Multiple Columns With the Same Items to Sum

AKFlyer

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Hi, I'm trying to find a way to sum the amount of needed materials based on what Item(s) I choose/filter by. In other words, if I want to build Items 1 and 5 in the first box below, I would need a total of 1 Copper, 3 Silver, 2 Iron, 6 Gold. I want to choose/filter by the items I'm looking for, and have it display only one instance of each material and the sum of that material I need. Something like the second box below.

I've tried Pivot Table, Sumifs, Filtering, and a couple other dumb ideas but can't seem to get it to work. I'd say I'm above average on my Excel knowledge but some things just stump me. I appreciate any help or suggestions!
 

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I'm sure there'll be a formula answer to this, but this is the best I could come up with. Uses a UDF, and conditional formatting.
UDF (pu in a standard module)
VBA Code:
Function SumMat(r As Range, s As String) As Long
    Dim c As Range, x As Long
    For Each c In r
        If c.EntireRow.Hidden = False And c = s Then x = x + c.Offset(0, 1)
    Next c
    SumMat = x
End Function

Before applying the filter:
Book1
ABCDEFG
1ITEMMaterialAmtMaterialAmtMaterialAmt
2Item 1Copper1Silver2
3Item 2Silver3Gold1Iron1
4Item 3Iron2Nickel5Silver2
5Item 4Nickel2Copper1
6Item 5Silver1Iron2Gold6
7
8
9MaterialAmt
10Copper2
11Gold7
12Iron5
13Nickel7
14Silver8
15
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C10:C14C10=SumMat($B$2:$G$6,B10)
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
B10:B14Expression=C10=0textNO
C10:C14Cell Value=0textNO


After applying the filter:
Book1
ABCDEFG
1ITEMMaterialAmtMaterialAmtMaterialAmt
2Item 1Copper1Silver2
6Item 5Silver1Iron2Gold6
7
8
9MaterialAmt
10Copper1
11Gold6
12Iron2
13Nickel0
14Silver3
15
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C10:C14C10=SumMat($B$2:$G$6,B10)
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
B10:B14Expression=C10=0textNO
C10:C14Cell Value=0textNO
 
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I'm sure there'll be a formula answer to this, but this is the best I could come up with. Uses a UDF, and conditional formatting.
UDF (pu in a standard module)
VBA Code:
Function SumMat(r As Range, s As String) As Long
    Dim c As Range, x As Long
    For Each c In r
        If c.EntireRow.Hidden = False And c = s Then x = x + c.Offset(0, 1)
    Next c
    SumMat = x
End Function

Before applying the filter:
Book1
ABCDEFG
1ITEMMaterialAmtMaterialAmtMaterialAmt
2Item 1Copper1Silver2
3Item 2Silver3Gold1Iron1
4Item 3Iron2Nickel5Silver2
5Item 4Nickel2Copper1
6Item 5Silver1Iron2Gold6
7
8
9MaterialAmt
10Copper2
11Gold7
12Iron5
13Nickel7
14Silver8
15
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C10:C14C10=SumMat($B$2:$G$6,B10)
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
B10:B14Expression=C10=0textNO
C10:C14Cell Value=0textNO


After applying the filter:
Book1
ABCDEFG
1ITEMMaterialAmtMaterialAmtMaterialAmt
2Item 1Copper1Silver2
6Item 5Silver1Iron2Gold6
7
8
9MaterialAmt
10Copper1
11Gold6
12Iron2
13Nickel0
14Silver3
15
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C10:C14C10=SumMat($B$2:$G$6,B10)
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
B10:B14Expression=C10=0textNO
C10:C14Cell Value=0textNO

This works for what I need, thank you!
 
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