Google Sheets SUMIFS different criteria with checkbox - google-sheets

Question

i've the following formula the problem i've is, this isn't working as it should be.
=SUMIFS(E9:14,$I$16:$I,FALSE(),$H$16:$H,G8)
E9:E14 is the part which should be summed up when the checkbox in I16:I = FALSE and if the name matches in H16:H from G8. My problem is I am getting this error
The array arguments of "SUMIFS" vary in size
My question would be, how do I get this exact formula to work? Exactly these areas have to be covered and cannot be changed, otherwise everything else is broken.
EDIT: Added example spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DdTSZAfGTpoeun3k2qqkDMG1jnaUaSz6wgSf2heIIDI/edit?usp=sharing

Answer 1

You need to adjust your ranges. Here's how =SUMIFS() works and then you'll see why you need to adjust the function.
=SUMIFS() looks for ranges and then applies the logic. So when you are telling the function to summarise E9:E14 it interprets it as:
SUM(E9,E10,E11,E12,E13,E14)
provided the following conditions. The conditions will tell the function whether to include each of the components (i.e. E9,...,E14).
Whether a condition is met or not is decided using a simple boolean (true/false) array. This could for example be I9:I14=FALSE which is interpreted as the array
{IF(I9=FALSE),IF(I10=FALSE),...,IF(I14=FALSE)}
resulting in an array similar to this:
{TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE}
(assuming the conditions I9, I10 and I14 are met but not the other three. The same is done for the second condition (the values in column H being equal to the value in G8, resulting in another array similar to this:
{TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE,FALSE,TRUE}
(assuming that only the values in H9, H12 and H14 are equal to G8.
When the function compares the two condition arrays and returns an aggregate array similar to this:
{TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE}
because only for the first and the last value the conditions are met. Therefore the =SUM function becomes like this:
SUM(E9,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,E14)
where FALSE = 0 so it returns
=SUM(E9,E14)
Here's where you get into trouble
You try to pass the function conditional arrays that are of a different size to the sum array (E9:E14), in effect asking it to compare apples and the age of your neighbour. What you need to do is to create the calculation you have in column E in a new column in rows 24 down and use that as the sum range in =SUMIFS().