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You can but it's back to depending on code to get the totals. This is one spot where IMO being able to visualize the data by seeing the rows and have immediate feedback on the sum is useful. You can continue dragging or use CTRL + SHIFT clicking to select more stuff as needed while letting your brain decide what should be grouped together.

With a SQL / code approach you have to account for these things without being able to see them and then adjust the code afterwards to include your custom groupings. It ends up taking more time. If the categories didn't change every year it would for sure be worth it to code up a solution since you'll know the edge cases by looking at the existing CSV but it's a moving target because it could change next year.



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