From: Michael_R on
SUMIF should read:

2 - SUMIF: assume you want the result to be in columns D and E: ... (not rows)

"Michael_R" wrote:

> Here's how I understand your setup:
>
> Column A has 365 dates (01.Jan - 31.Dec) (starting in A2)
> Column B has the weekday of the date in col.A. (starting in B2. col.header
> "Weekday")
> Column C has your "collected data" (col.header "amount")
>
> In order to get the sum of all Mondays / Tuesdays / ... I propose two
> approaches:
>
> 1 - Pivot table over columns B:C, pull the Days into "Row labels" and pull
> the amounts into "Values" (you must include the column headers in the
> definition of the data range)
>
> 2 - SUMIF: assume you want the result to be in rows D and E:
> enter the 7 weekday names (or values 1 - 7 depending on how you defined
> your weekdays in col.B) in col.D, starting at D2
> in E2 enter this formula =SUMIF($A$2:$A$366,D2,$B$1:$B$366) and copy down
> to E8
>
> "Rebecca" wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> > Hope someone has the answer to this little problem that I can't seem to sort.
> >
> > I am trying to extract figures from a table. that will allow me to select
> > all numerical data entered on Mondays or Tuesdays ect
> >
> > I have a table 365 days long with a column for the date, a column for the
> > day & a column for collected data.
> >
> > I wish to extract/collect the sum total of data for the different days of
> > the week for a whole year.
> >
> > I have been trying to use the paste function/Lookup facility but cannot fine
> > anything that gives the sum total of the required info.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks Becky