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dsum/ sum : add up all the values of fields of record

dcount/count : counts the number of fields.

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DSUM: Adds the numbers in a field (column) of records in a list or database that match conditions that you specify.

DCount 

Description: Counts the cells that contain numbers in a field (column) of records in a list or database that match conditions that you specify.The field argument is optional. If field is omitted, DCOUNT counts all records in the database that match the criteria.

DSUM and DCOUNT Functions are database execl functions which allows you to perform SUM and Count function in a particualr portion of Excel Database. Both Functions accepts below valuse as input

1. Database: The range of cells that makes up the list or database. A database is a list of related data in which rows of related information are records, and columns of data are fields. The first row of the list contains labels for each column

2. Field: Indicates which column is used in the function. Enter the column label enclosed between double quotation marks, such as "Age" or "Yield," or a number (without quotation marks) that represents the position of the column within the list: 1 for the first column, 2 for the second column, and so on.

3. Criteria: Is the range of cells that contains the conditions that you specify. You can use any range for the criteria argument, as long as it includes at least one column label and at least one cell below the column label in which you specify a condition for the column.

Remark: 

• You can use any range for the criteria argument, as long as it includes at least one column label and at least one cell below the column label for specifying the condition. 

  Example:
• suppose you have a table with column name 'Tree', 'Height','Age', 'Yield','Profit'. This table has total 6 rows in which apple comes 3 times under column tree.
• Tree         Height   Age   Yield  Profit
• Apple         18       20       14    $105
• Pear          12       12       10    $96
• Cheery       13       14        9    $105
• apple          14      15       10    $75
• apple           8        9         6    $45
• pear            9         8         8    $77

=DSUM(A5:E11),"Profit",A1:A2)       The total profit from apple trees (rows 6, 9, and 10).           Result=   $225

=DCOUNT(A5:E11, "Age", A1:F2)     Finds apple trees between a height of 10 and 16 and counts how many of the Age fields in those records contain numbers.     Result=1