Modify a pivot table to complete a calculation on two columns already included in the pivot table and to summarize data based on variable Values field |Power Query|Excel Forum|My Online Training Hub

Hi Mynda

Thank you for the reply! I think I get what you are suggesting. However, for my data set, I have some entries that have a value in multiple (up to maybe 10) different property types, so I cannot simply have a column that includes the name of the property as an entry and a second column for the numerical value, for each line in the data. I suppose this would work if I assigned a primary, secondary, etc. property type for each type of data, but this would be very prone to error since the data would have to be entered in the same order for all similar entries. There are also about 28 property types (i.e., different types of results values) right now, and this will definitely increase!

I have uploaded a much smaller version of the data and pivot table that I am trying to work with. It has 4 Input Criteria (Area, Flooor, Zone, and Shape) and 6 Property Types (Yield strength, Ultimate strength, Elongation, Total Carbon, Carbon Equivalent, and Weldability). Each of the 12 entries in the data source has values for all of these Criteria and Property values. I have applied filter controls using slicers and linked Pivot Tables for convenience and consistency of display (slicers are on a separate sheet, with secondary pivot tables that act as filter controls on the primary sheet). My computer is set up in French, so hopefully translates back to English when you open it on your machine (usually not a problem).

I can get the main pivot table to display the sum, average, max, min, etc. (using the built-in summary function options) for one of the properties, but would like to not have to create new columns reporting these summary values for each of the other 5 property types, which would be prone to error (and would be time-consuming when I go back to the main data source which has 28 property types).

With regards to the COV calculation, I think I have figured out how to do this with Measures/Power Pivot but only for one specific property (i.e., only for Yield Strength), not for the generic "Values" of a specific material property which I want to be able to select in order to retain flexibility.

I very much appreciate the help! Hopefully someone has a suggestion that will work.

Best regards,

Matt

Hi Mynda

Sorry about that. Here it is.

Hi Mynda

Thanks for the reply. I don't see how this can work in my situation: the Measures that were created in the example were for a specific column in the original data set, "Sales" (i.e., Sales Prior Period, Sales Current Period). I want to display the same calculations (average, min, max, etc.) but on a variable Property type that can be changed by selecting from a list/filter, without having to create the same list of custom Measures for each Property. 

Thanks for the help!

Hi Mynda

Thanks so much for your help. I got my spreadsheet working how I would like. I was very reluctant to unpivot the data, prior to discovering that unpivoting makes a new table but leaves the existing one in place. Data entry into the original table (which is ongoing) is much easier when all values are on the same line for a given specimen. But now that I've unpivoted, the Pivot Table works like a charm. I've also noted that by placing my Property (i.e., the different types of values that I have) column ahead of the Values in the Columns area of the Pivot Table, I can display all the calculations (Avg, Std. Dev, Coefficient of Variation, etc.) on multiple related properties at the same time.

A whole new world has opened it's doors to me!

Thanks fo much for your assistance and patience.