Excel Cost Tracking Equation
I need to track the cost of individual items in Excel and the total of everything together.
As shown in the image, I need BL6 to equal (AX6*$AX$39)
through (BF6*$BF$39)
.
Is there an equation that doesn't make me type this out for each cell between AX & BF?
If I understand correctly the problem is that you cannot copy the absolute references in the second part of the formula (eg $AX$39) across the columns.
You can do part absolute references, so if you change the formula to:
=(AX6*AX$39)
Then you should be able to copy that across the columns and the column reference will change but the row number (39) will remain absolute.
If you want a grand total in BL6 then SUMPRODUCT is the answer:
=SUMPRODUCT(AX6:BF6,AX39:BF39)