I'm using Excel 2010.
I have a data set of widgets made by person by period. I created a calculated field that shows each person's widgets made as a percentage of the total for each period.
I would like to now show the change in that "percent of total" from period to period. That is to say, I want to see how each person's percentage of the total widgets made has change from the previous period. It's a calculation on a calculation and perhaps it's just wishful thinking that Excel supports this, but it would be great if it did.
Can anyone confirm if this is possible and if so, how would I approach it? I've been looking into creating a custom Calculated Field, but I don't see how to do percent to total or difference from in those (perhaps because it would be redundant?)
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I am having an issue with pivots by date. When I try to add a pivot by date it ends up stacking month over month.
All the percentages are correct for each month showing and they line up with the correct names but for some reason its stacking.
I did try to remove the date from the table and then add it as a pivot but for some reason I get this odd stacking behavior.
I suspect it might be due to the way the custom measures work since I have not seen this happen with a normal measure before.
See example:
Turns out the solution was to change the data in the view from a dimension to a measure and to change the type from a number to a sum.
After doing this to both fields I am using for creating the percentage it corrected the way the pivot was displayed.
Results:
I work for an organization and I am working on a way to better organize our part numbers that have expiration dates. I've started off by making an Excel sheet that has the part number multiple times based on the expiration date and then had the matching quantities of that expiration date. What im trying to do is what you always do in life, if something is going to go bad use up the one that will expire first. But now trying to do this in an excel table automatically. This is my Ex: my master log where they will put in the Part#, expiration date, and quantity, this is where most info will be pulled from.
I am now on to taking away our companies forecasted usage of these parts away from these quantities to show an overall usage over the months and pairing the intersecting expiration dates. I’ve got the Usage by using a pivot table to total these part numbers quantities. And I’ve made a chart mapping the overall usage to part quantity forecast with it being flagged if the expiration date interferes with the actual date. This is the forcasting for what we plan to use of each part #
This is me subtracting the usage number from the inventory of those part numbers and it being flagged when it expires.
=IF((IF((VLOOKUP($F60,Expires!$1:$1048576, 10, FALSE))<Sheet1!G$58, "Bad", "Good"))="good", T33, "Expired")
I used this function, my vlookup pulling from my first sheet and pulling the part numbers expiration date and if it is <the date up top (9/1,10/1 etc.) then it will be flagged as expired and wont even show the usage. T33 is simply pulling the fromual from another table which is just quantity- usage. Please lmk if this looks right my vlookup turns out pulls the latest expiration date from the multiple part #s.
But that is with total quantities, not separated based on the part number expiration dates. What I am wondering is how can I make a table like this but subtracts the usage from quantity of the part number that will expire first? Then after that quantity hits zero it takes away the usage from the next one due to expire? But also I want the Numbers to be able to auto populate from the sheet where the user enters the data (master log).
So this is what it will be doing and will look like the table above multiple of the same part number. Whats happening now
But needs to look like this Final table and add the part number to the list and quantity as they are entered in the master log. I was trying to do a Vlookup(MIN and take the part number from the other table based on the lowest expiration date first but I don’t think excel is capable of that, I’m not sure here.
Please help, thank you!
I'm looking a way to add an extra column in a pivot table that that averages the sum of the count for the months ("Count of records" column) within a time period that is selected (currently 2016 - one month, 2017 - full year, 2018 - 5 month). Every month would have the same number based on the year average, needs to be dynamically changing when selecting different period: full year or for example 4 months. I need the column within the pivot table, so it could be used for a future pivot chart.
I can't simply use average as all my records appear only once and I use Count to aggregate those numbers ("Count of records" column).
My current data looks like this:
The final result should look like this:
I assume that it somehow can be done with the help of "calculated filed" option but I couldn't make it work now.
Greatly appreciate any help!
Using the DataModel (built in to Excel 2013 and later) you can write really cool formulas inside PivotTables called Measures that can do this kind of thing. Take the example below:
As you can see, the Cust Count & Average field gives a count of transactions by month but also gives the average of those monthly readings for the subtotal lines (i.e. the 2017 Total and 2018 Total lines) using the below DAX formula:
=AVERAGEX(SUMMARIZE(Table1,[Customer (Month)],"x",COUNTA(Table1[Customer])),[x])
That just says "Summarize this table by count of the customer field by month, call the resulting summarization field 'x', and then give me the average of that field x".
Because DAX measures are executed within the context of the PivotTable, you get the count that you want for months, and you get the average that you want for the yearly subtotals.
Hard to explain, but demonstrates that DAX can certainly do this for you.
See my answer at the following link for an example of how to add data to the DataModel and how to subsequently write measures:
Using the Excel SMALL function with filtering criteria AND ignoring zeros
I also recommend grabbing yourself a book called Supercharge Excel when you learn to write DAX by Matt Allington, and perhaps even taking his awesome online course, because it covers this kind of thing very well, and will save you significant head-scratching compared to going it alone.
Is there a way to let a pivot table calculate the difference between 2 columns automatically when the values are shown as a % of the parent column total?
Now I need to to manually but the table is dynamic and number of competitors may vary. Function seems so easy but can't find it after googling etc...
See example picture below of what I want to achieve.
(Column F automated by the pivot table is the goal)
If trying to solve this with PivotTables, you've got a couple of options:
Use a 'Traditional' PivotTable that's based on a range. This will give you percentage differences, but you can't get percentage point differences like you're asking for without using external formulas.
Use a 'OLAP' PivotTable that's based on data you've added to the Excel Data Model. This will give you both percentage differences and percentage point differences, without having to resort to using external formulas.
