How to Use SUMPRODUCT in Excel
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Quickly learn how Excel's SUMPRODUCT function works. It is one of Microsoft Excel's most powerful yet often overlooked function.
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🔑 Key Highlights:
▪️ Start with basic SUMPRODUCT uses - perfect for those new to Excel.
▪️ Advanced Applications: See how SUMPRODUCT can replace complex functions like VLOOKUP and SUMIFS.
▪️ Real-World Examples: From calculating revenue to performing OR conditions, learn through practical scenarios.
▪️ Pro Tips: Crucial syntax tips for error-free usage.
The classical use of Excel's SUMPRODUCT function is to do a sum of multiplications. The good thing about SUMPRODUCT is that it can work on arrays of values and it doesn’t have to be entered as an array function so no need to do control + shift + enter (CSE).
The great thing about SUMPRODUCT, is that it can help solve many more problems in non-obvious ways. It can act as a conditional SUMIFS function or work as a lookup function as INDEX and MATCH does. It can also act as a COUNTIF function.
SUMPRODUCT is also a better SUMIFS, because it can check for OR conditions - which the SUMIFS can't. SUMIFS can only check for AND conditions.
In this video you will see different examples of the SUMPRODUCT function and you will learn how it can save you from unnecessary "workarounds" in your Excel files. It will also show you the SUMPRODUCT formula in slow motion.
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I can't believe how helpful this video was. As someone somewhat advanced in Excel the concept of SUMPRODUCT's utility has always somewhat evaded me. This video was laid out in such a perfect and simple format I completely grasp how the command is actually calculating now. I'm going to turn to your channel for any excel help. Nicely done!
I‘m very glad to hear that Corey! Thank you.
The hot tip for the + meaning or, blew my mind. Didn't know about it. Thank you so much!
You are so welcome, Roberto!
This is awesome. Everytime I think "oh, I already know about this function" I'm wrong, because there is always something new to learn with your videos. Thank you!
It happens to me all the time :)
Your videos are amazing, i have a doubt regarding if lot of datas are there with respect to date...for example for 20 years .how to get month average of every month without using match or lookup or any cell reference formula.
This helped me so much in my Excel interview today. I used sumproduct instead of countifs and sumifs and the interviewer was visibly impressed.
Thank you so much - you will have a lot of good karma (and business) for doing this.
I'm glad it was helpful!
@@LeilaGharani Wow... I'm very courious of it... what kind of task could it have been where I use sumproduct instead of countifs and sumifs? Could you or maybe Kapil P please give an example?
Meanwhile I studied "sumproduct", now I know that it can be used as countif (count quantity, as in this video, no numbers will be counted) and sumif (when there is only 1 array, so there's no multiplicaton)
@@LeilaGharani there any way I can add up a certain product in a list of many different items?
Super clear demonstration. Short and precise. Thank you!
I've always loved Sumproduct, it does so much; and nice to hear / see someone emphasizing the importance of bracketing, I ended up creating a crib sheet of every AND / OR combination I could think as I was always getting confused. Still do for that matter.
Superb. Without a doubt, you're excel guru. Someone called me yesterday guru because I made for them a simple software. But you're the real guru you're teaching billions of people around the world.
The simplicity and elegance of this use of sumproduct is genious, you rock!! 😀
I love Leila!!! My favorite excel teacher!! I recommend her to everyone who wishes to expand their knowledge about any aspect of this tool!!!
Great demo for this great function! the array aspect of it now got a bit forgotten by old-timers with all the new array native functions. TY
Many new functions in Excel, but this video is like about a new star too. Very inspiring, thank you!
i’ve worked with sumproduct but this segment cleared up unanswered questions. Thank you!
One of your very best videos! Not only did I learn something about SUMPRODUCT, but your "slow motion" explanation is elegant and understandable. I try something similar when teaching SUMIFS, but you've really clarified it.
Easy way of teaching complex formulas. Appreciate your hard work❤.
