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Here is a Challenge for the Pros!? Wrong %Total in Pivot, any clever idea?

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    Unhappy Here is a Challenge for the Pros!? Wrong %Total in Pivot, any clever idea?

    HERE IS A CHALLENGE !!!

    I need to buid a pivot with % (showing the leftover or usage of something).

    All in all that's ok, however, when it comes to the "totals" the pivot is taking the SUM % of the sub %, instead of actually calculating the % figures shown in the total again... (sorry but I could not express myself better)

    I have treid using a calcualted field... where in one part of the pivot this works perfect, in the other not at all... for some reason that looks even worse than the workaround I did try... (I created a column that calculates the % and then added it like that, but that is still not accurate, in what I'm trying to demonstrate.)

    Has anyone got a clever idea on how I could get excel to do my bidding, using a trick or a workaround (adding more columns in the data etc...)?

    I have attached the file to show what I mean...
    MyProblem.xlsx
    (not to mention that I'm having to use German excel here... does not make life simpler but it's fine)
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    Re: Wrong Total (%) in Pivot - does anyone have a clever idea?

    Can anyone help me with this please?
    I just spent another weekend trying to find a solution but it's possible I'm just too about this and there is a simple fix to it... or is my request a lost cause?

    I would appriciate any input or suggestions

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    Re: Wrong %Total in Pivot, any clever idea? SOLVED

    For the sake of closure... In case anyone else is trying to do the same...
    I have now found that "a calculated field can't work with Max - it will always use SUM", you can use "PowerPivot" though.
    Personally I decided to add a few Queries within my Access db to create a new column summerising the required amounts on a top level with so that once in excel I can use the SUM.
    Now of course I'll have more work adjusting my Pivot to look and feel right but that is better than nothing I guess.

    Hope this may help or at least answer a question someone may have.

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