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Can you remove duplicates from Pivot Table?
Hi there - i have a database which looks something like this:
Name Number Fred 1000 Fred 1000 Fred 1000 Tom 2000 Tom 2000 Tom 2000 Jane 3000 Jane 3000 Jane 3000 I want my pivot table to show: Fred 1000 Tom 2000 Jane 3000 is there a way to remove duplicate data? right now my pivot table shows: Fred 3000 Tom 6000 Jane 9000 I don't want the numbers to be summed. Alternative solutions i have already looked at: I know I can also do this using Advanced Filtering - which I will do if need be. I have also added a new column to my database called "Unique entries" which i can use for my pivot table - but that's another "manual" thing to do - i would like to try to work with the existing database - without having to add more columns and formulas. appreciate your assistance! |
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Can you remove duplicates from Pivot Table?
You could average the numbers. That would work in the example you posted.
Just change the aggregation of the numbers from sum to average. -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "Mississauga99" wrote: Hi there - i have a database which looks something like this: Name Number Fred 1000 Fred 1000 Fred 1000 Tom 2000 Tom 2000 Tom 2000 Jane 3000 Jane 3000 Jane 3000 I want my pivot table to show: Fred 1000 Tom 2000 Jane 3000 is there a way to remove duplicate data? right now my pivot table shows: Fred 3000 Tom 6000 Jane 9000 I don't want the numbers to be summed. Alternative solutions i have already looked at: I know I can also do this using Advanced Filtering - which I will do if need be. I have also added a new column to my database called "Unique entries" which i can use for my pivot table - but that's another "manual" thing to do - i would like to try to work with the existing database - without having to add more columns and formulas. appreciate your assistance! |
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Can you remove duplicates from Pivot Table?
thanks Jim for that great idea!
"Jim Thomlinson" wrote: You could average the numbers. That would work in the example you posted. Just change the aggregation of the numbers from sum to average. -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "Mississauga99" wrote: Hi there - i have a database which looks something like this: Name Number Fred 1000 Fred 1000 Fred 1000 Tom 2000 Tom 2000 Tom 2000 Jane 3000 Jane 3000 Jane 3000 I want my pivot table to show: Fred 1000 Tom 2000 Jane 3000 is there a way to remove duplicate data? right now my pivot table shows: Fred 3000 Tom 6000 Jane 9000 I don't want the numbers to be summed. Alternative solutions i have already looked at: I know I can also do this using Advanced Filtering - which I will do if need be. I have also added a new column to my database called "Unique entries" which i can use for my pivot table - but that's another "manual" thing to do - i would like to try to work with the existing database - without having to add more columns and formulas. appreciate your assistance! |
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