Convert ISERROR formulas to IFERROR formulas [macro]

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Last Friday, we have learned about an interesting formula – IFERROR Formula using which you can easily handle errors in Excel workbooks.

Quite a few people reading that page asked, “Wow, this is good. But how can I take a sheet full of =IF(ISERROR(…)….) formulas and convert them to =IFERROR()”

There is a different set of folks who asked “Wow, this is good. But quite a few of my colleagues use Excel 2003 and they see a bunch of #NAME errors when I send them an excel workbook with IFERROR formulas. Any help?!?”

I am pleased to announce that I wrote 2 simple macros, iferror2iserror() and iserror2iferror() that would scan formulas in a bunch of selected cells and convert them from IFERROR to ISERROR and vice-a-versa. Pretty cool, eh?

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Click here to download the workbook that has macros to convert IFERROR formulas to ISERROR formulas and vice-a-versa.

If you just want to examine the code:

Click here to view the VBA Module code.

What are these macros and how do they work?

The workbook contains 2 macros – iferror2iserror() & iserror2iferror().

What does iferror2iserror() macro do?

As the name suggests, It scans a bunch of selected cells for any IFERROR formulas and then converts them to ISERROR formulas.

For eg. if a cell has =IFERROR(expression, error), the output would be =IF(ISERROR(expression),error,expression)

What does iserror2iferror() macro do?

This macro scans a bunch of selected cells for any ISERROR formulas and then converts them to IFERROR formulas.

For eg. if a cell has =IF(ISERROR(expression),error,expression), the output would be =IFERROR(expression, error)

How to use these macros?

Very simple. Just select the cells with formulas and then run the required macro. The macros only affect cells with either IFERROR or ISERROR formulas.

Convert ISERROR formulas to IFERROR formulas and vice-a-versa - Excel Macros

What are the limitations of these macros?

These macros should hold good for many real life scenarios. That said,

  1. These macros do not check for IFERROR (or ISERROR) recursively. ie, if a formula has IFERROR inside another IFERROR, only the first one would be converted.
  2. These macros do not work when you have commas (,) inside the formula in double quotes. For eg. the below formula fails.
    =IFERROR(VLOOKUP("Kirk, James",tblStarwars,2,false),"Captain not found"))

    Your comments:

    How do you convert IFERROR or ISERROR formulas? Do you use a macro or you manually change the formulas? Please share your techniques and ideas using comments.

    Also, if you wish to modify the code, please feel free to do so. Share your work with rest of us thru comments so that we can benefit too.

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    27 Responses to “Sum of Values Between 2 Dates [Excel Formulas]”

    1. dexter says:

      I would apply a filter and use function subtotal, with option 9. This way you can see multiple views based on the filter.

    2. Michael Azer says:

      hey Chandoo, the solutions you proposed are very efficient, but if I wanted to be fancy I would do it this way .. the references are as your example workbook.
      =SUM(INDIRECT("C"&(MATCH(F5,B5:B95)+4)):INDIRECT("C"&(MATCH(F6,B5:B95)+4)))

    3. Luke M says:

      I like things simple:
      =SUMIF(B5:B95,">="&F5,C5:C95)-SUMIF(B5:B95,">"&F6,C5:C95)

    4. Matt S says:

      use something like: =SUM(OFFSET(B1,0,0,DATEDIF(A1,D1,"d")))
      and have D1 be the date that I want to sum to.

    5. Tom J says:

      In Excel 2003 (and earlier) I'd use an array formula to calculate either with nested if statements (as shown here) or with AND.

      {=SUM(IF(B5:B95>F5,IF(B5:B95<F6,C5:C95,0),0))}

      Note that I truly made this for BETWEEN the dates, not including the dates

    6. Andrew says:

      I turned the data set into a table named Dailies.
      I named the two limits StartDate and EndDate.

      And used an array formula:

      {=SUM((Dailies[Date]>=StartDate)*(Dailies[Date]<=EndDate)*Dailies[Sales])}

    7. Frank Linssen says:

      If I would still be using the old Excel I would do it as follows:

      SUMIF($B$5:$B$95,"<="&H6,$C$5:$C$95)-SUMIF($B$5:$B$95,"<"&H5,$C$5:$C$95)

      Works as simple as it is.

      Regards

    8. ikkeman says:

      =sum(index(c:c,match(startdate,c:c,1)+1):index(c:c,match(enddate,c:c,1))

    9. ikkeman says:

      =sum(index(c:c,match(startdate,b:b,1)+1):index(c:c,match(enddate,b:b,1))

    10. ram says:

      Great examples and thanks to Chandoo. You have simplified my work.

    11. Rony says:

      Hi! great tips I have found in your page, have you seen this
      http://runakay.blogspot.com/2011/10/searching-in-multiple-excel-tabs.html

    12. [...] I'm not sure I understand your question fully, but have a look at this: Sum of Values Between 2 Dates [Excel Formulas] | Chandoo.org - Learn Microsoft Excel Online [...]