Hello!! This is an amazing channel! I used Sumifs, index match mainly but not Sum product. I knew more than most in both organisations over the past decade but, this is a game changer! Thank you so much!
Glad it's helpful for you. Sumproduct really can be quite useful.
Wow..... Just wow! This helps a lot with my excel problems.
Still watching a lot of your contents and they are all very helpful since you're so good at explaining the concept really well.
You have an exceptional/genius skills in excel! I'll watch them all and proceed with your VBA next. 😉
I have been using excel for work for quite sometime. Have been searching what function can perform both sumif & sumproduct at the same time. Finally, found this video! This is the most powerful function I have learnt in Excel so far! The tutorial had explained the function very clearly that make very easy to understand & apply! Also found that besides "+", can also use "-" to exclude some conditions. Thanks a lot!
You're very welcome. Glad you liked the explanation. True. SUMPRODUCT is so versatile by itself and on top it can be combined with other functions to create impressive one formula arrays.
I wish I could give this video 1000 thumbs-up. I finally understand SUMPRODUCT well enough to use it on my own. Thank you Leila Gharani!
I'm already happy with the one thumbs up :) I'm glad the video is helpful Thomas.
First, I have only recently discovered your TH-cam channel, and I find it to be super helpful, and secondly, your explanation and uses for SUMPRODUCT will absolutely change the way I use Excel.
A few comments:
1. Typos in the SUMPRODUCT_Excel_Explained_Free_Worknook_Xelplus: in Cells H23, H24 and H25 the word is SUMPRODUCT (not “SUMPRODCUT”)
2. In practicality, I find the Average Price calculation misleading. Revenue of 98,200 divided by a quantity of 470 units is 208.94. Your calculation of 208.40 is effectively a simple average of the 5 prices, not reflective of how much was sold.
3. Curiously, when you double check the Average Price (around 13:45 of the video), the Status Bar shows an average value for the highlighted values in cells D46, D47, D48, D50 and D52 of 208. I get the same result of 208 when highlighting the numbers in the same sequence (D46, D47, D48, D50, then D52)
4. The numbers in those cells (100, 200, 320, 222, and 200) actually have an average of 208.4. Somehow, the Status Bar shows a different (incorrect?) number of 208.
5. Even more curious, on my computer, when I highlight the cells from your file in reverse order (D52, D50, D48, D47, then D46) the Status Bar shows the correct Average Price of 208.4 … I don’t know why this is, but I am hoping you can explain it!
great function. thank you for this video to know how we can use it. it's easy to learn with you and good example.
Hi Leila, you have made life so easy for all of us. The only thing one has to do is turn on TH-cam and watch your channel. You have so precisely explained use of comma and aster sign while using SUMPRODUCT.
Thank you so much Sachin for your continuous support. It means a lot!
@@LeilaGharani Thanks for your lovely words :). Taking this SUMPRODUCT a step further, request you to upload video on using SUMPRODUCT to add up values containing specific whole number in range of cells :)
each time I see your video I know I'm going to be surprised. This one is not an exception. Thank you for sharing.
Excellent. I was little bit tensed. How and where I will use sumproduct. You make me clear. Thanks.
Trust me, your style of teaching and logic is so simple yet powerful
Thank you!
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Leila Gharani, your channel is amazing. Every time I watch a video, I gain specific useful knowledge to put in good use. Thank you for the great videos.
You're very welcome. I'm glad the tutorials are helpful.
@@LeilaGharani , the content you provide is outstanding. I've had a personal project for several years now. I've been improving it using the knowledge from your videos. Due to the episode explaining INDEX and MATCH, and their combination, I was able to get rid of the clunky VLOOKUPs. I was in the process of implementing new features and automation to the project (struggling for several days, stacking IFs, ANDs, ORs, NOWs and INTs on top of one another) when I stumbled on this video, I could quite easily understand how the SUMPRODUCT function works and how powerful it really is. Then, in a matter of less than an hour, I managed to solve my problems with a concise and neat expanded SUMPRODUCT function, or as it was later called in my notes "The Magic Formula". Once again, your content is really helpful, comprehensive and easy to understand and implement. *THUMBS UP*
It's so great to hear that you could apply knowledge learned from my videos to your projects. Makes me happy :)
I spend hours to build a formula of index, match, countif and sum to find the sum value of a customer, But after watching this video for 3 minutes I see that SUMPRODUCT does exactly what I want lol. Thanks Leila Gharani, your tutorials are amazing!
