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Copper Contributor

Nov 27, 2020

Sum Indirect not working

I have a spreadsheet that is divided into several sections and I need each section to be totaled separately. I am using =SUM(INDIRECT("E$22:E"&ROW()-1)) to have to rows automatically include any new ...

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gloriaBRC802

Copper Contributor

Nov 27, 2020

Riny_van_Eekelen Here is the sheet that I am having problems with.

Gloria Budget.xlsx1.5 MB

Riny_van_Eekelen

Platinum Contributor

Nov 27, 2020

gloriaBRC802 Can't see anything wrong with it. The sub-totals in E seem to work OK. Can insert a row, enter an amount and the sub-total updates correctly. But perhaps that is not what mean.

gloriaBRC802
Copper Contributor
Nov 27, 2020
Riny_van_Eekelen when I added a new line in the section labeled Administrative the total in line E51 changes to include line E47 and it continues to do that so the total cost at the very bottom is wrong. It should not start including the subtotal from the section above.
- Riny_van_Eekelen
  Platinum Contributor
  Nov 27, 2020
  gloriaBRC802 Okay! That's because you "hard-code" the first cell of the range called by INDIRECT.
  
  Using your example for the sub-total in E50, try it this way:
  =SUM(E47:OFFSET(E50,-1,0))
  You'll need to do this for each of your sub-totals. Let me know if it works, or not.
  - gloriaBRC802
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 27, 2020
    Riny_van_Eekelen with this formula to include multiple rows can I just enter the range and it still work properly. Example: =SUM(E44:E59:OFFSET(E60,-1,0))