VBA Code for Subtotal in Excel (3 Ways)

In generic terms, subtotal refers to the total of one set of a larger group of sets. Excel is widely used to store crucial numeric information of students or employees. So, it is often needed to extract a group of subtotal values from a large dataset to understand the actual scenario. Implementing VBA macro is the most effective, quickest and safest method to run any operation in Excel. This article will show you the VBA code for calculating Subtotal in Excel.

VBA Code for Subtotal in Excel: 3 Ways

Consider the following dataset. We have 3 Products named Cricket Ball, Football and Tennis Balland their Sales value in 3 months – January, February and March.

We will calculate the Subtotal for each product for each month in Excel with VBA.

1. Embed VBA Macro to Calculate Subtotal in Excel

This section will show you how to extract the Subtotal for the Cricket Ball, Football and Tennis Ball based on their Sales value in January, February and March in Excel with the VBA code.
The steps to execute this are given below.

Steps:

• In the beginning, press Alt + F11 on your keyboard or go to the tab Developer -> Visual Basic to open Visual Basic Editor.

• Next, in the pop-up code window, from the menu bar, click Insert -> Module.

• Then, copy the following code and paste it into the code window.

Sub GenerateSubtotal()
Dim iColumn As Integer
Dim iValue As Integer
Dim xValue As Integer
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
iValue = 5
xValue = iValue
Range("C5").CurrentRegion.Offset(1).Sort Range("C6"), 1
Do While Range("C" & iValue) <> ""
    If Range("C" & iValue) <> Range("C" & (iValue + 1)) Then
    Rows(iValue + 1).Insert
    Range("C" & (iValue + 1)) = "Subtotal " & Range("C" & iValue).Value
    For iColumn = 6 To 8 'Columns to Calculate Sum
    Cells(iValue + 1, iColumn).Formula = "=SUM(R" & xValue & "C:R" & iValue & "C)"
    Next iColumn
    Range(Cells(iValue + 1, 1), Cells(iValue + 1, 8)).Font.Bold = True
    iValue = iValue + 2
    xValue = iValue
    Else
    iValue = iValue + 1
    End If
    Loop
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Your code is now ready to run.

• Press F5 on your keyboard or from the menu bar select Run -> Run Sub/UserForm. You can also just click on the small Run icon in the sub-menu bar to run the macro.

After the successful code execution, look at the image below to find out the result.

Finally, our dataset produced the Subtotal of the Sales value for the Cricket Ball, Football and Tennis Ball for the months of January, February and March.

Sub GenerateSubtotal()

Dim iColumn As Integer
Dim iValue As Integer
Dim xValue As Integer

Application.ScreenUpdating = False

iValue = 5
xValue = iValue

Range("C5").CurrentRegion.Offset(1).Sort Range("C6"), 1

Do While Range("C" & iValue) <> ""
    If Range("C" & iValue) <> Range("C" & (iValue + 1)) Then
    Rows(iValue + 1).Insert
    Range("C" & (iValue + 1)) = "Subtotal " & Range("C" & iValue).Value
    For iColumn = 6 To 8 'Columns to Calculate Sum
    Cells(iValue + 1, iColumn).Formula = "=SUM(R" & xValue & "C:R" & iValue & "C)"
    Next iColumn
    Range(Cells(iValue + 1, 1), Cells(iValue + 1, 8)).Font.Bold = True
    iValue = iValue + 2
    xValue = iValue
    Else
    iValue = iValue + 1
    End If
    Loop

Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub

2. Insert VBA Code to Generate Subtotal with Excel Button

In this section, you will learn how to generate the Subtotal for each product in the Excel dataset by clicking a button with the VBA macro. It means, that every time you click on the button, the data from the large spreadsheet will automatically produce the Subtotal for each set of products and display those in a new row of the worksheet.
To execute that, let’s learn how to create a button first in Excel.

