=SUMPRODUCT(SUBTOTAL(3,OFFSET(E1,ROW($E$2:$E$35)-ROW($E$1),,1)),--($E$2:$E$35="W"))

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HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)



"Telecom" wrote in message
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I need a running count at the top of a column of single text vaules in a
column once sheet has ben filtered.

eg: need running count of number of W's if I filter by pairs 1 to 5 only.

Cable Pair # Type Status
NHI 1 1 ** W
NHI 1 2 ** W
NHI 1 3 ** W
NHI 1 4 ** S
NHI 1 5 ** W
NHI 1 6 ** W
NHI 1 7 ** F
NHI 1 8 ** S
NHI 1 9 ** W
NHI 1 10 ** S
NHI 1 11 ** F
NHI 1 12 ** W
NHI 1 13 ** S
NHI 1 14 ** S
NHI 1 15 ** S
NHI 1 16 ** S
NHI 1 17 ** W
NHI 1 18 ** S
NHI 1 19 ** S
NHI 1 20 ** W
NHI 1 21 ** S
NHI 1 22 ** S
NHI 1 23 ** S
NHI 1 24 ** S
NHI 1 25 ** S
NHI 1 26 ** S
NHI 1 27 ** S
NHI 1 28 ** S
NHI 1 29 ** S
NHI 1 30 ** W
NHI 1 31 ** W
NHI 1 32 ** W
NHI 1 33 ** S
NHI 1 34 ** S