# Sum up rows on external collection (Airtable)

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/sum-up-rows-on-external-collection-airtable/5959>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [November 14, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sum-up-rows-on-external-collection-airtable/5959 "2020-11-14T14:27:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![NigelG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NigelG](https://forum.adalo.com/u/NigelG)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sum-up-rows-on-external-collection-airtable/5959/1 "2020-11-14T14:27:01Z")

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Has anyone successfully and actually (as opposed to theoretically) summed up a series of rows on an Airtable table and output into a Text element?

I have a table of “sales” that has an amount. All I want to do is Sum the amounts.

It seems impossible (other than doing it on Airtable as a rollup)?

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**Author:** ![FiniDev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/finidev/32/17938_2.png) [@FiniDev](https://forum.adalo.com/u/FiniDev)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sum-up-rows-on-external-collection-airtable/5959/2 "2020-11-15T04:07:15Z")

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Perhaps this can help give you a little direction in solving this…

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/2/4/2476e8d5101c0a535363732500fa77e6c3c6898c.jpeg "Math & Custom Formulas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbboIFZ5C5Q)

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**Author:** ![NigelG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NigelG](https://forum.adalo.com/u/NigelG)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sum-up-rows-on-external-collection-airtable/5959/3 "2020-11-15T09:00:56Z")

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Yes, entirely possible on a internal collection.

Doesn’t work the same on an external collection however.

Maybe people need a cash incentive, as paying Adalo doesn’t seem to do anything. Never any support and they are so scared they close any thread that is critical of support.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sum-up-rows-on-external-collection-airtable/5959/4 "2020-11-25T09:00:59Z")

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