VBA search column heading in a sheet and return SUM in another sheet - vba

Question

I would like to get datas from sheet 1 to sheet 2 with reference to the column headings With VBA.
For example:(EXCEL file)
So if I want to find the sum of fun1 person A with criteria 1 the command have to go and find the heading “sum of fun 1” in sheet 1 and choose the datas that are only under criteria 1 and sum it up in sheet 2 cell D5. (By using column heading reference instead of cell reference. The table range is A2 : U80. thanks.
Public Sub Match()
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Activate
Range("Sheet2!B3") = Application.Sum(Application.Index(Range("A:G"), 0, Application.Match("Crit1" & "Fun1personA", Range("A2:G2"), 0)))
End Sub
I have tried it codes but it failed. i know that i havnt include the Row reference for crit1 , but iam not sure how to apply that to the formula.
Can anyone help me with this ? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You could do it with a formula.
I'll assume that the table in your example covers the range A1:E10.
First we'll need to find the correct column using a MATCH formula:
=MATCH("Fun2PersonA",$1:$1,0) - this will return 3 as Fun2PersonA is in column C.
Next we need to know how many rows are in the table. Assuming the criteria in column A has no blanks except cell A1 we can use COUNTA:
=COUNTA($A:$A)+1 - this will return 10.
The above two formula will be used a few times within the final result, so will probably be easier to use helper cells to store the results (I'll just call them ColumnRef and LastRowRef for readability rather than actual cell references).
Now to set a reference to the first cell and last cell in column C.
=INDEX($1:$1,,ColumnRef) will reference the header, while =INDEX($1:$1048576,RowRef,ColumnRef) will reference the last cell.
As these can be used as references and not just values =SUM(INDEX($1:$1,,ColumnRef):INDEX($1:$1048576,RowRef,ColumnRef)) will sum everything in that column. It's the same as writing =SUM(C1:C10).
But you want to use SUMIF, so we need to reference the criteria in column A as well.
=INDEX($A:$A,RowRef) will reference the last cell in column A, so $A$1:INDEX($A:$A,RowRef) will reference all values in column A.
Final Formula:
The final step is to stick it all together into your final formula:
=SUMIF($A$1:INDEX($A:$A,RowRef),"Crit1",INDEX($1:$1,,ColumnRef):INDEX($1:$1048576,RowRef,ColumnRef))
This is the same as writing =SUMIF($A$1:$A$10,"Crit1",$C$1:$C$10)
For a VBA solution:
Public Function SumCriteria(FunPerson As String, Criteria As String) As Double
Dim rTable As Range
Dim rCol As Range
Dim rCriteria As Range
Dim LastRow As Long
Dim LastCol As Long
'Update Sheet1 to the sheet name with your table.
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")
'You may have to change how to find the last row/column depending
'on any extra data on the sheet.
LastRow = .Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
LastCol = .Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
Set rTable = .Range(.Cells(1, 1), .Cells(LastRow, LastCol))
'EDIT: You could set your table as below if it's a static size.
'Set rTable = .Range("A2:U80")
'The first statement finds the FunPerson heading
Set rCol = rTable.Rows(1).Find(What:=FunPerson, LookIn:=xlValues, LookAt:=xlWhole)
If Not rCol Is Nothing Then
SumCriteria = Application.WorksheetFunction.SumIf(rTable.Columns(1), Criteria, rTable.Columns(rCol.Column))
Else
SumCriteria = CVErr(xlErrValue)
End If
End With
End Function
This method looks at column A and row 1 to get the dimensions of the table and then uses SUMIF to count the figures.
You can use it as a worksheet formula: =SumCriteria("Fun1PersonA","Crit1")
or within VBA:
Public Sub Test()
Dim a As Double
a = SumCriteria("Fun1PersonA", "Crit1")
End Sub