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How do you use the % feature within pivot tables. Eg you have Sales, Budget, Variance and you want to know what the % Variance is. How is this possible?

RE: pivottable

Hi Paul

Thank you for your question.

If you double-click on the field you wish to display as a %, then click Options. This will extend the pivot table field dialogue box where you will have a show data as dropdown that you can choose from.

I hope this helps.
Amanda

RE: pivottable

Hmm...

I have the following on screen:

Actual - Target - B/W

I want a % B/W against Target.

When I get the field properties on screen, there is not an option to display as a % that I can understand in the above context. It refers to "Show Data as:", and the only one near logical is "% of". When you select this it then asks for the "Base Field", no problem, but then "Base Item"?????

Can you please be more speicific.

Many thanks in advance.
Paul

RE: pivottable

Hi Paul

Sorry for the delay in replying, I've been out of the office for a few days.

Have you been able to find a solution this week or still having problems?

If you're still battling with the spreadsheet, it would be useful if you could tell me what field/s you have this information in within the pivot table - I'm assuming they're all in the data items area but of course could be wrong. Do you have any other information in other fields as well? Is the B/W figure created by a formula in the spreadsheet that the pivot table is created from?

Amanda

 

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