SUMIFS with Multiple Criteria
Sum values only when several business conditions are true.
What this solves
Sum quantity for one material and one shift. This pattern is useful when the business question is clear but a generic tutorial is too abstract.
The rule
=SUMIFS(sum_range,criteria_range1,criteria1,criteria_range2,criteria2)
=SUMIFS($D:$D,$A:$A,H2,$B:$B,H3)Google Sheets: The core pattern is also usable in Google Sheets; exact function support and locale separators can differ.
Real-work checklist
- Define the business key and expected grain before writing the formula, query or markup.
- Test the pattern on a small known sample where you can verify the answer manually.
- Check missing values, duplicates and data types before trusting a large result.
- Scale to the real file or database only after the logic is proven.
Common mistake
SUMIFS requires the sum and criteria ranges to have compatible sizes.