{"id":3460,"date":"2016-06-23T16:31:14","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T14:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:46:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:46:25","slug":"show-percent-column-total-excel-pivot-tables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/show-percent-column-total-excel-pivot-tables\/","title":{"rendered":"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Excel <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/101-excel-pivot-tables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pivot Tables\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pivot Tables<\/a> have a lot of useful\u00a0calculations under the <strong>SHOW VALUES AS<\/strong> option and one that can help you a lot is the <strong>PERCENT OF COLUMN\u00a0TOTAL<\/strong>\u00a0calculation.<\/p>\n<p>This option will immediately calculate the percentages for you from a table filled with numbers such as sales data, expenses, attendance, or anything that can be quantified.<\/p>\n<p>In the example below I show you how to get the\u00a0<em>Percent of Column\u00a0Total<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R5yIZS4pN58?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-1.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-1.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\">Percent-of-Column-Total-1.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Insert a new <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/101-excel-pivot-tables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pivot table\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pivot table<\/a> by clicking\u00a0on your data and going\u00a0to<strong><em>\u00a0Insert &gt; Pivot Table &gt; New Worksheet or Existing Worksheet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-01.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-01.png\" alt=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\" width=\"386\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-01.png 386w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-01-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0In the\u00a0<strong>ROWS<\/strong>\u00a0section put in the\u00a0<em>Sales\u00a0Month<\/em>\u00a0field, in the\u00a0<strong>COLUMNS<\/strong>\u00a0put in the <em>Financial\u00a0Year<\/em>\u00a0field and in the\u00a0<strong>VALUES\u00a0<\/strong>area you need to put in the\u00a0<em>Sales<\/em>\u00a0field twice, I explain why below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-02.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-02.png\" alt=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\" width=\"345\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-02.png 345w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-02-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Click the second Sales field\u2019s\u00a0<em>(Sum of SALES2<\/em>) drop down and choose<strong>\u00a0Value Field Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-03.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-03.png\" alt=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\" width=\"345\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-03.png 345w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-03-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 4:<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Select the\u00a0<strong>Show Values As<\/strong>\u00a0tab and from the drop down choose\u00a0<em><strong>% of\u00a0Column\u00a0Total.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also change the\u00a0<strong>Custom Name<\/strong> into <strong>Percent of Column\u00a0Total<\/strong> to make it more presentable.\u00a0Click\u00a0<strong>OK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-04.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-04.png\" alt=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\" width=\"373\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-04.png 373w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-04-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 5:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Notice that the<strong><em> Percent of Column\u00a0Total<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>data is in a decimal\u00a0format that is hard to read:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-05A.png\" alt=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\" width=\"371\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-05A.png 371w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-05A-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To format the <em><strong>Percent of Column\u00a0Total<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>column, click the second\u00a0Sales field\u2019s\u00a0<em>(Percent of Column\u00a0Total<\/em>) drop down and choose<strong>\u00a0Value Field Settings.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The goal here is for us to transform\u00a0numbers from\u00a0a decimal\u00a0format (i.e. 0.23), into a percentage\u00a0format that is more readable (i.e. 23%).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-05-new.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-05-new.png\" alt=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\" width=\"354\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-05-new.png 354w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-05-new-167x300.png 167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 6: <\/strong><\/span>Click the <strong>Number Format<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-06.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-06.png\" alt=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\" width=\"373\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-06.png 373w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-06-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 7:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Inside the\u00a0<em>Format Cell<\/em>s dialog box, make your formatting changes within here and press\u00a0<strong>OK<\/strong>\u00a0twice.<strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this example, we used the\u00a0<strong>Percentage\u00a0<\/strong>category to make our <em>Percent of Column\u00a0Total<\/em>\u00a0numbers become more readable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-07.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-07.png\" alt=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\" width=\"529\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-07.png 529w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-07-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You now have your Pivot Table, showing the <strong>Percent of Column\u00a0Total\u00a0<\/strong>for the sales data of years 2012, 2013, and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>All of the sales numbers\u00a0are now represented as a <strong>Percentage of each column (Years 2012, 2013 and 2014)<\/strong>, which you can see on\u00a0each column\u00a0is represented as <strong>100%<\/strong> in totality:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-08.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-08.png\" alt=\"Show The Percent of Column Total With Excel Pivot Tables\" width=\"1181\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-08.png 1181w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-08-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-08-1024x348.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Percent-of-Column-Total-08-768x261.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1181px) 100vw, 1181px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2964 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/728x90.gif\" alt=\"PIVOT BANNER\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excel Pivot 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