I'm glad I could help with that Kai.
One of the best teachers on the internet. Bravo.
Yeah, I agree, I even have done a few of her courses online through Udemy.
At my work now I am now considered a bit of an Excel Guru... These videos have really helped.
i stumbled into your videos while bored at work. i love your explanations, great work! now i have to watch all your videos and pick up all the cool tricks!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear that :)
Great explanation. It helped me in creating very useful calculations. Thanks.
This just became my favourite explanation of the SUMPRODUCT function!
All of the blog posts about SUMPRODUCT that I had previously bookmarked are now redundant.
Great job Leila!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear that snicho :)
Rightly said that this is for advanced users....many would have used sumproduct in a elementary level but with criteria it makes a very useful tool....thanks again
Very true. It really is a powerful function that is often overlooked.
Super clear and simple. Wow.....
LG! This was really good. I never knew this! It makes match-index complications hell of a simple thing! Thank you very much.
Glad to help :)
Great explination of how Excel interprets the information.
I amazed with your presentation, explanation and giving understanding. I never ever come across like this teaching, like you your math’s skills are superb. Please help me for giving 1st rank, you or your teachings.
Thanks for the very kind words. Very glad to hear the explanation & content is clear :)
It is really amaizing that, this video is free !!. Excellent work Leila. Sumproduct is really an amaizing and extreemly usefull function
your teaching methods is very easy and effective. thank you so much for that
Thanks Leila for showing us the + and * trick when doing OR and AND!
How fantastic your interdiction for SUMPRODUCT formula. It is useful for me, Thank you Leila.
I'm happy to hear you find it useful. Thank you for the feedback.
Great......Leila..,really helpful and extraordinary explanations......very very thanks.
Who says there is no such thing as free lunch........ knowledge i always have had from u The Leila is tremendous.....I have no words to express my thanks....... Video is wowwwwwwwwwwwwwweee....
I'm glad you like it. Many thanks for the kind feedback.
Leila, thanks for sharing this exquisite function. Usually we tend to use countif/s, sumif/s for they are quite a simpler than sumproduct. The slight rigidity of sumproduct is in understanding use of "*" ,"+" and "=". This will take a person little while to get hang on to. But still surely useful. Thanks again...
Yes, true - we have to be careful with the brackets too when using SUMPRODUCT. But the great thing about it, is it can simply do OR conditions which the SUMIFS can't do easily - (unless we use two or more SUMIFS functions or wrap the SUMIFS inside a SUMPRODUCT function :) )
EXCELLENT explanation. You do a marvelous job explaining a complex function. Thank you!
You're welcome Robert. Glad you like the explanation.
Thanks, didn't know why some of my formulas worked with a coma, but not with a *. Now I do, thanks (understanding what Excel is doing with those true/falso and 1/0 made the difference).
Just found this video and it's very helpful. This is a relatively unknown but elegant and powerful function.
Glad you like it!
Textbooks never go in to the why or the practical use of functions. Thank you for making this ❤️
You're so welcome!
Wow, with your teaching I have worked out where I was going wrong with sumproduct. Thanks!
Glad to help Irene.
Your explanation of excel formula's are outstanding.
the easiest and clearest explanation, many thanks, wish you always the best. please keep it up
You are great at explaining. I learned much of this already but you explain how and why it works superbly!
Thank you! I'm glad you find the tutorials easy to follow :)
Thank you. I always thought we must use array formulas for such AND/OR applications.
Amazing Leila... never knew sumproduct is so useful !! Thanks
Happy to help!