    13. Amanda says:

      Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

    14. abdalurhman says:

      =SUMIF(A2:A11;">="&B13;B2:B11)-SUMIF(A2:A11;"<"&A11;B2:B11)

    15. Eliza says:

      awesome... thank yoo Chandoo!

    16. dockhem says:

      which is most efficient and fast, if all are efficient ?

    17. jmassiah says:

      Thank you for this formula, I've just spent ages trying to find something to work on my data, I knew it would be possible! Don't care if others think there are easier/other ways to do it, you explained it so I understood it and could apply it to what I was doing so I'm happy!

    18. Nagaraju says:

      The above said example is awesome for calculating values between dates,

      can you pls let know how to calculate sale values if we have 10 sales boys for
      ex: 1,rama
      2,krishna
      3,ashwin
      4,naga
      5,suresh

      how much rama sale value between 1/jan/2015 to 10/jun/15
      how much krishna sale value between 10/jan/2015 to 15/july/2015
      i think you understood can you pls let me know the formula for how to calculate the sale between diffrent sale man sale value from master data file

      Thanks,
      Nagaraju

    19. Viv says:

      Hi

      I have a list of people's names in column A, I have a list of dates in column B which records the dates they have been off sick, in column C I have either 1 if it is a full sick day or 0.5 if it is a half day.

      What I would like to do is to add up the number of dates a specific person has been off within two dates.

      For example, I want to look at my list of names and to find Joe Bloggs (column A), then add up all his sick days (column C). The start date will be in cell E1 and the end date will be in F1.

      If this possible using SUMIFS?

      List of names are in range A2:A100

      List of dates in B2:B100

      List of sick days (either 0.5 or 1 in C2:C100

      The start date is in cell E2

      The end date is in cell F2

      Your help would be greatly appreciated.

      • Loknathan says:

        Yes, with the help of SUMIFS you can have the solution.
        Note: you need have an extra col. D2 where you will input Name of the person.
        =SUMIFS(C2:C100,A2:A100,D2,C2:C100,">="&E2,C2:C100,"<"&F2)

        Col. A Col. B Col. C Col.D Col. E Col. F
        Name Date Sales
        ABC 28-Jun-11 1 MNO 28-Jun-11 25-Sep-11
        XYZ 29-Jun-11 0.5
        MNO 30-Jun-11 1
        PQR 1-Jul-11 1

        • Loknathan says:

          Typo ERROR / Correction in formula:
          Yes, with the help of SUMIFS you can have the solution.
          Note: you need have an extra col. D2 where you will input Name of the person.
          =SUMIFS(C2:C100,A2:A100,D2,B2:B100,">="&E2,B2:B100,"<"&F2)

    20. Viv says:

      Hi

      I have a list of people's names in column A, I have a list of dates in column B which records the dates they have been off sick, in column C I have either 1 if it is a full sick day or 0.5 if it is a half day.

      What I would like to do is to add up the number of dates a specific person has been off within two dates.

      For example, I want to look at my list of names and to find Joe Bloggs (column A), then add up all his sick days (column C). The start date will be in cell E1 and the end date will be in F1.

      If this possible using SUMIFS?

      List of names are in range A2:A100

      List of dates in B2:B100

      List of sick days (either 0.5 or 1 in C2:C100

      The start date is in cell E2

      The end date is in cell F2

      Your help would be greatly appreciated.

      Viv

    21. AC says:

      Thanks for this - it solved the problem that I was having. However can someone please explain to me why the "" needs to be around >= and <= as well as why we need to add & in order for the formula to work? Thanks in advance!

    22. Ufoo says:

      This formula works perfectly as well. Any ideas?: =SUM(INDEX(C5:C95,MATCH(H5,B5:B95,1)):INDEX(C5:C95,MATCH(H6,B5:B95,1)))

    23. Ufoo says:

      ikkeman had posted the same thing.

    24. murray says:

      I am trying to sum total a range of cells between date ranges ie column n has $ amounts column d has the transaction dates ie 1/3/2015 or 25/3/2015 or 25/4/2015 column b has the text saying drp or distribution - reinv

      In another cell I am trying to sum or total (in column n) with the value of a range of different dates (column d) that contain different text (column b) ie cell n48 is 50, n65 is 85, n165 is 36

      with the dates ie cell d48 is 1/3/2015, d65 is 25/3/2015 and d165 is 25/4/2015

      with different text that says drp or distribution - reinv ie cell b48 is drp, b65 is distribution - reinv, b165 is drp

      If I wanted to sum the amounts between 1/3/2015 to 31/3/2015 with drp then the total would be 50. Also if I wanted to sum the amounts between 1/4/2015 to 30/4/2015 with drp the sum total would be 36 If I wanted to sum the amounts between 1/3/2015 to 31/3/2015 with drp and distribution - reinv the sum would be 115

      What would the formula be for these different questions

      hope you can help, it has been driving me nuts and cant work it out

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