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Tue 16 Aug 2016, 10:00 Delegate Adam said...

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PowerPivot pivot table calculation/ total column

Hi,

I have produced a pivot table from PowerPivot based on two tables of different data with a relationship between the two,
i.e. sales of product x and product y by customer.

The pivot table shows columns for sum of x and sum of y by customer but doesn't show a total column for x + y by customer and the Calculated Field is not available in Calculations.

I'm not sure I can do a simple Sum function in the tables to create a new column as there are various rows for each customer.

Is there a simple way to just add a total column to a produced pivot table?

Let me know if you need any further info!

Thanks

Adam

Tue 16 Aug 2016, 12:07 Trainer Jens said...

RE: PowerPivot pivot table calculation/ total column

Hi Adam,

Thank you for the forum question.

You will need to create a calculated column in the many table in PowerPivot or a measure.

If you want to create a calculated column.

Type:

=["The name of the column in the many table"] + Related(["the name of the column in the one table"])

If you want to create a measure:

Type in the measure area under the many table:

Total:=Sumx("Name of the many table",["The name of the column in the many table"] + Related(["the name of the column in the one table"]))

Refresh the PivotTable and you will find the Total as a new field you can add to the PivotTable.

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