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Use the Subtotal command to analyze data with single- or multiple-level subtotals

Use the Subtotal command to analyze data with single- or multiple-level subtotals - Microsoft Excel Tutorial

From the course: Excel Tips Weekly

Use the Subtotal command to analyze data with single- or multiple-level subtotals

- [Narrator] When you're working with large lists, 2 you might want to insert subtotals based on break points 3 within the data. 4 Now on this particular worksheet here, 5 the data's not quite in the order I want, 6 but here's what I'm envisioning. 7 I've got about 20 or 25 departments in this list. 8 It goes to about 700 rows. 9 I'd like to see a subtotal inserted automatically 10 at the end of each department. 11 So I want this list sorted by department. 12 Some of the departments are quite large, 13 so I might want to have a secondary set of subtotals as well, 14 maybe by status or maybe even a third level, 15 possibly by job rating. 16 So our first order of business is before using this feature, 17 and it's found on the data tab, way up to the right. 18 And notice that it's in a group called outline. 19 If you're not familiar with the outlining concept, 20 you're about to see it being used 21 as we use the feature called…

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