> > However, the column and row totals do not give intended results (sum > > of > > displayed results). Calculating percentage in the pivot table. One site has 20 rows (Entries), 16 of which were completed within 48hrs and 4 that were not completed within 48hrs. But none seem to work correctly. Problem 3# Excel Pivot Table Sum Value Not Working. Here is my table with two columns. It works properly. I have copied your table and created those 2 Calculated Fields (in Excel 2010, it's Measures): For anyone who might be interested, I deleted, re-entered and re-formatted the original profit column and now the pivot table gives me the correct monthly profits. The data table is powerful tool, but it brings a new level of complexity which can result in more ways to break or create wrong results. The problem I have is that the same company name for the same country is sometimes listed through several lines. As a result, the pivot counts all the lines for all the countries listed. I am trying to do a calculation on data in a pivot table. After the pivot table is created, go back to the source data and press Ctrl T in Excel 2007-2010 or Ctrl L in Excel 2003. I have then created a new tab and inserted a pivot table that reports on the above to get: "Client group", "Sum client billed", "sum local" A 30.00 0.00. B 30.00 0.00. The pivot helps to find the count of countries for each company names. Another very annoying Excel pivot table problem is that all of a sudden Excel pivot table sum value not working. This will define the range as a table. To create the Pivot Table and apply conditional formatting, you need to perform the following steps: Click anywhere in the data. This pivot table is used to track referrals for an employment service, and needs to show monthly totals of referrals, enrolments, cancellations and placements. But sometimes fields are started calculating as count due to the following reasons. Create and format your pivot table. Select a single cell in the dataset before starting your pivot table. My advice would be to accept 73.78% as the correct answer. I have the data calculation and have followed various examples on how to add columns to pivot tables. Excel will automatically extend this single cell to incorporate the entire contiguous range of data. Below are causes of why your data table does not work, and how to fix it. I can't figure out why the sum of local is showing as zero, where I would expect 1.00 for client group A and 1.00 for client group B?? Rather they use the same formula on all data in I have added a third that does the calculation. Re: Pivot table not calculating negative numbers properly + not sorting months accurately I managed to solve the problems myself. Go to Insert > Recommended PivotTables. I have shown my Free Pivot Table webinar to over 40,000 people over the last couple of years and I continually get the same questions from my webinar attendees regarding the little issues they have when using a Pivot Table.. It works properly. One Of The Values On Pivot Table Not Calculating Properly? Whenever the fields are added in the value area of the pivot table, they are calculated as a sum. I have created a pivot table to show these 2 columns. Specifically, sum the values associated with dates in the past 21 days. In order to get your incorrect answer of 73.85%, you need a calculated column with the percentages and then take the average of those percentages (excluding zeroes), I know how to do the manipulation in Power Query to get the answer you are looking for, but not in DAX. Technically speaking, the average is correct - if you look at the source data, for some reason all rows are duplicated and if you do regular average calculation, it's actually 0.5.. 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