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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 add a formula in Google Sheets, click the cell where you want the answer, then choose one of the hundreds of functions.

Q. I read the June 2020 JofA article on SUMIF. I have tried to use it in my Excel spreadsheet, but it won’t work since I have multiple criteria. Is there a way to get SUMIF to work if you have more ...

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Q. Our company provides financial reporting audits and IT audits. The client invoices provide an itemized list of time spent on each type of audit, by auditor and date. Is there an easy way to provide ...

The Microsoft Excel program includes a variety of mathematical formulas that you can apply to any cell in a spreadsheet. If your business uses an Excel file to track sales information, you can use the ...

Sum only negative values in a given range using SUMIF() Your email has been sent Summing only the positive or negative values in the same range of values only sounds difficult. Fortunately, the SUMIF( ...

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.