Manuals/calci/DPRODUCT
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DPRODUCT(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 condition.
DPRODUCT() multiplies the values in a column of a list or database that match the specified condition.
Description
DPRODUCT(database, field, criteria)
This function returns the product of values from the database that satisfy a given condition.
- A 'field' argument can be expressed as "Salary" (a column name) or 3(position of the column).
- 'criteria' can be any range on the Calci with minimum of one column and at least one row indicating the condition.
- 'criteria' columns should not overlap the list of data.
- To calculate the product of all values of certain column, the database range should be used as a criteria argument.
For Example considering below table,
DPRODUCT(A3:D7,"Profit",A3:D7) returns 40 as a result.
Examples
Consider the following table with Stationary Items, Quantity, Price and Percentage Profit.
| Item | Quantity | Price | Profit |
| Pen | >10 | ||
| Item | Quantity | Price | Profit |
| Pen | 12 | 40 | 2 |
| Pencil | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| Books | 25 | 75 | 5 |
| Pen | 30 | 93.33 | 4 |
= DPRODUCT(A3:D7,"Profit",A1:B2) : Calculates the product of percentage profits of Pens in the range A3 to D7, for the cells with Quantity>10. Returns 8 as a result.
= DPRODUCT(A3:D7,4,A3:D7) : Calculates the product in the range A3 to D7, of all values in Profit column. Returns 40 as a result.