD5))

Your formula

=SUMIFS(R:R,IF(BE4=TRUE,I:I),IF(BE4=TRUE,BD4),J:J,BD5)

You are saying: Sum from column R everything if match in J with BD5 and IF BE4 is TRUE THEN in I IF match with BD5. Well, the error is because, if BE4 is true is returning a string not a range. Instead you could use this:

=SUMIFS(R:R,INDIRECT(IF(BE4=TRUE,I:I)),INDIRECT(IF(BE4=TRUE,BD4)),J:J,BD5)

And it will be ok, until BE4 is FALSE. because the INDIRECT function return an #REF!... and will be a mess.

I'm not sure if I get the whole idea, but please tell me if you need an emprovement.

Edit #1

Reading your comments I think this could help:

=IF(BE4=TRUE,SUMIFS(R:R,I:I,BD4),0)+IF(BE4=TRUE,SUMIFS(R:R,J:J,BD5))

Try to post some dummie database (using text table format) to give you a better help... and remember to read this: How to ask because your question is to vague, and it was necesary to many comments and answers to "guess" what you really want.

Answer 4

Try this formula:

=SUMIFS(BK1:BK6,BK1:BK6,">=0")