1) Range Across All Sheets:
I've googled everything but nothing. Basically, I need a formula that looks for the same range across all sheets.
My current formula looks like this:
=COUNTIF(Aug_15!$G:$G, "Shaun")+countif(July_15!$G:$G, "Shaun)+countif(June_15!$G:$G, "Shaun")+countif(May_15!$G:$G, "Shaun")+COUNTIF(Apr_15!$G:$G, "Shaun")+COUNTIF(Mar_15!$G:$G, "Shaun")
The issue I have is, as a month passes, a new sheet for the month is created. So this lowers the automation dramatically as you have to edit the formula every month. I'm basically looking for something that will search G:G across all sheets for that criteria.
So in my imaginary world, it would look something like this:
=COUNTIF(ALLSHEETS!$G:$G, "Shaun")
2) Cell Reference as Criterion
I'm trying to make the criteria look for something from another cell. For example, I'd replace "Shaun" with the cell L3
. But it doesn't work! It searches for literally the two characters L
and 3
!
Is there anyway to make the criteria a value from another cell?
Many Thanks,
Shaun.
As Akshin Jalilov noticed, you will need a script to achieve that. I happen to have written a custom function for that scenario some time ago.
/**
* Counts the cells within the range on multiple sheets.
*
* @param {"A1:B23"} range The range to monitor (A1Notation).
* @param {"valueToCount"} countItem Either a string or a cell reference
* @param {"Sheet1, Sheet2"} excluded [Optional] - String that holds the names of the sheets that are excluded (comma-separated list);
* @return {number} The number of times the item appears in the range(s).
* @customfunction
*/
function COUNTALLSHEETS(range, countItem, excluded) {
try {
var count = 0,
ex = (excluded) ? Trim(excluded.split()) : false;
SpreadsheetApp.getActive()
.getSheets()
.forEach(function (s) {
if (ex && ex.indexOf(s.getName()) === -1 || !ex) {
s.getRange(range)
.getValues()
.reduce(function (a, b) {
return a.concat(b);
})
.forEach(function (v) {
if (v === countItem) count += 1;
});
};
});
return count;
} catch (e) {
throw e.message;
}
}
function Trim(v) {
return v.toString().replace(/^\s\s*/, "")
.replace(/\s\s*$/, "");
}
You can use the custom function in your spreadsheet like this:
=COUNTALLSHEETS("B2:B10", "Shaun")
or when 'Shaun' is in C2
=COUNTALLSHEETS("B2:B3", C2)
There is an optional parameter allowing you to provide a string with comma-separated sheet names you wish to exclude from the count. Don't use this paramater if you want to count ALL sheets.
See if that works for you ?