Sumif(Text(Range,"mmmm"),"January",Range) does not work

kornsatu

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Hi,

I have 2-column data record (hourly data in 1 year = 8760 rows), for example:

Column 1 Column 2
1/1/2018 00:00 15
1/1/2018 01:00 20
1/1/2018 02:00 5
.
.
.
31/12/2018 23:00 20


Then, I would like to summarize to monthly value.
What I use is
=sumif(text(A2:A8761,"mmmm"),"January",B2:B8761)

it seems to be not working, I don't understand why?

However, I can use {=sum(if(text(A2:A8761,"mmmm")="January",B2:B8761))} which is in this case working fine.
But I would like to know why sumif function does not work

Thank you for your help
 
Yes, it returns the range output as text. That's not what SumIf() requires.

SumIf() requires the reference to the range.

Ex.:
A1:C1 have 1,2,3

SumIf(A1:C1,...,...) is OK, the parameter has a reference to the range

SumIf({1,2,3},...,...) does not work. The parameter has the values of the range, not the reference to the range

Very Clear explanation. Now I understood why it does not work.
Thanks a lot
 
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