Thanks that works very nicely! As a work around I was inserting the
calculations to the right of the pivot but of course if my users deselected a
value or modified in anyway it would screw up the manual calculations.
Thanks again for being so responsive. You have been an tremendous help


"Debra Dalgleish" wrote:

Instead of a calculated item, you could add the amount to the data area
again.
Right-click on the heading for the second amount, and choose Field Settings
Click the Options button, and for Show Data as, choose % of
For Base Field, choose Status
For Base Item, choose Forecast, click OK

There's an example he
http://www.contextures.com/xlPivot10.html

This will show columns for Actual and Forecast, and you could manually
hide the one you don't want.

pivot table drop down values wrote:
No they are in one column. I have forecasts and actual in column A called
"Data Source" and in my pivot table I am grouping forecast and actual along
the header of the pivot table.

"Debra Dalgleish" wrote:


Are Forecast and Actual separate fields in the data area?

pivot table drop down values wrote:

I am trying to insert a calulated item as a %. Columns A includes forecast
and actual values. I want the clauculated item to be % of forecast to actual.
I just relized I am getting a message that says "calculated items do not work
with custom subtotals" I swear it worked once and kept bombing excel.

"Debra Dalgleish" wrote:



What calculation are you creating? Maybe it's something that can be
calculated in the source table, then added as a normal field in the
pivot table.

pivot table drop down values wrote:


I have approx 8000 rows of information with approx 30 columns. I want to add
a custom calculation which I was able to to at first but everytime I refresh
the pivot it bombs out & closes. I am assuming it the file is to large. Is
there a way to fix this?


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http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html