SUMPRODUCT vs SUMIFS

Question

I\'m trying to make an in-company guide to Excel (we\'re a small non-profit and sorely need some sort of baseline guide). However, I\'ve gotten stuck trying to explain the d

Answer 1

SUMPRODUCT can actually sum the products from multiple arrays, SUMIFS will sum only values from a single range.

e.g. for input data

10    1
20    2
30    3

=SUMPRODUCT(A1:A3, B1:B3) => 10*1 + 20*2 + 30*3 = 140