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calculated fields - change field settings
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on a calculated field I've just created, the SUM settings appears by default. As I wish to calculate AVERAGE, how can I change from SUM to AVERAGE? From the context menu of my calculated field column I select FIEL SETTINGS, and a small dialog box opens with several options: SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE, etc. But I can't change/choose none. Is there a way to change from SUM to AVERAGE? Thanks. FN |
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Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:18:04 -0700 from FaN404 <FaN404
@discussions.microsoft.com: on a calculated field I've just created, the SUM settings appears by default. As I wish to calculate AVERAGE, how can I change from SUM to AVERAGE? Click in the cell, press F2, and type the change. Maybe I misunderstood your question? -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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Are you talking about hitting the AutoSum icon? There should be a drop-down arrow at rightside of the Icon. Click on that to get more options. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:05:05 -0400, Stan Brown wrote: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:18:04 -0700 from FaN404 <FaN404 : on a calculated field I've just created, the SUM settings appears by default. As I wish to calculate AVERAGE, how can I change from SUM to AVERAGE? Click in the cell, press F2, and type the change. Maybe I misunderstood your question? |
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You can't change the summary function for a calculated field in a pivot
table. Sum is the only function available. FaN404 wrote: Hi! on a calculated field I've just created, the SUM settings appears by default. As I wish to calculate AVERAGE, how can I change from SUM to AVERAGE? From the context menu of my calculated field column I select FIEL SETTINGS, and a small dialog box opens with several options: SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE, etc. But I can't change/choose none. Is there a way to change from SUM to AVERAGE? -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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Hi Debra,
Thanks for your answer! Is there any way to change this setting from SUM to AVERAGE? It seems to me to be a limitation on the scope of calculated fields. Cheers, FN ----------------------------------------------------------- "Debra Dalgleish" wrote: You can't change the summary function for a calculated field in a pivot table. Sum is the only function available. FaN404 wrote: Hi! on a calculated field I've just created, the SUM settings appears by default. As I wish to calculate AVERAGE, how can I change from SUM to AVERAGE? From the context menu of my calculated field column I select FIEL SETTINGS, and a small dialog box opens with several options: SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE, etc. But I can't change/choose none. Is there a way to change from SUM to AVERAGE? -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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You're welcome. There's no way to change the setting. Depending on what
the calculated field does, perhaps you could add a field in the source data that does a similar calculation, then add that to the pivot table, and show the average. FaN404 wrote: Hi Debra, Thanks for your answer! Is there any way to change this setting from SUM to AVERAGE? It seems to me to be a limitation on the scope of calculated fields. Cheers, FN ----------------------------------------------------------- "Debra Dalgleish" wrote: You can't change the summary function for a calculated field in a pivot table. Sum is the only function available. FaN404 wrote: Hi! on a calculated field I've just created, the SUM settings appears by default. As I wish to calculate AVERAGE, how can I change from SUM to AVERAGE? From the context menu of my calculated field column I select FIEL SETTINGS, and a small dialog box opens with several options: SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE, etc. But I can't change/choose none. Is there a way to change from SUM to AVERAGE? -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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Hi Debra,
That seems to be the best alternative. Thank you and to everybody on this forum for your contributions. FN --------------------- "Debra Dalgleish" wrote: You're welcome. There's no way to change the setting. Depending on what the calculated field does, perhaps you could add a field in the source data that does a similar calculation, then add that to the pivot table, and show the average. FaN404 wrote: Hi Debra, Thanks for your answer! Is there any way to change this setting from SUM to AVERAGE? It seems to me to be a limitation on the scope of calculated fields. Cheers, FN ----------------------------------------------------------- "Debra Dalgleish" wrote: You can't change the summary function for a calculated field in a pivot table. Sum is the only function available. FaN404 wrote: Hi! on a calculated field I've just created, the SUM settings appears by default. As I wish to calculate AVERAGE, how can I change from SUM to AVERAGE? From the context menu of my calculated field column I select FIEL SETTINGS, and a small dialog box opens with several options: SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE, etc. But I can't change/choose none. Is there a way to change from SUM to AVERAGE? -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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