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Counting rows by date or criteria is awkward

Counting or summing rows by date window, period or criteria needs complicated formulas that are easy to get wrong.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

5 public reports · first reported 6 September 2018 · last reported 17 January 2025

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Users of Google Sheets need totals and counts for a rolling window, a quarter, a month, or matching criteria across several columns.

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