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?

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

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

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