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Budget versus actual formula

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    Budget versus actual formula

    Have a spreadsheet with column headers for each month and row headers of budget items (such as electricity expense) as well as a column for the monthly budget figures for each expense item. Each month I enter the individual expense item figures and it automatically sums the row of figures and puts it in the cell to the right in the column labelled "Actual Year-to-Date".
    My problem is what formula do I put in the cells with the column marked "Budget Year-to-Date" because each month it would be different. Right now I use a formula that multiplies the cell that contains the monthly budgeted amount for the item times the number of months that have gone by, so each month I need to remember to change the number of months and copy the formula down the column. For example instead of B3*5 for May, in June, I will need to change the formula to B3*6. There must be a better way to do this!
    Last edited by Norah; 06-07-2010 at 12:05 PM.

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    Re: Budget versus actual formula

    Have you tried using a Pivot Table?

    Your question is best answered by uploading a sample workbook (sensitive data removed) that shows the desired result and exactly duplicates the structure of your real workbook.
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    Re: Budget versus actual formula

    Have tried learning how to use a pivot table, but gave up. What are the exact steps to uploading a sample of my worksheet to this forum as you mentioned?

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    Re: Budget versus actual formula

    What are the exact steps to uploading a sample of my worksheet to this forum as you mentioned?
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    Re: Budget versus actual formula

    Have attached only part of the spreadsheet with June through December as hidden. Need a different formula under "Year-to-date Budget" so I don't need to remember to change it every month.
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    Re: Budget versus actual formula

    Here's some examples
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