The AGGREGATE function lets you calculate totals without needing cumbersome workaroundf IF functions. In this video, learn how to use the many tabulation options available with the AGGREGATE function.
- [Instructor] When you're tryin' to tabulate data … that might involve error cells, … and particularly if you don't have time … to fix those error cells, a function to rely upon … is likely to be one called AGGREGATE, … introduced back in Excel 2010. … In this worksheet I want to tabulate … the total service years. … Column F has a series of formulas using DATEDIF … to calculate years of service, … based on today's date. … And as I'm recording this, it's August 14th of 2020. … So if you're looking at this data later, … you might see some different numbers there. … Anyway, we've got these answers, … I'd like to get a sum of them right here. … I'll press Alt + Equal, … SUM, click column F, Enter, … and I'm getting an answer that doesn't make … a lot of sense, I'm not sure if I have a problem yet, … I'll try this with average. … Equal AVERAGE, left parenthesis, I'll click column F, … same problem. … Let's click over in column F and scroll down a little bit. … Oops, we've got a problem here. …
Author
Dennis Taylor
Updated
2/23/2021Released
1/16/2015Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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Video: Use the AGGREGATE function to circumvent errors and ignore hidden data