Reference Found Cell in Column & Search The Adjacent Cell

Pandize

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Hello,

So the formula I am trying to create is described as this;
Search column for specific text, if text is found, then search the cell to the left of the found cell for specific text. If the text is true, count.

Currently what I've tried is the following;
=SUM(COUNTIFS(D:D,{"TEST1","TEST2"},C:C,"(TEST3)"))

The problem is column C. Instead of searching the whole column, I want it to search the cell next to the one where TEST1 or TEST2 was found for TEST3.
This should apply for all of column D, if it finds any more text matching TEST1 or TEST2, it will search the adjacent ones as well.

Hopefully this isn't as difficult for some of you guys as it has been for me!
 

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I think you formula has typos
=SUM(COUNTIFS(D:D,{"TEST1","TEST2"},C:C,"(TEST3)"))

Shouldn't it be
=SUM(COUNTIFS(D:D,{"TEST1","TEST2"},C:C,"TEST3"))

M.
 
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Oh, yes. The specific text that I was searching for contained () in it, I just never removed it when replacing the text with "TEST".
 
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So, the formula works now, or not?

M.

The formula that I showed doesn't work how I want it to right now.
C:C is checking the entire column, but I want it to check the adjacent cell that is found by the first section. See;

The problem is column C. Instead of searching the whole column, I want it to search the cell next to the one where TEST1 or TEST2 was found for TEST3.
This should apply for all of column D, if it finds any more text matching TEST1 or TEST2, it will search the adjacent ones as well.
 
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Worked for me


[Table="class: grid"][tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"][/td][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
C
[/td][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
D
[/td][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
E
[/td][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
F
[/td][/tr]
[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
1
[/td][td]
Value1​
[/td][td]
Value2​
[/td][td][/td][td]
Formula​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
2
[/td][td="bgcolor:#FFFF00"]
TEST3​
[/td][td="bgcolor:#FFFF00"]
TEST1​
[/td][td][/td][td]
3​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
3
[/td][td]
TEST2​
[/td][td]
TEST2​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
4
[/td][td="bgcolor:#FFFF00"]
TEST3​
[/td][td="bgcolor:#FFFF00"]
TEST1​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
5
[/td][td]
TEST3​
[/td][td]
TEST4​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
6
[/td][td="bgcolor:#FFFF00"]
TEST3​
[/td][td="bgcolor:#FFFF00"]
TEST2​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
7
[/td][td]
TEST6​
[/td][td]
TEST2​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[/table]


Formula in F2
=SUM(COUNTIFS(D:D,{"TEST1","TEST2"},C:C,"TEST3"))

M.
 
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Worked for me


[TABLE="class: grid"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
C
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[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
D
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
E
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
F
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
1
[/TD]
[TD]
Value1​
[/TD]
[TD]
Value2​
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
Formula​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
2
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFF00]#FFFF00[/URL] "]
TEST3​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFF00]#FFFF00[/URL] "]
TEST1​
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
3​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
3
[/TD]
[TD]
TEST2​
[/TD]
[TD]
TEST2​
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
4
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFF00]#FFFF00[/URL] "]
TEST3​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFF00]#FFFF00[/URL] "]
TEST1​
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
5
[/TD]
[TD]
TEST3​
[/TD]
[TD]
TEST4​
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
6
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFF00]#FFFF00[/URL] "]
TEST3​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFF00]#FFFF00[/URL] "]
TEST2​
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DCE6F1]#DCE6F1[/URL] "]
7
[/TD]
[TD]
TEST6​
[/TD]
[TD]
TEST2​
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


Formula in F2
=SUM(COUNTIFS(D:D,{"TEST1","TEST2"},C:C,"TEST3"))

M.

You are correct! I probably just over-thought it or misspelled it. Thanks for the useful graphic!
 
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