Glossary term
What is Control total?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Control total" means: A figure worked out a second, independent way, so you can check that two totals agree. It is taught in Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced. Related terms include Data validation, Spill, Slicer and PivotTable. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Control total?
A figure worked out a second, independent way, so you can check that two totals agree.
Where is Control total taught?
Control total is defined in Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced.
Which lessons cover Control total?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced, lesson 6.3: Check your work: errors, IFERROR and control totals
Which terms are related to Control total?
Next to Control total in the course glossaries: Data validation, Spill, Slicer and PivotTable.
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Control total?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced: No earlier spreadsheet experience is needed.