consolidate totals

I have multiple workbooks with multiple worksheets. I am trying to get a
running total to continue from sheet to sheet and book to book. How can I do
this?

"r-boneinc" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have multiple workbooks with multiple worksheets. I am trying to get a
> running total to continue from sheet to sheet and book to book. How can I
> do
> this?

Switching to a database...

Bruno

A running total is typically a formula of the type:
=B1+A2 (a formula for B2) or =C1+A2-B2 (a formula for C2). Or some
variant...
I.e. we reference the previous value and we add whatever made it
change.
This is why we often have one additional row at the top of the column
with the running total, we need a starting balance.
In the above examples, where data and summations start from row 2, we
would provide an initial value in B1, the starting balance.

Can you adopt the same philosophy in your calculations? If so, in
Sheet2!B1 (or whatever cell has the starting balance), you would put
the formula

=Sheet1!B65536 (or whatever is the last cell containing the last
running total of the previous sheet).

Does this help?
Kostis Vezerides