DCOUNTA(database, field, criteria)
- Where 'database' is the range of cells that makes up the list or database
- 'field' shows which column is used in the function and
- 'criteria' is the range of cells that contains the specified criteria.
- DCOUNTA() counts the non-blank cells in the column of a list or database that match the specified criteria.
Description
DCOUNTA(database, field, criteria)
It counts the nonblank cells in a column of a list or database that match conditions that we specify.
- The argument 'field' is optional. If not mentioned, the function counts all the numbers from database that match the criteria.
- A 'column name' in quotes (e.g "Salary") or 'column number' (e.g 3, if Salary is 3rd column) can be used as 'field' argument.
- Criteria can be any range on the 'Calci' with minimum of one column and at least one row indicating the condition.
- The Criteria columns should not overlap the list of data.
- DCOUNT() can be used to count the number of cells from a list of database that are numbers and match a specified criteria.
Examples
Consider the following table with Employee names, Age and Salary columns. Row1 to Row3 has the criteria fields. Row4 to Row10 display the actual data.
?UNIQa64c61183a55bdea-item-4--QINU?
?UNIQa64c61183a55bdea-item-5--QINU?
| Name | Age | Salary | Age |
| <40 | >5000 | >32 | |
| >30 | |||
| Name | Age | Salary | |
| John | 34 | 5500 | |
| Bill | 35 | 6500 | |
| Clark | 29 | 7000 | |
| Bob | 45 | ||
| Susan | 37 | 4000 | |
| Jill | 45 | 8000 |
=DCOUNTA(A4:C10,"Salary",A1:C2) : Counts the number of non-blank cells in the 'Salary' column, in the range A4 to C10, for the employees whose Age<40 and Salary>5000. Displays 3 as a result.
=DCOUNTA(A4:C10,"Salary",D1:D2) : Counts the number of non-blank cells in the 'Salary' column, in the range A4 to C10, for the employees whose Age>32.Displays 4 as a result.
There are 5 cells in Salary column with Employee Age>32, but Salary field for Employee Bob is blank. Hence result displayed is '4'.
=DCOUNTA(A4:C10,3,D1:D2) : Counts the number of non-blank cells in the 3rd column ('Salary'), in the range A4 to C10, for the employees whose Age>32.Displays 4 as a result.
There are 5 cells in Salary column with Employee Age>32, but Salary field for Employee Bob is blank. Hence result displayed is '4'.