Editing a Calculated Field

Calculated Fields in Excel Pivot Tables are very flexible to use. However, sometimes making modifications to them is not that straightforward as the interface is not that intuitive.

Let me show it to you so that you can master editing a calculated field in a few steps!

 

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This is our current Pivot Table setup:

STEP 1: Select anywhere on your Pivot Table. Go to PivotTable Analyze > Fields, Items, & Sets > Calculated Field

STEP 2: Click on the dropdown list so that you can see all of the existing Calculated Fields

STEP 3: Select COGS and now you will see two buttons: Modify and Delete

If you want to make changes to the Formula, select Modify. If you want to remove it, then select Delete

Let us try out deleting this, click Delete

Click OK

Now you have your updated Pivot Table!

By following these steps, you can easily edit or delete a calculated field in Pivot Table!

 

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