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Will a Pivot Table Do This?
I have a large database consisting of about 40 columns and several hundred
rows. The headers of the columns denote the stages of a production project: let's say, "To Design," "To Production," "To Marketing," "To Distribution," etc. The row heads identify the many components that go through the various stages of the project (let's say "Thingie," "Thingie 2," "Thingie 3," etc.). There are many, many thingies, and they all go through the stages of production represented by the columns at different times. The body of the database consists of the bazillions of dates at which each part reaches each stage of production. My question is: Is it possible to construct a pivot table from this database that will show all of the dates down one side (either the top or the bottom, it doesn't matter) and identify what parts are where on those dates? For example, instead of looking through the database for all occurrences of August 2nd to determine how much is going on on that day, I'd like to have August 2nd appear along an axis of the pivot table and show what's going on: "Thingie 2 to Marketing," "Thingie 59 to Production," "Thingie 107 to Distribution," etc. Essentially this means turning the original database inside out, so that the dates appear in order and the row and column heads concatenater as data points inside the table. I've tried using filters of various sorts on the table to simplify my work, but it just seems like there should be some sort of way to explode the database and reassemble it in the way I've described. Can a pivot table do this? Is this even possible? I've dragged fields this way and that but can't get close to what I need. Am I doing too much crack? Please help! |
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To reorganize the data, you can use the 'unpivot' technique described by
John Walkenbach: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip068.htm Then, create a pivot table from the restructured data, with Date, Project Stage and Component in the Row area, and another copy of Component in the data area, as Count of Component. Turn off the subtotals, and you'll have a list of tasks by date. PBJ wrote: I have a large database consisting of about 40 columns and several hundred rows. The headers of the columns denote the stages of a production project: let's say, "To Design," "To Production," "To Marketing," "To Distribution," etc. The row heads identify the many components that go through the various stages of the project (let's say "Thingie," "Thingie 2," "Thingie 3," etc.). There are many, many thingies, and they all go through the stages of production represented by the columns at different times. The body of the database consists of the bazillions of dates at which each part reaches each stage of production. My question is: Is it possible to construct a pivot table from this database that will show all of the dates down one side (either the top or the bottom, it doesn't matter) and identify what parts are where on those dates? For example, instead of looking through the database for all occurrences of August 2nd to determine how much is going on on that day, I'd like to have August 2nd appear along an axis of the pivot table and show what's going on: "Thingie 2 to Marketing," "Thingie 59 to Production," "Thingie 107 to Distribution," etc. Essentially this means turning the original database inside out, so that the dates appear in order and the row and column heads concatenater as data points inside the table. I've tried using filters of various sorts on the table to simplify my work, but it just seems like there should be some sort of way to explode the database and reassemble it in the way I've described. Can a pivot table do this? Is this even possible? I've dragged fields this way and that but can't get close to what I need. Am I doing too much crack? Please help! -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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Wow! That does exactly what I need! Thank you so much for the help, Debra.
I've seen your posts before (and checked out Contextures, as well): always wonderfully useful. Thanks again! "Debra Dalgleish" wrote: To reorganize the data, you can use the 'unpivot' technique described by John Walkenbach: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip068.htm Then, create a pivot table from the restructured data, with Date, Project Stage and Component in the Row area, and another copy of Component in the data area, as Count of Component. Turn off the subtotals, and you'll have a list of tasks by date. PBJ wrote: I have a large database consisting of about 40 columns and several hundred rows. The headers of the columns denote the stages of a production project: let's say, "To Design," "To Production," "To Marketing," "To Distribution," etc. The row heads identify the many components that go through the various stages of the project (let's say "Thingie," "Thingie 2," "Thingie 3," etc.). There are many, many thingies, and they all go through the stages of production represented by the columns at different times. The body of the database consists of the bazillions of dates at which each part reaches each stage of production. My question is: Is it possible to construct a pivot table from this database that will show all of the dates down one side (either the top or the bottom, it doesn't matter) and identify what parts are where on those dates? For example, instead of looking through the database for all occurrences of August 2nd to determine how much is going on on that day, I'd like to have August 2nd appear along an axis of the pivot table and show what's going on: "Thingie 2 to Marketing," "Thingie 59 to Production," "Thingie 107 to Distribution," etc. Essentially this means turning the original database inside out, so that the dates appear in order and the row and column heads concatenater as data points inside the table. I've tried using filters of various sorts on the table to simplify my work, but it just seems like there should be some sort of way to explode the database and reassemble it in the way I've described. Can a pivot table do this? Is this even possible? I've dragged fields this way and that but can't get close to what I need. Am I doing too much crack? Please help! -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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You're welcome! Thanks for letting me know that it helped.
PBJ wrote: Wow! That does exactly what I need! Thank you so much for the help, Debra. I've seen your posts before (and checked out Contextures, as well): always wonderfully useful. Thanks again! "Debra Dalgleish" wrote: To reorganize the data, you can use the 'unpivot' technique described by John Walkenbach: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip068.htm Then, create a pivot table from the restructured data, with Date, Project Stage and Component in the Row area, and another copy of Component in the data area, as Count of Component. Turn off the subtotals, and you'll have a list of tasks by date. PBJ wrote: I have a large database consisting of about 40 columns and several hundred rows. The headers of the columns denote the stages of a production project: let's say, "To Design," "To Production," "To Marketing," "To Distribution," etc. The row heads identify the many components that go through the various stages of the project (let's say "Thingie," "Thingie 2," "Thingie 3," etc.). There are many, many thingies, and they all go through the stages of production represented by the columns at different times. The body of the database consists of the bazillions of dates at which each part reaches each stage of production. My question is: Is it possible to construct a pivot table from this database that will show all of the dates down one side (either the top or the bottom, it doesn't matter) and identify what parts are where on those dates? For example, instead of looking through the database for all occurrences of August 2nd to determine how much is going on on that day, I'd like to have August 2nd appear along an axis of the pivot table and show what's going on: "Thingie 2 to Marketing," "Thingie 59 to Production," "Thingie 107 to Distribution," etc. Essentially this means turning the original database inside out, so that the dates appear in order and the row and column heads concatenater as data points inside the table. I've tried using filters of various sorts on the table to simplify my work, but it just seems like there should be some sort of way to explode the database and reassemble it in the way I've described. Can a pivot table do this? Is this even possible? I've dragged fields this way and that but can't get close to what I need. Am I doing too much crack? Please help! -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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