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SYMPTOMSIn a PivotTable, Microsoft Excel may calculate an incorrect grand total for a calculated field. CAUSEThis problem occurs when you use a calculated field (a field based on other fields) in a PivotTable, and the calculated field is defined by performing a higher order arithmetic operation, such as exponentiation, multiplication or division, on other fields in the PivotTable. For example, this problem occurs when you use a calculated field named Revenues that returns the multiple of the fields Units*Price. The individual items in the calculated field return the expected results; however, the grand total does not return the expected result for the calculated field. RESOLUTIONSTATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATIONWhen a calculated field includes more than one field in the data range, Microsoft Excel computes the grand total for the sum of each component field, and then performs the arithmetic operation. For example, the following example PivotTable contains a calculated field named Revenue, which is defined as Price * Units.
The grand total of 198 does not equal the subtotals of 10+22+36, which is 68.
Microsoft Excel computes the grand totals for the calculated field Revenues as follows:
or
This is 6*33=198.
For additional information about using Calculated Fields, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q161882 Using PivotTable Calculated Fields and Calculated Items Additional query words: 97 XL97 calculation
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