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. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have three or more rows of data, chances are, you'll need to summarize those values in some way. Summarizing is one of the ...

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 for ...

Q. I receive regular spreadsheets with all of our company’s accounts, departments, employees, and balances, and I have to subtotal the amounts by accounts, departments, etc. I have been manually doing ...

The raw data you enter into Microsoft Excel fuels your calculations and projections for sales, staffing, client acquisition and business productivity. To find the patterns and trends within that data ...

Q. Could you explain how the AGGREGATE function works in Excel? A. AGGREGATE is possibly the most versatile function in Excel. Think of it as an advanced version of the SUBTOTAL function that offers ...

Three ways to return the average age for a group using Excel Your email has been sent Summarizing data is a common task in Excel, and there's usually more than one way to do so. Susan Harkins explains ...