We can fix them the same way as with running totals in the simple formula method. When inserting or deleting rows, we will still encounter the same problems with blank cells and errors. This formula will reference the column heading containing text for the first row, but this ok as it’s treated like a 0. This way we can use the following formula uniformly for every row including the first row. When the SUM function encounters a text cell it will treat it the same as a though it contained a 0. We can avoid the awkwardness of using two different formulas in our running total column by utilizing the SUM function instead of the + operator. To fix this, we’ll need to copy the formula down from the last error-free cell all the way down to the last row. To fix this, we’ll need to copy the formula down from the first cell above the newly inserted rows all the way down to the last row.ĭeleting any rows will result in #REF! errors since deleting a row means deleting a cell referenced by the formula below it. Inserting a new row will result in a gap in the running total. What happens to the running total when we insert or delete rows in our data? We avoid this with a different formula in the first row which doesn’t reference the cell above. This would cause a #VALUE! error to appear in the running total since the + can’t handle text values. The formula in our first row can’t add the cell above it to the total as it contains a text value for a column heading. =C4+D3 will be in the second row and can be copied down the remaining rows for the running total.
=C3 will be the first formula and will only be in the first row of the running total.However, we’ll need to use two different formulas to get the job done. It’s possible to create a basic running total formula using the + operator. Download Example File Running Totals with a Simple Formula
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