Have you ever thought of the humble SUM function as a secret weapon for advanced analytics? Most Excel users see it as a basic tool for adding numbers, but what if I told you it could do so much more?

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Enter your data or use an existing data. Type into the cell where you want to place the result =SERIESSUM(A2,0,2,D2:D4). Press Enter to see the result. The result is 0.504711076. There are two other ...

This post explains how to calculate Weighted Average in Excel with percentages. In a standard arithmetic average where the sum of values is divided by the number of values, each data value is treated ...

Sum only negative values in a given range using SUMIF() Your email has been sent Summing only the positive or negative values in the same range of values only sounds difficult. Fortunately, the SUMIF( ...

The "Sum" function in Oracle allows you to add up all data from a specified column and displays a result in your query results. You can use the multiple feature with the sum function to multiply the ...

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Q. Are there any alternatives to traditional PivotTables in Excel? A. The first thing that comes to mind is the function GROUPBY. The primary purpose of GROUPBY is to make data analysis easier by ...