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Count rows where two conditions are met.
Tested, not guessed.

The Excel and Google Sheets formula and the SQL query, each run on the rows below. Open this with your own data ↗

The example rows

RowA: RegionB: RepC: AmountD: Order DateE: StatusF: Customer
2NorthAna1,2002026-03-01PaidJo Smith
3SouthBen4502026-03-15OpenRaj Patel
4NorthCy3002026-04-02PaidLee Wong
5EastAna980.502026-04-20PaidMia Ross
6NorthBen752026-05-05OpenJo Smith
7WestDee1,6402026-05-18PaidSam Okoro

The formula

Excel
=COUNTIFS(A:A,"North",B:B,"Ana")

The number of rows where the Region column (A:A) is "North" and the Rep column (B:B) is "Ana".

Run on the example rows:

Result1

The SQL

PostgreSQL
SELECT COUNT(*) AS row_count
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'
  AND rep = 'Ana'

Run on the example rows:

row_count
1
Other databases
MySQL
SELECT COUNT(*) AS row_count
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'
  AND rep = 'Ana'
SQL Server
SELECT COUNT(*) AS row_count
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'
  AND rep = 'Ana'
SQLite
SELECT COUNT(*) AS row_count
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'
  AND rep = 'Ana'
BigQuery
SELECT COUNT(*) AS row_count
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'
  AND rep = 'Ana'
Snowflake
SELECT COUNT(*) AS row_count
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'
  AND rep = 'Ana'

Your own data

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