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Total all instances of an entry for analysis
I'm trying to compile an analysis of my accounts. I keep entries for
purchases on a worksheet for each month. I have various columns for credit cards, cash, switch etc. I enter a brief description of the purchase then enter the amount in the relevant column next to it. I have included a further category column next to the description and have included a drop down box to choose the category e.g. food, entertainment etc. I now have another worksheet in which I want to analyse the purchases under each category for each month. The problem is I don't know how to do it. I want to total all purchases under each category heading, of which there may be multiple entries each month. The values may be under different columns as well depending on how the item was purchased. Is there a way to do this easily? |
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You need to play with pivot tables.
Set up your file so it has one row of headers, then everything below that is data. Read this. http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivottables.htm Then jump in and PLAY WITH IT. Drag things around. Ask questions. Right click a lot. This is the easy way to do it. -- Allllen "AndyHanson" wrote: I'm trying to compile an analysis of my accounts. I keep entries for purchases on a worksheet for each month. I have various columns for credit cards, cash, switch etc. I enter a brief description of the purchase then enter the amount in the relevant column next to it. I have included a further category column next to the description and have included a drop down box to choose the category e.g. food, entertainment etc. I now have another worksheet in which I want to analyse the purchases under each category for each month. The problem is I don't know how to do it. I want to total all purchases under each category heading, of which there may be multiple entries each month. The values may be under different columns as well depending on how the item was purchased. Is there a way to do this easily? |
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Thanks for the advice. I will play around with the Pivot Table idea and see
how I go! "Allllen" wrote: You need to play with pivot tables. Set up your file so it has one row of headers, then everything below that is data. Read this. http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivottables.htm Then jump in and PLAY WITH IT. Drag things around. Ask questions. Right click a lot. This is the easy way to do it. -- Allllen "AndyHanson" wrote: I'm trying to compile an analysis of my accounts. I keep entries for purchases on a worksheet for each month. I have various columns for credit cards, cash, switch etc. I enter a brief description of the purchase then enter the amount in the relevant column next to it. I have included a further category column next to the description and have included a drop down box to choose the category e.g. food, entertainment etc. I now have another worksheet in which I want to analyse the purchases under each category for each month. The problem is I don't know how to do it. I want to total all purchases under each category heading, of which there may be multiple entries each month. The values may be under different columns as well depending on how the item was purchased. Is there a way to do this easily? |
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