DCOUNTA Function (Functions in Excel)

Product	Wattage	Life Hours	Brand	Unit Cost	Box Quantity	Boxes In Stock	Value Of Stock
Bulb	200	3000	Horizon	£4.50	4	3	£54.00
Neon	100	2000	Horizon	£2.00	15	2	£60.00
Spot	60						£0.00
Other	10	8000	Sunbeam	£0.80	25	6	£120.00
Bulb	80	1000	Horizon	£0.20	40	3	£24.00
Spot	100	unknown	Horizon	£1.25	10	4	£50.00
Spot	200	3000	Horizon	£2.50	15	1	£37.50
Other	25	unknown	Sunbeam	£0.50	10	3	£15.00
Bulb	200	3000	Sunbeam	£5.00	3	2	£30.00
Neon	100	2000	Sunbeam	£1.80	20	5	£180.00
Bulb	100	unknown	Sunbeam	£0.25	10	5	£12.50
Bulb	10	800	Horizon	£0.20	25	2	£10.00
Bulb	60	1000	Sunbeam	£0.15	25	1	£3.75
Bulb	80	1000	Sunbeam	£0.20	30	2	£12.00
Bulb	100	2000	Horizon	£0.80	10	5	£40.00
Bulb	40	1000	Horizon	£0.10	20	5	£10.00

Count the number of products of a particular Brand.

	Brand	These two cells are the Criteria range.
Type the brand name :	Horizon

The COUNT value of Horizon is :

8

=DCOUNTA(B3:I19,E3,E23:E24)

What Does It Do ?

This function examines a list of information and counts the non blank cells in a specified column.

It counts values and text items, but blank cells are ignored.

Syntax

=DCOUNTA(DatabaseRange,FieldName,CriteriaRange)

The DatabaseRange is the entire list of information you need to examine, including the

field names at the top of the columns.

The FieldName is the name, or cell, of the values to Count, such as "Value Of Stock" or I3.

The CriteriaRange is made up of two types of information.

The first set of information is the name, or names, of the Fields(s) to be used as the basis

for selecting the records, such as the category Brand or Wattage.

The second set of information is the actual record, or records, which are to be selected, such

as Horizon as a brand name, or 100 as the wattage.

Formatting

No special formatting is needed.

Examples

The count of a product with an unknown Life Hours value.

Product	Life Hours
Bulb	unknown

The number of products is :

1

=DCOUNTA(B3:I19,D3,E50:F51)

This is the same calculation but using the name "Life Hours" instead of the cell address.

1	=DCOUNTA(B3:I19,"Life Hours",E50:F51)

The count of the number of  particular product of a specific brand.

	Product	Brand
	Bulb	Horizon
The count is :	5	=DCOUNTA(B3:I19,"Product",E61:F62)

The count of particular products from specific brands.

	Product	Brand
	Spot	Horizon
	Neon	Sunbeam
The count is :	3	=DCOUNTA(B3:I19,"Product",E68:F70)

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