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Largest or smallest value where a condition is 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
=MAXIFS(C:C,A:A,"North")

The largest value of the Amount column (C:C) where the Region column (A:A) is "North".

Run on the example rows:

Result1200

The SQL

PostgreSQL
SELECT MAX(amount) AS largest
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'

Run on the example rows:

largest
1200
Other databases
MySQL
SELECT MAX(amount) AS largest
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'
SQL Server
SELECT MAX(amount) AS largest
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'
SQLite
SELECT MAX(amount) AS largest
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'
BigQuery
SELECT MAX(amount) AS largest
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'
Snowflake
SELECT MAX(amount) AS largest
FROM sales
WHERE region = 'North'

Your own data

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