I have a 12,000 row spreadsheet that contain sales tax received by various
businesses. One particular business may have 2 records or 20 records. Also,
there are two types of sales tax which are all in the same field
COMPANY NAME TAX TYPE AMOUNT
X 1 3.00
X 2 4.00
X 2 1.00
Y 1 5.00
Y 2 4.00
How can I summarize this data where I can see what the totals are for each
business for each tax type (preferably where the sum each tax type is in a
separate field)

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Elkar - 20 Sep 2007 16:02 GMT
Try the SUMPRODUCT function:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A12000="X"),--(B1:B12000=1),C1:C12000)
HTH,
Elkar
> I have a 12,000 row spreadsheet that contain sales tax received by various
> businesses. One particular business may have 2 records or 20 records. Also,
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> business for each tax type (preferably where the sum each tax type is in a
> separate field)
Gator - 20 Sep 2007 16:02 GMT
like this......
COMPANY NAME TAX TYPE 1 TAX TYPE 2
X 3 5
Y 5 4
....see below for part one of question

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Gator
> I have a 12,000 row spreadsheet that contain sales tax received by various
> businesses. One particular business may have 2 records or 20 records. Also,
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> business for each tax type (preferably where the sum each tax type is in a
> separate field) ....Like this
RayportingMonkey - 20 Sep 2007 16:06 GMT
Off the FileMenu, try >Data>Subtotal and filter it accordingly.
> I have a 12,000 row spreadsheet that contain sales tax received by various
> businesses. One particular business may have 2 records or 20 records. Also,
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> business for each tax type (preferably where the sum each tax type is in a
> separate field)
Gator - 20 Sep 2007 16:28 GMT
The Pivot Table works best

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Gator
> I have a 12,000 row spreadsheet that contain sales tax received by various
> businesses. One particular business may have 2 records or 20 records. Also,
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> business for each tax type (preferably where the sum each tax type is in a
> separate field)