Here is an example:
<table style="padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 2pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <colgroup> <col style="font-weight: bold; width: 30px;"> <col style="width: 139px;"> <col style="width: 95px;"> <col style="width: 71px;"> <col style="width: 71px;"> <col style="width: 71px;"> <col style="width: 71px;"> <col style="width: 71px;"> <col style="width: 71px;"> <col style="width: 74px;"> <col style="width: 85px;"></colgroup> <tbody> <tr style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;"> <td>
</td> <td>A</td> <td>B</td> <td>C</td> <td>D</td> <td>E</td> <td>F</td> <td>G</td> <td>H</td> <td>I</td> <td>J</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">1</td> <td>
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</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">3</td> <td>Sum of # of items sold</td> <td>Salesperson</td> <td>
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</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">4</td> <td>Item</td> <td>Bill</td> <td>Bob</td> <td>Chuck</td> <td>Susan</td> <td>Tom</td> <td>Vicki</td> <td>Will</td> <td>Grand Total</td> <td>Sum of top 2</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">5</td> <td>A</td> <td style="text-align: right;">10</td> <td style="text-align: right;">10</td> <td>
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</td> <td style="text-align: right;">33</td> <td style="text-align: right;">23</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">6</td> <td>B</td> <td>
</td> <td style="text-align: right;">20</td> <td style="text-align: right;">4</td> <td>
</td> <td style="text-align: right;">20</td> <td>
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</td> <td style="text-align: right;">44</td> <td style="text-align: right;">40</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">7</td> <td>C</td> <td>
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</td> <td style="text-align: right;">12</td> <td style="text-align: right;">15</td> <td>
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</td> <td style="text-align: right;">13</td> <td style="text-align: right;">40</td> <td style="text-align: right;">28</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">8</td> <td>D</td> <td>
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</td> <td style="text-align: right;">15</td> <td>
</td> <td style="text-align: right;">11</td> <td style="text-align: right;">9</td> <td style="text-align: right;">35</td> <td style="text-align: right;">26</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">9</td> <td>E</td> <td>
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</td> <td style="text-align: right;">10</td> <td>
</td> <td style="text-align: right;">33</td> <td style="text-align: right;">19</td> <td style="text-align: right;">62</td> <td style="text-align: right;">52</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">10</td> <td>F</td> <td style="text-align: right;">17</td> <td style="text-align: right;">17</td> <td>
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</td> <td style="text-align: right;">43</td> <td style="text-align: right;">34</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">11</td> <td>G</td> <td>
</td> <td style="text-align: right;">27</td> <td style="text-align: right;">30</td> <td>
</td> <td style="text-align: right;">9</td> <td>
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</td> <td style="text-align: right;">66</td> <td style="text-align: right;">57</td></tr> <tr style="height: 17px;"> <td style="font-size: 8pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); text-align: center;">12</td> <td>Grand Total</td> <td style="text-align: right;">27</td> <td style="text-align: right;">74</td> <td style="text-align: right;">46</td> <td style="text-align: right;">40</td> <td style="text-align: right;">51</td> <td style="text-align: right;">44</td> <td style="text-align: right;">41</td> <td style="text-align: right;">323</td> <td>
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<table style="border-style: groove; border-color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 252, 249);"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Spreadsheet Formulas</td></tr> <tr> <td> <table style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(202, 202, 202);"> <td>Cell</td> <td>Formula</td></tr> <tr> <td>J5</td> <td>{=SUM(LARGE(B5:H5,{1;2}))}</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td>Formula Array:
Produce enclosing { } by entering
formula with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER!</td></tr></tbody></table>
Copy down the formula.
Columns A through I are part of pivot table. Column J calculates the sum of top 2 numbers.
I wouldnt recommend using this formula if you are going to filter salesperson (column area field) and you require grand total field.