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SUBTOTAL
SUBTOTAL applies a chosen aggregation — 9 for SUM, 1 for AVERAGE, 3 for COUNTA — and crucially skips rows hidden by a filter and any nested SUBTOTALs, so totals stay correct as you filter.
Topic:SUM & aggregationExcel
=SUBTOTAL(9, A2:A4)Google Sheets
=SUBTOTAL(9, A2:A4)✓
Verified example
Computed by a real spreadsheet engine on the sample data below.
| Sales |
| 100 |
| 200 |
| 300 |
=SUBTOTAL(9, A2:A4)→600
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How it works
- 19 selects the SUM function (use 1 for average, 2/3 for count).
- 2A2:A4 is the range to aggregate.
- 3Rows hidden by a filter are excluded automatically.
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