
SUMIF in action - adding up all sales that are greater than a certain number. To add up all values that are greater than or equal to 500: enter ">=500". You'll get an error if you leave those out. Notice the use of quotation marks around the criteria. To add up all values that are greater than 500: enter ">500" as the criteria. Excel knows you want to match cells with a value of 500. To add up all values that equal 500: enter 500 as the criteria.
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One of the tricky things when constructing a SUMIF function is how to present the criteria. In the two examples above, the first example doesn't need you to provide a sum_range, while the second example does. It is optional if you leave it out, Excel will check the criteria against the sum_range. sum_range is the range of cells that will be added up.

criteria is the criteria which must be met for a cell to be included in the total.range is the range of cells you want to add up.The SUMIF function has the following syntax: Sales) where the cells in another column (e.g. You want to add up all the cells in a range where the cells in another range meet a certain criteria, e.g.

Sales) that contain a value of $500 or higher.

