Function Sumif Formula. The sumif function is a built in function in excel that is categorized as a math trig function. The sumif function returns the sum of cells in a range that meet a single condition.
As a worksheet function the sumif function can be entered as part of a formula in a cell of a worksheet. Formula used for the sumifs function in excel. Criteria1 used to determine which cells to add.
Wildcard characters such as and can be used within the criteria argument when using the sumifs.
For example suppose that in a column that contains numbers you want to sum only the values that are larger than 5. We discussed the sumif syntax in detail in the previous article so let me give you just a quick summary now. The first argument is the range to apply criteria to the second argument is the criteria and the last argument is the range containing values to sum. Sumif supports logical operators and wildcards for partial matching.
