percentage calculation

[greg]

Hello all, I have a pivot table showing amount of claims against each month.
If I want to show this as a percentage of the grand total is there an easy
way to show this. I can do it manually by creating a seperate column and
adding a formula to divide each month by yhe total, but if the pivot table
changes I may have to manually change the formula.
thanks in advance.
p.s as a new poster is it newsgroup etiquette to post thanks after the reply
or just post thanks in advance.

 

[Harald Staff]

Hi

This should probably be possible with a "calculated field" in the pivot
table. Consult Help on how to set one up.

 

[Paul Falla]

Dear Greg
An Easisr way to do this is to double click on the data
field heading. This will cause a dialogue box to open.
when it does, click on the "Options" button. This will
cause a new section to appear on the dialogue box. From
the "Show data as" drop down, select "% of total"

This should hopefully give you what you want.

Hope this helps

Paul Falla

 

[Harald Staff]

Dear Greg
An Easisr way to do this is to double click on the data
field heading. This will cause a dialogue box to open.
when it does, click on the "Options" button. (..) From
the "Show data as" drop down, select "% of total"

Wow! Never used that one. Thanks Paul, definitely trick of the day.