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slohombre
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May 22, 2021
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Calculated Field in Pivot Table Not Summing Correctly

  Hi, all. I have a pivot table that has a calculated field in the last column of the pivot table. The formula I am using is an IF formula to determine Full Time Equivalents. I was hoping it would a...
  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    May 22, 2021

    slohombre 

    With calculated field in total PivotTable uses the same formula as for the rows, not sum them. Thus if your IF() applied to totals returns 1, in grand total for FTE will be 1.

     

    For such calculations it's better to add data to data model creating PivotTable and use DAX measures for aggregations.

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