Count sum of non-empty cells in a column when corresponding row in an adjacent column holds specific value - VBA or formula?

Question

Currently, I have a range ( A1:M22 ) where for each column ( A through M ) I count the number of non-empty cells at row 23.

I am using the COUNTBLANK function. However, not all rows are to be included in the total count at row 23 in each column.

Thus, I have added column N , where for each row I have indicated whether the specific row should be included in the count or not. The sheet looks like this:

As indicated in column N , Person 4, Person 7 and Person 15 are not to be counted in the total of employees with a salary even though they appear in the overview. This is due to the fact that perform a task that isn't relevant for the total baseline.

Taking the month of February for an example, the count should be 10 instead of 12, since Person 4 and Person 7 had a salary that month but shouldn't be included in the total.

My question is then, how do I account for this when calculating the count of employees with a salary for each month? Is it possible to do by an elaborate formula or is VBA the better choice?

Answer 1

It just looks like countifs:

=COUNTIFS(C3:C22,"<>",N3:N22,"Yes")

eg for February

To pull the formulas across, you would need to anchor column N:

=COUNTIFS(C3:C22,"<>",$N3:$N22,"Yes")