Pivot Table Calculated Field using Grand Total

I have a pivot table of sales data. I need to have a calculated field that
gives me my sales mix. In an excel cell the formula would be =(2007%of
Revenue)*(total2008Sales$)

I have fields in the current PT that give me the % of revenue, and the sales
numbers, but I do not know how to tell the PT how to find the total 2008
sales number (not just the sum of sales for that specific catagory)

Hope this is clear...

thanks
Diane

diaare
Fri May 09 08:50:02 CDT 2008

I have used this site before and have always gotten very quick, thourough and
accurate responses..Thank you thank you!

So, is the lack of response to this due question to the fact that

*my request is not possible,
*we don't know,
or
*we don't understand what you are asking.

Thanks
Diane



"diaare" wrote:

> I have a pivot table of sales data. I need to have a calculated field that
> gives me my sales mix. In an excel cell the formula would be =(2007%of
> Revenue)*(total2008Sales$)
>
> I have fields in the current PT that give me the % of revenue, and the sales
> numbers, but I do not know how to tell the PT how to find the total 2008
> sales number (not just the sum of sales for that specific catagory)
>
> Hope this is clear...
>
> thanks
> Diane

Debra
Fri May 09 12:26:21 CDT 2008

You can't tell a calculated field to use the total sum, so it will
always use the sum for the specific category.

Perhaps you can accomplish this with GetPivotData formulas outside of
the pivot table.

diaare wrote:
> I have a pivot table of sales data. I need to have a calculated field that
> gives me my sales mix. In an excel cell the formula would be =(2007%of
> Revenue)*(total2008Sales$)
>
> I have fields in the current PT that give me the % of revenue, and the sales
> numbers, but I do not know how to tell the PT how to find the total 2008
> sales number (not just the sum of sales for that specific catagory)
>
> Hope this is clear...
>
> thanks
> Diane


--
Debra Dalgleish
Contextures
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

Herbert
Fri May 09 13:50:57 CDT 2008

May be easier if you add
a helper column to the PT source data:
http://www.savefile.com/files/1548235