In both cases, I recommend that you unpivot your data first, so that it is in what's known as a Flat File. Currently you're using a cross-tabulated data source (i.e. your source has columns called Year 1, Year 2), and the type of percentage comparisons across years you want to do doesn't work if your data is a crosstab. Basically, PivotTables aren't meant to consume cross-tabulated data.
Instead, you really want your data laid out so that you have a column called Amount and a column called Year, and then you can use the Show Values As options available from the right-click menu to show as percentage differences across years. To transform your data into a flat file, see my answers at convert cross table to list to make pivot table
That said, you can still use the GETPIVOTDATA function on your existing (unpivoted) data layout in a way that is somewhat more robust to changes in your PivotTable structure than just subtracting one reference from the other:
But again, I recommend transforming your data into a Flat File. Then you can additionally do the following:
Using a 'Traditional' PivotTable:
You can kinda solve your problem entirely within a self contained 'Traditional' PivotTable if you drag the Amount column to the Values area, put the Year column in the Columns area, put your Competitors in the Rows area, and choose one of the percentage Show Values As options you'll see when you right-click a cell in the Values area.
I say kinda, because without using external formulas (or without calculating the percentages back in your source data), you can only get it to show percent increases (see far right column), not percentage point increase like you want (see far left column). That said, I think percent increase is less confusing. But I guess it depends on what you want to show. If you want to show say change in market share from one year to the next, then percentage points make sense.
Of course, you could always use the GETPIVOTDATA function to do the additional math for you like we did earlier, like I've done on that left hand side.
Using an OLAP PivotTable based on the DataModel
Calculating percentage point increases likely requires using PivotTables built using the Data Model. See my answer at https://stackoverflow.com/a/49973465/2507160 that explains a little about the Data Model (although it doesn't answer this specific question).
Here's the result:
Here's the measures I used to do this:
Total Year 1:
=CALCULATE(SUM(Table2[Value]),ALLSELECTED(Table2[Competitor]),Table2[Year] = "Year 1")
Total Year 2:
=CALCULATE(SUM(Table2[Value]),ALLSELECTED(Table2[Competitor]),Table2[Year] = "Year 2")
% Year 1:
=CALCULATE(SUM(Table2[Value]),Table2[Year] = "Year 1")/[Total Year 1]
% Year 2:
=CALCULATE(SUM(Table2[Value]),Table2[Year] = "Year 2")/[Total Year 2]
p.p. Diff:
= [% Year 2] -[% Year 1]
You can add Calculated Fields to Pivot Tables, of varying levels of complexity. Finding the difference between two fields is about as simple as it gets.
The example below is borrowed from contextures.com, where there are many more examples more further information.
To add a calculated field:
Select a cell in the pivot table, and on the Excel Ribbon, under the PivotTable Tools tab, click the Options tab (Analyze tab in
Excel 2013).
In the Calculations group, click Fields, Items, & Sets, and then click Calculated Field.
Type a name for the calculated field, for example, RepBonus.
In the Formula box, type =Total * 3%
Click Add to save the calculated field, and click Close.
The RepBonus field appears in the Values area of the pivot table, and in the field list in the PivotTable Field List.
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EDIT:
#jeffreyweir - I'm not gonna lie, I don't know off the top of my head how to make this work (and don't have time to experiment) but by the looks of these options, isn't a calculated field with a "straight subtraction" of existing fields (ie., 3$-2%=1%) very possible with Difference from? (as opposed to % Difference from which is also an option but for a different result).
In fact, automatic year-over-year difference reporting should be readily possible with the <previous> and <next> comparison operators...?
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Also, did you see the link where I got the example? Kind of a hoakey site but it has some more complex pivot table instructions.
Need help
I have to analyze traffic violations data with respect to place, month, and type of violation in MS Excel.
I can plot graph of Month vs Count of Violation in a place that gives me place where maximum violations took place in a month
and Month vs Count of Type of Violation that tells me which violation took place maximum in a month.
But the data I want is, How to get place of violation where a certain type of violation took place maximum time in a month. This data will allow me to plan to reduce violations and improve safety.
inshort:
I can make 2d Graph of Place of Violation(50 Places) vs Month
I can make 2d Graph of Type of Violation(15 types) vs Month
But I want a 3d Graph in MS Excel that supports Place of Violation vs Type of Violation vs Month.
Can you tell me how to achieve this? if there is some method to reduce 3d data into 2d, do let me know, I can try for that. Thanks.
Adding More info as per Comment
Lets say I have table like this
Now I can plot a 2d Bar Graph Between Month vs Count of Violation Type to determine that what violations has taken place in a month and with what count.
Another Bar graph would be Month vs Count of Place of Violation to get at what places most violations have been taken place in whole month.
But I want a 3 Column comparison graph in which I want to determine, in a month, what count of violation type has happened across different places.
like a 3d array
graph[month][place][count of specific violation type]
I hope that makes it clear, if not, let me know so I can paste the actual graphs.
Thanks
3D graphs are really hard for people to read and interpret. You might consider making a series of graphs by month (1 graph per month) if you really want to highlight monthly changes. If you just want to find the troublespots, you could graph place by violation and be done with it.
But if you are sold on a 3D graph, you could look at pivottables and pivotcharts. I graphed your dataset using a PivotTable with Date on the Axis Field and Violation and Place on the legend field and Count of Date for the Values. I then selected the Date column in my PivotTable and chose Group Selection from PivotTable Tools > Options in the ribbon, and grouped by month.
The end result was this monstrosity, but it sounds like that might be what you are looking for. I included the PivotTable chart and its options so you could see the setup.
Hope that helps!