Excel possesses many different functions that can help you achieve varies purposes. What’s more, different functions have different criteria settings. Therefore, now we will use the AVERAGEIF and AVERAGEIFS functions to average values satisfying specified conditions.
In your daily work, the average value is one of the performance measures. Besides, according to the average value, you can also analyze the tendency of your products or services in the market. And in the image below, this is a sales records worksheet of some sellers.
And you will find that it is very annoying to calculate the average of people or month or the products. Thus, you can use the function of the AVERAGEIF and AVERAGEIFS functions to get your target.
The AVERAGEIF Function
If you want to know the average sales of one product, such as apple, you can use this function.
- Select a blank cell.
- Input the formula into the cell:
=AVERAGEIF(C2:C24,”apple”,D2:D24)
- Then press the key “Enter” on the keyboard. And then you will see that the average of apple sales volume is in the cell.
And this result can help you with your next work.
The AVERAGEIFS Function
And now if you want to know a person’s sales volume of certain product, the AVERAGEIFs function can come to help you. For instance, if you want to know the average apple sales volume of William, you can use this function.
- Click any of a blank cell where you want to put the result.
- Input the formula into the cell:
=AVERAGEIFS(D2:D24,A2:A24,”William”,C2:C24,”apple”)
Because in this sample, the target numbers are in the D column, the range should be in this column. And the conditions are in the A and C column. Besides, in your actual worksheet, you should adjust the range and criteria to get the result.
- Press the key “Enter”. And then the number will in the cell.
Compared with the AVERAGEIF function, the AVERAGEIFS function can set more conditions. And you need choose one of the functions that can help you in your work.
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