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Gilbert Rifkin
Gilbert Rifkin
3,116 Points
Posted by Gilbert Rifkin
Gilbert Rifkin
3,116 Points

Expenses

I thought I was putting in the right information to the SUMIF function but no matter how many variations I try I keep receiving the answer "0"

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

What's the complete formula you enter?

Zimri Leijen
Zimri Leijen
11,835 Points

If you want people to help, it would be helpful to show some example code of what you have tried.

Gilbert Rifkin
Gilbert Rifkin
3,116 Points
Gilbert Rifkin
Gilbert Rifkin
3,116 Points

I wrote =SUMIF(A3:A176,"F&B",B3:B176) is the code I figured is correct. I also tried multiple variations e.g.: =SUMIF(B3:B176,"F&B",A3:A176)

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The range is testing the wrong column.
Column A contains the item descriptions ā€” but you want to test the Category which is column Ā CĀ .