Running Total

Do you want to see an up to date Product Sales list as you transact every day. Then using a running total is the solution to your problem. A running total is the summation of a sequence of numbers which is updated each time a new number is added to the sequence, simply by adding the value of the new number to the running total.

Below we demonstrate how to add a Product Sales Running Total.

 Applies To: MS Excel 2010 

  1. Select cell E2 as per screen shot above
  2. Enter the following formula :  =SUM($D$2:D2)
  3. Select the data range E2:E24
  4. Select the Home Tab-Editing group
  5. Then select as per screen shot below

6.  The Product Sales  Running Total will be as below

                                 

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