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Posted by Christina Graves
Christina Graves
310 Points

How do I reference particular cells while using filters?

When I click and drag, it selects all the cells that are hidden and unhidden, when I just want to calculate the visible cells based on my filtering. How can I do this?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Instead of filtering first, you can use a calculation function that has it's own filtering criteria.

For example, if the calculation is just adding things, you could use "sumif".