{"id":298,"date":"2014-09-24T23:28:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T21:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2024-06-10T01:22:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T23:22:54","slug":"pivot-table-calculated-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/pivot-table-calculated-item\/","title":{"rendered":"Pivot Table Calculated Item"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/pivot-table-calculated-item\/#Pivot_Table_Calculated_Item\" title=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\">Pivot Table Calculated Item<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pivot_Table_Calculated_Item\"><\/span>Pivot Table Calculated Item<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/editing-a-calculated-item\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pivot Table<em> Calculated Items<\/em><\/a> allow you to do mathematical calculations with your Item List.\u00a0 You can use any of the Excel mathematical equations, like \/*+-%.<\/p>\n<p>The only limitation is that you cannot reference any cells.\u00a0 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Pivot Table\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/101-excel-pivot-tables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pivot Table<\/a> <em>Calculated Items<\/em> can be used to calculate changes between each other, like a month\u00b4s or year&#8217;s value, averages or summation.<\/p>\n<p>To activate the <em>Calculated Item<\/em> you have to make sure that you <strong>click on the chosen Item in the Pivot Table<\/strong>, then go to the<em> PivotTable Tools<\/em> tab in the Ribbon and go to <em>Options &gt; Fields, Items &amp; Sets &gt; Calculated Item<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Calculated-Item.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Calculated-Item.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Calculated-Item.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Click on the item that you want to calculate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6791\" title=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-01.jpg\" alt=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\" width=\"402\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-01.jpg 402w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-01-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Click on the Pivot Table and Go to\u00a0<em><strong>Options &gt; Fields, Items, &amp; Sets &gt; Calculated\u00a0Item<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6792\" title=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-02.jpg\" alt=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\" width=\"279\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Set the Name to\u00a0<strong>Year on Year Variance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6793\" title=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-03.jpg\" alt=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\" width=\"463\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-03.jpg 463w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-03-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 4:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Set the Formula to use the Years:\u00a0<strong>&#8216;2015&#8217;-&#8216;2014&#8217;.\u00a0<\/strong>Click\u00a0<strong>OK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6794\" title=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-04.jpg\" alt=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\" width=\"465\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-04.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-04-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your <strong>Calculated Item<\/strong> is now ready!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6795\" title=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-05.jpg\" alt=\"Pivot Table Calculated Item\" width=\"570\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-05.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/14-Calculated-Item-05-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pivot Table Calculated Item Pivot Table Calculated Items allow you to do mathematical calculations with your Item List.\u00a0 You can use any of the Excel mathematical equations, like \/*+-%. The only limitation is that you cannot reference any cells.\u00a0 Pivot Table Calculated Items can be used to calculate changes between each other, like a month\u00b4s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"Pivot Table Calculated Item","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[21,4],"tags":[51,86],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}