Hope I understand the Q
You have numbers in A1:A20 and will be adding more
In B7 enter =IF(ISNUMBER(A7),AVERAGE(A2:A7),"")
Copy down the column
This finds the average of the preceding seven numbers in A, provided there
is a value next to it
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>i am trying to set up a 7 day running average and cannot figure out how to
>do
> it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.