Access 2010 PivotTable Formulas
I'm trying to figure out how to use the Access 2010 PivotTable Formulas option. The two options are Create Calulated Total and Create Calculated Detail Field.
I want to create a Pivot Table that totals a numeric field, when I drag the field into the Pivot Table I get each value instead of a sum. I thought I could use the Formulas, Create Calculated Total, but it tives me a #Value error if I enter Sum(field) or click the Insert Reference To option. I do get a value if I type a number or simple formula like 5 + 2.
I've searched the internet and cannot find any help on this subject. If someone understands how this works, please explain it to me.
I have been able to get it to work if I first create a Calculated Total Field and leave the value a 0 and then drag my numeric field in and resize the other total column to make it invisible, but that doesn't seem like the way it should be done.
Thanks
I want to create a Pivot Table that totals a numeric field, when I drag the field into the Pivot Table I get each value instead of a sum. I thought I could use the Formulas, Create Calculated Total, but it tives me a #Value error if I enter Sum(field) or click the Insert Reference To option. I do get a value if I type a number or simple formula like 5 + 2.
I've searched the internet and cannot find any help on this subject. If someone understands how this works, please explain it to me.
I have been able to get it to work if I first create a Calculated Total Field and leave the value a 0 and then drag my numeric field in and resize the other total column to make it invisible, but that doesn't seem like the way it should be done.
Thanks
ASKER
Thanks for the reply. I've uploaded the sample database. It's just a training database and I'm creating the pivot table forms based on the qryPivotTableExample.
The frmPivotTableExample is just the basic shell with the Booking Dates in the left column and the SalesRep Names along the top and nothing in the middle.
The frmPivotTableExample with Total Errors is the example I get when I click on the Formulas command and then select Create Calculated Total. I have tried typing the name of the field, selecting it from the drop down and clicking the Insert Reference to button and also using the Sum([NoOfPeople]) and each time I get the #VALUE error.
The frmPivotTableExample with Extra Total Column is the only one I can get to work, but I don't think I'm doing it the most efficient way. I add a Total Column using the Formulas/Create Calculated Total and don't put anything in it, but it does create new columns titled New Total with a value of zero. Next I drag the NoOfPeople field into the first column under Allen and it inserts a column titled Sum of NoOfPeople with the correct values. I can hide the New Total column to "fake" it, but I'm not understanding the purpose of the Formulas/Create Calculated Total command.
I hope this makes sense... Thanks for trying to help me.
fwt-sample.accdb
The frmPivotTableExample is just the basic shell with the Booking Dates in the left column and the SalesRep Names along the top and nothing in the middle.
The frmPivotTableExample with Total Errors is the example I get when I click on the Formulas command and then select Create Calculated Total. I have tried typing the name of the field, selecting it from the drop down and clicking the Insert Reference to button and also using the Sum([NoOfPeople]) and each time I get the #VALUE error.
The frmPivotTableExample with Extra Total Column is the only one I can get to work, but I don't think I'm doing it the most efficient way. I add a Total Column using the Formulas/Create Calculated Total and don't put anything in it, but it does create new columns titled New Total with a value of zero. Next I drag the NoOfPeople field into the first column under Allen and it inserts a column titled Sum of NoOfPeople with the correct values. I can hide the New Total column to "fake" it, but I'm not understanding the purpose of the Formulas/Create Calculated Total command.
I hope this makes sense... Thanks for trying to help me.
fwt-sample.accdb
It is still not clear what your "exact" expected output should be.
Can you provide some sort of a graphic (markup an existing image, ...etc) to show the "exact" output you need, based on the sample data.
In any event...
<I want to create a Pivot Table that totals a numeric field, when I drag the field into the Pivot Table I get each value instead of a sum. >
After you drag the field in, right-click any value and select: AutoCalc-->Sum
(screencast attached.)
As far a s "calculated fields" go, I sometimes find it easier to add these calculated fields to the underlying query, then simply drop them into the Pivot like any other field.
JeffCoachman
boag2000-496022.flv
Can you provide some sort of a graphic (markup an existing image, ...etc) to show the "exact" output you need, based on the sample data.
In any event...
<I want to create a Pivot Table that totals a numeric field, when I drag the field into the Pivot Table I get each value instead of a sum. >
After you drag the field in, right-click any value and select: AutoCalc-->Sum
(screencast attached.)
As far a s "calculated fields" go, I sometimes find it easier to add these calculated fields to the underlying query, then simply drop them into the Pivot like any other field.
JeffCoachman
boag2000-496022.flv
ASKER
Thanks for the video and the comment. I like your idea of using a query and your suggestion works, but do you know how (or why) someone might use the Formulas - Create Calculated Total or Create Calculated Detail Field?
Thanks,
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Thank you so much for explaining that, I really appreciate it.
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