Your videos are so clear and concise. Thank you so much for all the help you have provided me.
Thank you for the kind feedback, Mark!
Leila Gharani, I found your videos great and helpful. You are doing a great work. Your mode of delivering information and your presentation is best of best. Slowly and steadily you focus on each and every point and make lecture complete. May God reward you for this kind work. Wish you success. Thanks
Thank you so much for your comment! Makes me very happy to hear you find the videos helpful.
You can use OR in sumifs and countifs by providing your criteria as an array {"C1", "C2", "C3"...} instead of one criteria per range
Very well done. Thank you. The -- in front of a True/False string transform it in a 1/0 string so we may use for math operations.
@Leila is the Goddess of Excel...this video had answers to lot of my queries...thank you..u are the best
This revealed the secrets of the almighty and powerful sumproduct for me. Seriously, great examples and explanations. Thank you!
Glad to help Morgan. Hope it'll come in handy for you.
This is an amazing video, even though English is a foreign language for me but the way you explained the sum-product function, very easily learned it.
Great to hear!
Best instructor! Bar none! You make it so comprehensive!
Wow, thank you Darcy!
Brilliant teaching style, Leila. Your work ethic and the quality of your presentations are inspiring. Thank you for posting these tutorials.
Thank you Bianca! I'm glad you find the tutorials useful.
you are amazing. thank you. such a clear explanation. hot tip of true value as 1 and false value as 0 is brilliant
First of all I would like to say that your tutorials are amazing.
I'm having a hard time overcoming a problem and I really appreciate your support.
I have a holiday form that receives the following information in a spreadsheet:
email, start date of the holidays, end date of the holiday
I need that when a new order is entered, compare it with all previous ones to verify that the same person is not duplicating orders or overlapping days already ordered.
I am using the sumproduct function but I am not achieving the goals
Glad you like the tutorials. With regard to your question - not sure without seeing the problem....At the moment though I have a lot of projects that need to get done...best would to post your specific question either here: www.mrexcel.com/forum or here: www.excelforum.com/ - you can post a link to your question here too and if I get a chance I can take a look, otherwise you will get answers from others...
very nice explanation ........... your teaching method is very easy to learn ...... Thanks!!!!! .....wow.....
You are most welcome
I’m impressed with your knowledge
Always coming with something New! Bravo!
SUMPRODUCT is very useful in load distribution problems. In aviation, the center of gravity (CG) of a cargo/passenger load is important for aircraft handling and safety. If one calculates the centers of mass of cargo containers/pallets and people times their individual masses (using SUMPRODUCT) and divides that number by the total weight (using SUM), the result is the CG of the total load. This CG is then used to compare its location within the CG ranges that are allowable for safe takeoffs and landings and economic fuel burn.
Thanks for your feedback on a practical application.
Leila Gharani You’re welcome. My submission is only one of myriad non-financial uses for Excel.
That's how Excel (and everything) should be taught. Thank you
Really good explanation. Good job. Good luck.
Very clearly explained! Thank you Leila, you are a good teacher!
I'm glad you like it!
I had been watching your videos for a while, but this somehow slipped me. What you can do with Sumproduct is just another level!!
It really is an underrated function!
@@LeilaGharani Agree, totally!
@@LeilaGharani there are other similar ones, unknown and under-rated. DGET for example is an older function to VLOOKUP, but much more versatile. Maybe you should do a video on such not so popular functions
Hi liela, first of all I want to say many many thanks for sumproduct formula you solve my big confusion question. This video help full for me 👍👍👍👍
You're very welcome. I'm glad the video is useful!
Hi, I just found gold mine of excel info I was missing. I am really thankful for sharing all these info.
Great to hear!
Thanks in a million. What a twist. You got the best stuff on earth. SUMProduct is awesome. I have subscribed. A++
Thanks for the sub, John!
This is the best excel tutorial channel I have found so far! Great job!
That's a mega compliment! Thank You!!! and also for your support.
