Countif Not Null

V

Virge

I have trouble ticket information grouped into categories and I want to count
the instances of each category. For example

A1 A2
Ticket # Description
6528 Technician didn't show on time
5879 Other issue

Countif (A2:A3, "Not Null") This formula returns a zero. Is there a way to
count a cell if it is not null?
 
M

Myrna Larson

That formula is looking for cells the contain the literal text, Not Null. If
you want to know how many filled cells there are, use =COUNTA(A2:A3).

If you mean something else, please try gain. And, you show A1 and A2 at the
top? Do you really mean columns A and B, i.e. ticket number is in column A and
description in B? That would be a more likely layout.
 
A

Alan Beban

Virge said:
I have trouble ticket information grouped into categories and I want to count
the instances of each category. For example

A1 A2
Ticket # Description
6528 Technician didn't show on time
5879 Other issue

Countif (A2:A3, "Not Null") This formula returns a zero. Is there a way to
count a cell if it is not null?
What do you mean "not null"? Suppose the cell contains the empty string
""; is that cell null or not?

Alan Beban
 
M

Myrna Larson

Or, if the column contains only literals and not formulas returning "", a
simpler formula would be =COUNTA(A1:A100).
 

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