Sum only cells containing formulas in Excel
Supposing, you have a list of values in Excel, some of them are created by formulas, now, you just want to sum only the cells that contain the formulas as below screenshot shown. How could do this task in Excel?
Sum only cells containing formulas in Excel
In Excel, you can create a simple formula based on the SUMPRODUCT and ISFORMULA functions to sum only the formula cells in a range of cells, the generic syntax is:
- range: The data range that you want to sum formula cells from.
Please enter or copy the below formula into a blank cell, and then press Enter key to get the calculation, see screenshot:
Explanation of the formula:
=SUMPRODUCT(B2:B12*ISFORMULA(B2:B12)):
- ISFORMULA(B2:B12): This ISFORMULA function is used to test if a cell contains formula. If a cell contains a formula, it will return TRUE, and FALSE if not. So, you will get an array like this: {FALSE;TRUE;FALSE;FALSE;TRUE;FALSE;FALSE;TRUE;FALSE;FALSE;TRUE}.
- B2:B12*ISFORMULA(B2:B12)= {50;150;35;45;200;80;95;45;50;30;108}*{FALSE;TRUE;FALSE;FALSE;TRUE;FALSE;FALSE;TRUE;FALSE;FALSE;TRUE}: The math operation forces the TRUE and FALSE values to 1s and 0s. So, the multiplication of the two arrays will be like this: {50;150;35;45;200;80;95;45;50;30;108}*{0;1;0;0;1;0;0;1;0;0;1}={0;150;0;0;200;0;0;45;0;0;108}.
- SUMPRODUCT(B2:B12*ISFORMULA(B2:B12))= SUMPRODUCT({0;150;0;0;200;0;0;45;0;0;108}): At last, the SUMPRODUCT function sums all values in the array to get the result: 503.
Tips: Sum only values skip formulas
If you need to sum values while skipping the formula cells, you can add the NOT function into the above formula like this:
Relative function used:
- SUMPRODUCT:
- The SUMPRODUCT function can be used to multiply two or more columns or arrays together, and then get the sum of products.
- ISFORMULA:
- The Excel ISFORMULA function returns TRUE if a cell contains a formula, and FALSE if not.
More articles:
- Sum If Begins With Or Ends With Specific Text Or Characters
- To sum values if corresponding cells begin with or end with a specific value, you can apply the SUMIF function with a wildcard (*) to pull it off. This article will introduce how to use the formula in details.
- Sum If Cells Contain Specific Text In Another Column
- This tutorial will show you how to sum values if cells contain specific or partial text in another column. Take the below data range as an example, to get the total amounts of the products containing the text “T-Shirt”, both the SUMIF function and SUMPRODUCT function can deal with this task in Excel.
- Sum Smallest Or Bottom N Values Based On Criteria
- In previous tutorial, we have discussed how to sum the smallest n values in a data range. In this article, we will perform a further advanced operation – to sum the lowest n values based on one or more criteria in Excel.
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