The tutorial looks at how to leverage the new dynamic array functions to count unique values in Excel: formula to count unique entries in a column, with multiple criteria, ignoring blanks, and more. A couple of years ago, we discussed various ways tocount unique and distinct values in Excel...
How to find unique /distinct values in Excel The easiest way to identify unique and distinct values in Excel is by using theIF functiontogether withCOUNTIF. There can be a few variations of the formula depending on the type of values that you want to find, as demonstrated in the following...
PressENTER, and theUNIQUEfunction will return the list ofuniquevalues that occurred only once from the selected range. Example 7 – Finding Distinct Values That Occur More Than Once To identify distinct unique values that occur more than once, you can combine theUNIQUEfunction with theFILTER funct...
$ signs have been inserted to make the cell references absolute. In the Copy to box, select a range where the unique values will be. We have selected the range E5:E20. Check the box with the title Unique records only. Click OK. You will get all the distinct products in the Unique ...
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The UNIQUE function in Excel can either count the number of distinct values in an array, or it can count the number of values appearing exactly once. UNIQUE accepts up to three arguments and the syntax is as follows: =UNIQUE(array, [by_col], [exactly_once]) Array is the range or arra...
But, if you have landed here by accident and are really looking to count distinct values, I have you covered for this, also, if you want to scroll to the later section. Methods to Count Unique Values in Excel There are two common ways to count unique values in Excel. Method 1: Use ...
However, since the UNIQUE function is only available in Excel 365 and Excel online, here is a workaround, using SUMPRODUCT. The SUMPRODUCT can be used to count distinct values with the format: =SUMPRODUCT(1/COUNTIF(range, range)) Using this format to count the number of distinct city names...
If you want tocount unique values in Excel, the best way to do it is to use a formula. You can use a combination of theSUMandCOUNTIFfunctions to do this. To quickly explain what these functions do,SUMPRODUCTwill multiply and then return the sum of a data range.COUNTIFwill count the ...
Retail worker Sarah wants to make a table using her “Helper” values along with the “Product,”“Region,” and “Prices” columns. She makes a table similar to this one by including distinct rows for each value:A VLOOKUP example with multiple values...