How do I get countifs to select all non-blank cells in Excel?

Question

How do I get countifs to select all non-blank cells? I have two other criteria, so using counta alone is not an option.

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Answer 1

If you are using multiple criteria, and want to count the number of non-blank cells in a particular column, you probably want to look at DCOUNTA.

e.g

  A   B   C   D  E   F   G
1 Dog Cat Cow    Dog Cat
2 x   1          x   1
3 x   2 
4 x   1   nb     Result:
5 x   2   nb     1

Formula in E5: =DCOUNTA(A1:C5,"Cow",E1:F2)