A Running Total In is the accumulation of values over a certain period, like days, month or years.  It is sometimes referred to as the Year to Date analysis.

A Running Total In takes one period’s values, then adds a second period, then a third period…and so on, to give the accumulated values up to a certain period.

This can be show in dollar form or in percentage form.

With an Excel Pivot Table we can easily include this calculation without the need to use any formulas.  Here is how:

Running Total In % with an Excel Pivot Table | MyExcelOnline

DOWNLOAD EXCEL WORKBOOK

STEP 1: Insert a Pivot Table by clicking in your data and going to Insert > Pivot Table and choose to insert it in a New or Existing Worksheet

insert a pivot table

create pivot table

 

STEP 2: You will need to put the Months Field in the ROW area, the Year Field in the COLUMN area and then put the Sales Field in the VALUES area two times!

pivottable fields

 

STEP 3: Right Click on a Totals cell and choose Remove Grand Total

remove grand totals

 

STEP 4: Right Click on a Sum of SALES2 value and select Show Values As > % Running Total In  > Base Field: Month

% running total in

Base Field

 

STEP 5: You can manually change the name of the Sum of SALES2 Field by clicking in the cell’s title within the Pivot Table:
manually change field name

 

STEP 6: We can insert a Pivot Chart by clicking in our Pivot Table and going to PivotTable Tools > Analyze/Options > Pivot Chart

pivot chart

 

STEP 7: From the Insert Chart dialogue box you need to choose the Combo chart and “check”the Secondary Axis box for the YTD% Series and press OK

insert combo chart

 

You now have your % Running Total In values on a Pivot Table and also shown graphically on a Pivot Chart:

pivot table ytd

pivot chart ytd

 

PIVOT BANNER

HELPFUL RESOURCES:

JOIN OUR FREE EXCEL COURSES BELOW
Click here to access these FREE Excel courses!

If you like this Excel tip, please share itEmail this to someone

email

Pin on Pinterest

Share on Facebook

Tweet about this on Twitter

Share on LinkedIn