Selecting the max with a condition in excel

Question

I have a range in excel with dates and values

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Answer 1

The equivalent of SUMIF in Excel is something like this:

{=MAX(IF(CategoryColumn="High",ValueColumn,"")}

Where

• CategoryColumn is the column containing your categories (e.g., "Low", "Med", "High")
• ValueColumn is the column containing the data you want to get the max of

NOTE: This is an array formula so you must press Ctrl-Shift-Enter when entering this formula instead of just Enter. Also, don't actually type in the braces {}. The braces show up automatically to indicate that you've entered an array formula.

NOTE 2: You can actually name a range of data. For example, select the range A1:A20. Right-Click and select "Name a Range..." So, for this example, you can select your category column and name it CategoryColumn. Same with ValueColumn.

Array formulas allow you to do IF statements and other functions on a whole range of data instead of just a single value.

This example checks if the value in the "category column" is "High". If it is, it puts the neighboring "value" into the MAX function, otherwise it puts a blank. This gives you the maximum of all the "High" values.

P.S. I don't think the img tag works on this site...can't see your image.

Answer 2

There are three options available.

My preferred option is to create a pivot table without a helper column.

• Option 1: Use a pivot table

Create a pivot table of your data.

Set the row to the date field and group it by year. Alternately a 'Year' helper column could be used by adding a column with this formula.

=YEAR(A2)

Set the data items value portion of the pivot table to be the MAX of your 'High' field

• Option 2: Use the DMAX function

Add a helper column titled year with the formula

=YEAR(A2)

Then add a formula for each year

=DMAX(A1:C21,"High",F13:F14)

• Option 3: Use an array formula

Enter an array formula for each year using the Ctrl-Shift-Enter keys.

{=MAX(IF(YEAR(A2:A21)=2008,B2:B21))}