Steps to Create a Button to Calculate Subtotal:

• To assign a button to our dataset, go to the Developer tab.
• From there, click Insert and select Command Button under the ActiveX Controls group.

• There will be a plus symbol (+). Drag and release the symbol to create a button of any size anywhere in your spreadsheet.

The following image represents what our button looks like.

• To modify the caption of the button, right-click on the button. A list of options will appear – select Properties from there.
  Make sure you keep the Design Mode enabled, otherwise, you won’t be able to change the button’s appearance.

• A Properties window will come up. Write any name that you want to give your button in the Caption In our case, we named our button “Click to Subtotal”.
  When you are writing the button name in the Caption box, you will notice that the title on the button is also changing according to the caption.

You can even make further modifications to your button in the Properties window according to your needs.
Once you have put a name on the button, assign a macro code to it.

Steps to Execute VBA Code with the Button to Generate Subtotal:

• Again, right-click on the button (make sure the Design Mode is turned on) and select View Code from the option list. You can also double-click the button to go to the code window.

• You will be redirected to the code window. Now, copy the following code and paste it there.

Option Explicit
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    CalculateSubtotal
End Sub
Sub CalculateSubtotal()
    Worksheets("Subtotal Button").Activate
    Range("C4:H" & Cells(Rows.Count, "H").End(xlUp).Row).Subtotal GroupBy:=1, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=Array(4, 5, 6), Replace:=True, PageBreaks:=False
End Sub

• Save this macro code.
• Now, go to the worksheet of interest. Click the button. Don’t forget to disable the Design Mode this time.

After you click the button, you will see that the dataset now consists of the Subtotal sales value of each set of products.

You can see the produced result in the above image. The VBA code that we inserted in the button successfully generated the Subtotal of the sales value of Cricket Ball, Football and Tennis Ball for the month of January, February and March.

Option Explicit

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    CalculateSubtotal
End Sub

Sub CalculateSubtotal()

Worksheets("Subtotal Button").Activate
Range("C4:H" & Cells(Rows.Count, "H").End(xlUp).Row).Subtotal GroupBy:=1, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=Array(4, 5, 6), Replace:=True, PageBreaks:=False

End Sub

Read More: How to Insert Subtotals in Excel

3. VBA to Populate Subtotal for a Specific Range of Data with Button

The above code produced Subtotal for every set of products there were. But suppose you want to calculate the Subtotal only for a specific set of products. This section will show you how to get that by clicking Excel Button with the VBA code.

Steps:

• You already learned how to create a button, modify it and assign a macro to it in the previous section. Once you have done all that, now it’s time to write the code according to the requirements for this section.
• Now, copy the following code and paste it into the code window of the button.

Option Explicit
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    GenerateSubtotal
End Sub
Sub GenerateSubtotal()
    Worksheets("Subtotal Selected").Activate
    Selection.Subtotal GroupBy:=1, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=Array(4, 5, 6), Replace:=True, PageBreaks:=False
End Sub

• Save this macro code and go to the worksheet of interest.
• Now, before clicking the button you must select the range first that you want to calculate the Subtotal.

• For instance, we will generate the Subtotal of the sales value only for the set of Cricket Ball and Football, so we drag through only the products of Cricket Ball and Football and leave Tennis Ball out of the selection.
• Then, click the button.

As a result, Subtotals of the sales value only for the set of Cricket Ball and Football are produced, not for the Tennis Ball.

Option Explicit

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    GenerateSubtotal
End Sub

Sub GenerateSubtotal()

Worksheets("Subtotal Selected").Activate
    Selection.Subtotal GroupBy:=1, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=Array(4, 5, 6), Replace:=True, PageBreaks:=False

End Sub

Download Workbook

You can download the free practice Excel workbook from here.

Conclusion

This article showed you 3 demonstrations of the VBA code for calculating Subtotal in Excel. I hope this article has been very beneficial to you. Feel free to ask if you have any questions regarding the topic.

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