Calculating Data in an Excel pivot table

Asked By susan1962 0 points N/A Posted on - 09/23/2011

Recently I set up a Pivot Table in Excel which shows inventory purchased and inventory sold for my business. I would like to add a simple calculation in the Pivot Table showing the difference between the amount purchased and amount sold, giving me my on hand inventory.

Can a calculation be added to a Pivot Table once it has been set up?

Item	Data	Total
Blue Candle	Sum of Purchased	50
	Sum of Sold	12
Blue Votive	Sum of Purchased	75
	Sum of Sold	42
Cream Votive	Sum of Purchased	75
	Sum of Sold	27
Gold Candle	Sum of Purchased	50
	Sum of Sold	2
Green Candle	Sum of Purchased	50
	Sum of Sold	11
Red Candle	Sum of Purchased	50
	Sum of Sold	27
White Votive	Sum of Purchased	75
	Sum of Sold	38
Total Sum of Purchased		425
Total Sum of Sold		159

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Answered By kellybrooke 0 points N/A #128300

Calculating Data in an Excel pivot table

Even though the Pivot Table has already been set-up, through drag-n-drop, criteria can be manipulated. The process are as follows:

• To change the “field formula” you have to click on the PIVOT TABLE on the PIVOT TABLE “toolbar”, and in the FORMULAS menu, hit CALCULATED FIELD. 
• Select the category or group of data that needs changing, a FORMULA box will appear after clicking the name of the group or field.
• Change the formula as you desire and hit MODIFY. And then hit OK.

If you want to change the formula of an item you have to:

• Click or choose the group or field where the item that you want to change is.
• Then hit PIVOT TABLE on the PIVOT TABLE toolbar and instead of CALCULATED FIELD choose CALCULATED ITEM in the formula menu.
• Highlight the name of the item that needs to be changed, change the formula in the FORMULA BOX.
• Click MODIFY, then OK.

Hope this helps.

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Answered By Sherin Viluel 0 points N/A #128301

Calculating Data in an Excel pivot table

 

In excel it is impossible to add calculation or formula directly to a pivot table. You can add a calculation in to a cell which is out of the pivot table as shown in the below image but you will not be able to copy that formula to the other cell.

If you copied it to other cells, it will show the same result which is in the first cell.

 

However, you can add a calculation to the data source which you can get the on hand inventory and then it is possible to add that field to pivot table as follows.

First get the on hand inventory to the data source by adding a new column as on hand inventory and type a formula to get the balance inventory (purchase quantity – sold quantity).

 

 

 

Then go to the “options” tab and click on the “change data source” on Data section (Step 1).

Then select the entire data source including new on hand inventory column and click ok (step 2).

 

 

 

Then go to the “options” tab and click on the “Field list” in show/hide section.

 

 

 

Drag the “on hand inventory” field and put it to Values field.

Make the “on hand inventory “field to sum format.

 

 

 

Now you will be able to see the “on hand inventory” column in pivot table as follows.

 

 

 

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