countifs help

[Techenthusiast]

I am having trouble using COUNTIFS with UNIQUE and FILTER. I used COUNTA but it returns 1 because it's counting cells that are not empty.

 

[etaf]

NOT sure i follow
the result is 2 from the image - what are the cells that are empty you want to count
counta will count non empty cells

rows() is another option other than counta

Note: Images are difficult to see , and also requires that I input all the data myself, which means I may make an error, which is very time consuming, and from my point of view less likely to get a response, if a complicated spreadsheet. Plus we cannot see any of the formulas used.

Therefore -

A SMALL sample spreadsheet, around 10-20 rows, would help a lot here, with all sensitive data removed, and expected results mocked up and manually entered, with a few notes of explanation.

This will possibly enable a quicker and more accurate solution for you.

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You can also test to see if it works ok, in the "Test Here" forum.

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OR if you cannot get XL2BB to work, or have restrictions on your PC

then put the sample spreadsheet onto a share

I only tend to goto OneDrive, Dropbox or google docs , as I'm never certain of other random share sites and possible virus.
Please make sure you have a representative data sample and also that the data has been desensitised, remember this site is open to anyone with internet access to see - so any sensitive / personal data should be removed

Make sure you set any share or google to share to everyone

 

[Techenthusiast]

My IT would not allow download zip or file sharing otherwise so I will try to explain based on the image I shared earlier.
I want to count cells in column F that has "No" based on unique values in column C.
In the example, 4 cells has load number 1800213874 and column F has "No" for all those cells. Cell C9 has load number 1800213876 and a "No" value in F9.
In this scenario, count in J4 = 2 is correct. But when all cells in column F have "Yes" values, J4 still counts 1 because the cells have formula and they aren't empty.
So, I want to number of "No" in column F based on unique values in Column C when all cells in column F have formulas.
I hope it makes sense and thanks for your help.

 

[Fluff]

Hi & welcome to MrExcel.
Change the COUNTA to ROWS & then wrap the whole thing in IFERROR.

 

[Techenthusiast]

@Fluff ROWS worked!
@etaf thanks for your support.
You guys are amazing!

 

[Fluff]

Glad we could help & thanks for the feedback.