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Keep Running Balance of Specific Category - Daily Budget Tracking Sheet

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    Question Keep Running Balance of Specific Category - Daily Budget Tracking Sheet

    Hello, I have created a daily budget tracking sheet and need some help to automate it fully. I have a column called "Category" that lists out the various categories to budget for (Mortgage, electricity, gas, etc). I have another column called "Budget" where I have listed out how much I want to budget for each category. Then I have a column called "Expense" where I list out how much I spent in a given category. Finally, there is a column called "Amount Left (Category)" where I want to be displayed how much is left for that category.

    I cannot seem to figure out how to keep a running balance in the "Amount Left (Category)" column. When I make a purchase in a category I would like for this column to automatically stay updated with the amount left in that category.

    Does anyone know how I could accomplish this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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    Re: Keep Running Balance of Specific Category - Daily Budget Tracking Sheet

    Perhaps use SUMPRODUCT function with carefully placed $ signs so that the cells processed are only those cells from the current row and above.
    See column D in attached.

    Beau Nydal
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    Smile Re: Keep Running Balance of Specific Category - Daily Budget Tracking Sheet

    Thanks so much, that works great! Appreciate your help!

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    Question Re: Keep Running Balance of Specific Category - Daily Budget Tracking Sheet

    Thanks a lot for answering my question, as I'm looking at the formula, I cannot determine what the "--" is for? Can you explain what the formula is doing?

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    Re: Keep Running Balance of Specific Category - Daily Budget Tracking Sheet

    I have been looking at it and think I've got it figured out. Thanks a lot!

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