Pivot Table Data Crunching

6. Performing Calculations Within Your Pivot Tables

In this Chapter

Introducing Calculated Fields and Calculated Items 101

Creating Your First Calculated Field 104

Creating Your First Calculated Item 111

Rules and Shortcomings of Pivot Table Calculations 117

Managing and Maintaining Your Pivot Table Calculations 120

Introducing Calculated Fields and Calculated Items

When analyzing data with pivot tables, you will often find the need to expand your analysis to include data based on calculations that are not in your original dataset. Excel provides a way to perform calculations within your pivot table through calculated fields and calculated items.

A calculated field is a data field you create by executing a calculation against existing fields ...