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Alma has a worksheet that has a column of data containing both positive and negative values. She would like to sum only the positive values in the column and is wondering if there is a way to do it.
Fortunately Excel provides a convenient worksheet function you can use for just this purpose. Suppose, for instance, that all the values were in column A. In a different column you could enter the following formula:
=SUMIF(A:A,">0")
The SUMIF function returns a sum of all values in the range (A:A) that meet the criteria specified (>0). Any other values—those less than or equal to 0—are not included in the sum.
If you don't want to use SUMIF on an entire column, a simple modification in the range being evaluated can be made:
=SUMIF(A1:A100,">0")
Here only the range of A1:A100 is being evaluated and included in the sum.
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2018-10-18 19:49:37
Rachel
Hello,
i am trying to do a stock report where there are 5 different warehouses in 5 different locations, despite some warehouses have negative stock there are others that have stock for example:
warehouse 1 warehouse 2 warehouse 3 warehouse 4
1 -3 0 1
to calculate the warehouse total if i use =sum(a:d) is going to give me -1 which is incorrect
if i use =sumif(a:d,">0") still doesn't give me a real reading of the stock
How can i illustrate that despite there are negative stock warehouse 1 and warehouse 4 have positive stock so the total should be =2
I appriciate if you can help me i been doing my head in trying to get around this
2017-01-18 10:45:14
Michael (Micky) Avidan
@Mohd Niyaz,
Try the SUMIF function.
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Michael (Micky) Avidan
“Microsoft® Answers" - Wiki author & Forums Moderator
“Microsoft®” MVP – Excel (2009-2017)
ISRAEL
2017-01-18 01:05:02
Bobbi
I keep getting "There is a problem with the formula" error when trying this
2017-01-04 03:20:24
Hooman
many thanks.
It was useful
2016-08-09 04:11:16
Mohd Niyaz
how to do text sum with unique format
(ie)
red 100
blue 200
red 150
blue 400
black 250
red 500
now i want to do total sum of red/blue/black
Tq
2016-06-07 00:34:49
harish
Thanks Allen... you made our life easy.
2015-11-13 17:39:22
Alicia
This really helped, THANKS!
2015-05-16 07:06:44
Dan
Great, I've been wanting to know how to do this.
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