Have you ever thought of the humble SUM function as a secret weapon for advanced analytics? Most Excel users see it as a basic tool for adding numbers, but what if I told you it could do so much more?

To sum a Column in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, you can use the AutoSum, the Status Bar, and even the Sum function to calculate values in one or more columns as explained below. One of the quickest ...

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 ...

This post explains how to calculate Weighted Average in Excel with percentages. In a standard arithmetic average where the sum of values is divided by the number of values, each data value is treated ...

How to use BYCOL() and BYROW() to evaluate data across columns and rows in Excel Your email has been sent Most Microsoft Excel functions are autonomous—one result value for each function or formula.

The "Sum" function in Oracle allows you to add up all data from a specified column and displays a result in your query results. You can use the multiple feature with the sum function to multiply the ...

I didn't think much of LAMBDA helper functions when Microsoft added them to Excel. However, after finally trying them out, they proved to be a revelation. They work with LAMBDA functions, allowing you ...

Using a combination of PHP and MySQL functions, you can query an online database for numerical values, add them together and display the results on your Web page. You have to use the functions in a ...

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Q. Are there any alternatives to traditional PivotTables in Excel? A. The first thing that comes to mind is the function GROUPBY. The primary purpose of GROUPBY is to make data analysis easier by ...