Comments on: Budget Hack: SUMIF To The Rescue http://myfamilysmoney.com/blog/budget-hack-sumif-to-the-rescue/ getting the most out of life one penny at a time ... Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steward http://myfamilysmoney.com/blog/budget-hack-sumif-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-17696 Steward Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:01:34 +0000 http://myfamilysmoney.com/blog/?p=171#comment-17696 Hi Austin, Your question is a tricky one because the answer is both yes and no. The answer is yes in that I do exactly what you have described, I sum up my expenses in a certain category (like bills, food, or entertainment) for a certain range of dates (usually one calendar month). However, I cheat in that I only create on spread sheet for each calender month so my sumif equation does not have two sets of variables (i.e both date and category name). This leads me to why the answer is both yes and no. It is also no because there is no way - that I know of - to use two sets of variables such as a date range and a category name with a sumif function. If that does not make any sense whatsoever you can always send me an email with a mock up of your budget with what you want in it and I would be more than happy to take a look at it for you and see if I can figure anything out with it. -Steward Hi Austin,

Your question is a tricky one because the answer is both yes and no. The answer is yes in that I do exactly what you have described, I sum up my expenses in a certain category (like bills, food, or entertainment) for a certain range of dates (usually one calendar month). However, I cheat in that I only create on spread sheet for each calender month so my sumif equation does not have two sets of variables (i.e both date and category name).

This leads me to why the answer is both yes and no. It is also no because there is no way – that I know of – to use two sets of variables such as a date range and a category name with a sumif function.

If that does not make any sense whatsoever you can always send me an email with a mock up of your budget with what you want in it and I would be more than happy to take a look at it for you and see if I can figure anything out with it.

-Steward

]]> By: Austin http://myfamilysmoney.com/blog/budget-hack-sumif-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-17692 Austin Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:59:34 +0000 http://myfamilysmoney.com/blog/?p=171#comment-17692 I'm using a very similar method and was wondering if you knew a way to use the sumif function to only sum a category and range of dates? I budget weekly (probably going to switch to bi-weekly) and would like to sum up my expenses that were incurred in each week. I've googled and have yet to find a way to do this. I’m using a very similar method and was wondering if you knew a way to use the sumif function to only sum a category and range of dates? I budget weekly (probably going to switch to bi-weekly) and would like to sum up my expenses that were incurred in each week.

I’ve googled and have yet to find a way to do this.

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