Dcounta Formula Counts the nonblank cells 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, DCOUNTA counts all records in the database that match the criteria. Process to use Dcounta Formula in Excel DCOUNTA(database,field,criteria) Database is 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. 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. 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
