Copy subtotal with fixed range to other table cells

Question

In Excel, I have the following formula:

=SUBTOTAL(9;INDIRECT("D$"&$B$2&":D$"&$B$3))

It counts the values of a range, which size is defined in other fixed table cells.

• B2 = starting point = 9
• B3 = end point = 17

So in short:

=SUBTOTAL(9;D9:D17)

I now want to copy that formula to other cols in the same row, I want to pull it to the right (I don't know how that feature is called in Excel). How can I achieve, that only D changes to E and then to F and so on, by the base of my formula? The size of the range should remain the same and has to be linked to table cells B2 and B3.

Answer 1

It's normally better to use INDEX rather than INDIRECT in these type of formulas. One advantage is that the formula can be dragged across....try this version

=SUBTOTAL(9;INDEX(D:D;$B$2):INDEX(D:D;$B$3))