You can't refer to cells outside the pivot table when creating formulas
in a pivot table. Perhaps you can enter the rates in the source data,
and do the calculations there. Then add the calculated valued to the
pivot table.

Ed Bonk wrote:
How do I create a column within the Pivot Table that will access absolute
cells outside the table but within the same worksheet.

The Pivot table gives me a count of hours by person and now I need to create
a column that will show total cost of those hours using rates that I have
created in cells with an absolute rate outside the table.


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Debra Dalgleish
Contextures
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