Excel Running Totals the RIGHT WAY

There are a few ways to write running total formulas in Excel, but some of them are error prone. I'll show you the hidden flaws and give you an error proof formula you can use.

0:00 Excel Running Totals
0:18 Basic Running Totals
0:52 Running Totals with SUM
1:40 Running Totals for Excel Tables

[andrewegerton]

Tip. Your video takes up a full screen, which is fine except on a mobile, some of the screen estate is taken up with a hole for a camera lens and some of the detail is not viable.
Thank you 👍

[karencrouch]

Fantastic, I have a table with running totals, you have no idea how long I've been struggling with this!

[Hashim-id]

Kindly zoom data cells because it hard to read in mobile screen

[khersheonteoh]

Great explanation on running totals! One problem with the 3rd formula is slowness, when data is huge;

[MA]

I would appreciate it if you could help me with the running balance for this data that i have in EXCEL TABLE. I have an opening balance on January 1st of RS. +10, 000, received cash on January 5, Rs +20, 000, and paid cash on January 8, Rs -4, 000. I'm trying to figure out a formula for my data that i have in EXCEL TABLE to show the running balance after each transaction.

[sachin.tandon]

Or if you prefer SCAN:

a : array (2D array, or vector)
[d] : direction argument; 0 or omitted scan by array; >1 by clms; <-1 by rows

ASCAN = LAMBDA(a, [d],
LET(
n, ISNUMBER(a),
r, IF(n, a, 0),
o, IF(d, d ^ 0 * SIGN(d), 0),
y, IF(o = 1, TRANSPOSE(r), r),
s, SCAN(0, y, LAMBDA(v, a, v + a)),
x, s - IF(o, INDEX(s, , 1) - INDEX(y, , 1)),
IF(n, IF(o = 1, TRANSPOSE(x), x), a)
)
);

[mohamedmadkour]

Many thanks Super useful, but can you please advise if i want to add a division componet how the formula will run? To illustrate, we have 3 columns, A, B, and C. Column C includes average cost, so in first row, i divide cost (A)over units to (B)come up with average cost per unit (C). In Row 2, i want the running total of Column (A)/ Cumulative total of Column (B), to come up wit new average in Column C, can you kindly advise how to do it ? Many thanks in advance

[Mukhaizna]

How to limit the running total to the last row in a range . This is to avoid having running total to have same values that goes beyond the range

[__bbh__]

thanks, maybe microsoft will learn something from it.

[benbabani]

Hey. Thanks for the video.
How can we run totals in excel table, partition by specific column?

[ritenderchauhan]

Hi, can we get the running total of calculated field, e.g I have a weekly data set of target vs actual, I want to calculate running achievement %(achievement for week 1+ week 2/target for week 1+ week 2 and so on)

[mrpropilot]

I tried this as it is exactly what I need but I get the error too few arguments. Not sure why? Using a table and everything just as shown in video.

[pipo]

Can Sumif be used to have an empty cell if there is no value. So lets say we want running value stops when there are not further values to add. I hope I made myself clear

[shoppersdream]

Nice, Mynda! Thank you! Quick Question, you are typing your formula in D4 and you are getting the values, but how come your formulas are showing in E4 and downward as well? I clicked on Show Formulas and it replaced my values and showed Formulas. I want to see Formulas in a separate column. Thanks

[zdzislawkes]

Hello. As usual, precise presentation of the problem. You are The Professional.
By the way, I wanted to ask if there are any advantages / disadvantages to using this formula:
with Your sum and index?

[whazee]

That's super helpful and definitely something I can see myself using.
Cheers!

[AmanKhan-bmcd]

We cannot recognize ur formullahs plz zoom

[gary]

Another excellent tutorial - Quick question though - I import 3 bank accounts in CSV format into one excel table to keep tabs on my budget - Running totals are included in all 3 CSV downloads - I need to be able to extract the latest running total for each account as I update the table each month, I then use these 3 figures to update my dashboard - In words I need to search the table using the account number for each account and ignore all running totals except the very latest running total and use it to update my dashboard. Probably several ways to do this but I have not been successful so far. Any ideas welcome - thanks in advance.

[LaloinLondon]

I think using SCAN & LAMBDA is a better option to get running totals

[sahlaouiyakhlef]

Thank you for your valuable explanation .