In Excel, sum all values in one column in each row where another column is a specific value

Question

I\'m wondering if there is an easy way to do what I\'m looking for. Basically, I have a balance sheet in Excel 2011 with a bunch of data. One specific piece of information I alw

Answer 1

You could do this using SUMIF. This allows you to SUM a value in a cell IF a value in another cell meets the specified criteria. Here's an example:

 -   A         B
 1   100       YES
 2   100       YES
 3   100       NO

Using the formula: =SUMIF(B1:B3, "YES", A1:A3), you will get the result of 200.

Here's a screenshot of a working example I just did in Excel: