Sum

The Sum function adds the numerical values in a column or group.

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This function must be used with aggregated data in a grouped table. For a detailed video walkthrough that uses this function, see Using aggregate functions with groupings.

Syntax

Sum(column)

Function arguments:

• column (required) - The column of numbers to add together. Any Null or empty values are skipped.

Example

Sum([Price]) - Sum([Cost])

• Finds the total Profit by finding the sum of the Prices and subtracting the sum of the Costs.

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When performing numeric operations on values, such as using the addition operator + to sum together values, if one value is Null then the result of the entire numeric operation will be Null.