Function to return values after confirming date is in date-range

Question

I've been struggling with what I thought should be a fairly straightforward function:

• Looking at a group of records and the payment date;
• comparing the date to a date range (does date fall in July, 2011, etc.);
• for all true, sum the payment values.

I have researched this here and elsewhere, found similar answers, but nothing fits the scenario. I'm not sure if I should make this an array function or if other, more recent functions, will get the job done. My last attempt was using SUMIFS() where A:A is the invoice date, B:B is the payment value, H:H is the beginning of the month, and I:I is the end of the month:

=SUMIFS($B$2:$B$113,$A$2:$A$113,A2,$A$2:$A$113,">="&H2,$A$2:$A$113,"<="&I2)  

How can I fix this please?

Answer 1

It appears that =SUMIFS(B2:B113,A2:A113,">="&H2,A2:A113,"<="&I2) was suitable.