{"id":1939,"date":"2015-11-02T21:01:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T20:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:58:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:58:13","slug":"autofill-formulas-in-an-excel-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/autofill-formulas-in-an-excel-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Autofill Formulas in an Excel Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the advantages of using an Excel Table is the ability to autofill a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/top-excel-formulas-function-examples-to-get-better-at-microsoft-excel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"formula\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">formula<\/a> all the way down your data without having to copy and paste.<\/p>\n<p>When you write a formula anywhere in your Excel Table, it will <strong>automatically fill down and up<\/strong> within that column.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As you add extra rows to your Excel Table<\/strong>, the formula fills in to the extra rows added, so you do not need to copy and paste.<\/p>\n<p>How efficient is that!<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C6vM09X7Q9M?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Formulas-Fill-Down.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download workbook<\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Formulas-Fill-Down.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is our starting data and has been converted into an Excel Table. Our goal is to compute the<strong> percentage of costs in our sales amount<\/strong> then put it in the blank column.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Autofill Formulas in an Excel Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-00.jpg\" alt=\"Autofill Formulas in an Excel Table\" width=\"746\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-00.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-00-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong> <\/span>Type in this formula to get the percentage of costs in sales. We are using <strong>IFERROR<\/strong> to account for blank values.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=IFERROR([@COSTS]\/[@SALES], &#8220;&#8221;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Autofill Formulas in an Excel Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-01.jpg\" alt=\"Autofill Formulas in an Excel Table\" width=\"1067\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-01.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-01-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-01-1024x385.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-01-768x289.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong> <\/span>Pick on any random row and notice that the formula has been applied to that as well. This is the power of using <strong>Excel Tables <\/strong>and your formula has been applied to the entire column! No more copy pasting!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Autofill Formulas in an Excel Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-02.jpg\" alt=\"Autofill Formulas in an Excel Table\" width=\"1061\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-02.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-02-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-02-1024x408.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Autofill-Formulas-in-an-Excel-Table-02-768x306.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1061px) 100vw, 1061px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the advantages of using an Excel Table is the ability to autofill a formula all the way down your data without having to copy and paste. When you write a formula anywhere in your Excel Table, it will automatically fill down and up within that column. 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