For many years, I used the SUBTOTAL function in Microsoft Excel to create easily visible subtotals at the top of my worksheets. However, when I encountered AGGREGATE, this became my go-to function ...

Almost every month, I suggest the Subtotal feature to a reader. It's an easy-to-use feature that summarizes data by groups. You define the group and the summarizing function; Excel does the rest ...

Click the Data tab. Click Subtotal in the Outline group. In Excel 2003, Subtotals is on the Data menu. In the resulting dialog, choose Count from the Function dropdown.

If you want to display multiple subtotals in your Microsoft Excel PivotTables, learn how to use a hard-to-find setting.