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 ...

Learn how to create interactive dashboards and dynamic workflows in Excel using modern functions like SUBTOTAL, AGGREGATE, and SWITCH.

Other benefits to using SUBTOTAL are that you can opt to ignore any numbers that have been hidden, dynamically summarize data, and sum filtered values. And one of the most useful reasons is that you ...

Select "Data" from the top menu bar, and then click "Outline" to ungroup rows via the Subtotal function. Select "Subtotal" from the menu to bring up a dialog box with options.

Q. Traditional PivotTables have always intimidated me. I see there is a new Excel function called PIVOTBY. What is the difference between it and the traditional PivotTable? With the PIVOTBY function, ...

As I showed in my first Excel functions article, the serious meat in any spreadsheet is the formulas and functions that perform the calculations. Excel offers functions that you can use to make the ...

Excel, one of the key tools in the Microsoft Office suite is a great small business software tool for analyzing business data. With it, you can take an in-depth look at your data and answer questions ...

In Excel 2003, choose Subtotals from the Data menu. This time, select Sum from the Function dropdown. Uncheck the Unit Price and Units In Stock in the Add Subtotal To list and check Units In Stock.

One benefit of creating a BOM in Excel is that you can hide a project's details to reveal its larger components. Excel's Sort and Subtotal functions make this abstraction possible.