tallying a total dependant on contents of another cell

[Toby]

we have three salesman, each with their name listed down column "V".
we also have a column for retail$ which lists the total value of an order
(each order has it's own separate row).
How do I setup a running tally in another worksheet to look in column "V"
and detect who's name is there and then have it automatically tally the
retail$ from that row under that person's name ?
Could it be a job for conditional formatting or an if then statement ?
Thanks in advance
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[Toby]

hey again guys,
I solved my problem with the sumif function.

cheers !!
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"Toby" wrote:

> we have three salesman, each with their name listed down column "V".
> we also have a column for retail$ which lists the total value of an order
> (each order has it's own separate row).
> How do I setup a running tally in another worksheet to look in column "V"
> and detect who's name is there and then have it automatically tally the
> retail$ from that row under that person's name ?
> Could it be a job for conditional formatting or an if then statement ?
> Thanks in advance
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> my signature