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Try this:<\/p>

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Hi @ewitt19205<\/a> <\/p>

Try removing the space between the quotes. You are counting all cells with 1 space in the cell. Blanks are counted with the quotes together.<\/p>

When counting blanks though, its also good to use a COUNTIFS and compare the blank off another column that always has a value. Like Countifs when the Project name is not blank (<>\"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/categories/formulas-and-functions/\") and the Account Dashboard is blank (\"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/categories/formulas-and-functions/\").<\/p>

I hope that helps.<\/p>

Thanks,<\/p>

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