Agreed
really awesome tutorial, I can not tell you how many problems this video has solved for me..... 10000000 likes
I am very grateful to you Leila, you really opened my eyes to learn something truly nice and useful and absolutely helpful. You are more than amazing. I like your videos so much.
I'm really glad it is helpful!
Thank you very much Leila for teaching us Excel functions. Can you kindly do a session on how to use Excel cubes?
This is a great video I haven't seen before this kind of video on TH-cam ! You done a great many of people learn lots of thing just because of you ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
superb explanations i found 2nd best tutorial ever on youtube that makes u matchless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mam could u please make a video on lookupformulas beginner to advance
Hi Jacky. That is so flattering!! Thank you! I have a video on VLOOKUP & HLOOKUP. I'll try to get it loaded before the weekend.
Is the 1st best tutorial also about Excel? If so, would appreciate if you let me know what it is.
OMG, Thank you! I never understood why I was using the * in a sumproduct with condition/exceptions!
You are so welcome!
Awesome video. Now I got to know about the real use & value of SumProduct Function
Wow just awestruck by your materials and explanations of concepts. Thanks a ton.
You're very welcome. Glad you find the tutorials helpful.
This was a wonderful tutorial. Had been doing vlookup with multiple "ifs" till now. This was amazing.
The problem watching your videos is that I can not wait till the end of the tutorial to press LIKE, I usually like and then keep watching. You are great Leila. Thanks.
I have no problem with that :)
Thank you for all your efforts providing all Excel users with valuable Information.
Good information here and clearly explained as always. You need to be very careful using + as an OR operator though... It's perfectly fine in this scenario where only one of the conditions can be TRUE (ie. a company value cannot be both Company A and Company C). In more complex boolean operations where multiple conditions of the OR statement can be TRUE, this method will not work because the term will be evaluated as a count of the number of TRUE conditions.
For example, if (for whatever reason) you wanted to return [Company = Company A] OR [Month = Feb]. In this scenario, it would return a revenue of (2 x 60000) + (1 x 10000) + (1 x 18000) + (1 x 38500) + (1 x 22200) + (2 x 36000) + (1 x 16000). This is an incorrect result because it is counting the 60000 and the 36000 twice.
This is wonderful and very helpful, I was able to solve my query after I saw your video, thanks.
Thanks for the video, I've had sumproduct on a test for the job today and I never used it before (only used sumif/s) and couldn't figure out it, guess the +, *, = and brackets is what I should have known about, but now I'm ready for the next time :)
Exactly! Always good to be prepared :)
Excellent video, thankyou! Exactly what I needed when I needed it!
Great to hear!
Another great video. This sort of formula is really elegant. It makes multi condition statements so much easier and takes very few helper cells.
Excellent explanation..!! Hats OFF..! thank you so much for a wonderful video . you are really a Genius ..!
You are most welcome!
EXCELlent!!!
Thank you Leila!
Thank you +Otto Javier. You have Excellent videos yourself! Great quality! Very impressive. Are they all in Spanish?
Thanks for your appreciation.
Yes, they are all in Spanish.
I have seriously considered putting subtitles to each of them. :)
Best regards!
Thanks a lot for your videos! They all are super useful!
Hi Leila, very interesting video, I was familiar with SUMPRODUCT but not at the extent of using it to handle exceptions. I have been playing with it a bit and found another way to instruct excel to turn TRUE/FALSE into 1 and 0, and that is by using the N function, e.g. =SUMPRODUCT(N(B6:B11=B18),D6:D11). What do you think?
Excellent video tutorial on SUMPRODUCT. Your explanations are easy follow.
Thanks +Training Research
Thanks again, Leila!
You explained this so articulately, made it really easy to understand. Thank you so much!
Merci. Avec vous on est sûr s’apprendre quelque chose à la fin de la vidéo. Amicalement.
Wow!, I am an advanced excel user and never knew that we can do so much using Sumproduct. Thanka Leila :)
I'm glad the video is helpful!