Filter pivot table results / calculated field

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coolhandphil

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Hi,

I have a pivot table which show plus and minus values in one of the fields. How can I filter the table to only show negative values?

My pivot table appears as follows:

................................................Sales Area
Manager.......Data........................South
Al................Operating Profit.........-100
Al................Count of Stores.........10
Rick.............Operating Profit.........250
Rick.............Count of Stores.........11
Sally............Operating Profit.........-150
Sally............Count of Stores.........5
Bob..............Operating Profit.........60
Bob..............Count of Stores.........8

I want to only show Managers with a negative Operating Profit.

My first thought was to create a Calculated Field in the pivot table, however the field can't be placed anywhere other than in the data section so I can't filter by it.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Phil
 

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You could try the top 10 feature - show bottom x where x is the number of negatives. Or you could add a field to the source data with a formula that returns TRUE/FALSE depending on the sign of operating profit, add it to the pivot table and filter on that.
 
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Hi, Phil.

FYI, another approach is to filter out the unwanted records between the source data and the pivot table: using 'external data' either at the first step of the pivot table wizard or via menu data, import external data, new databse query. (This can be totally within the one file and need not be a separate file despite the 'external data' name.) When available take the option to go into MS Query and apply a criteria to the profit field for values < 0. So the SQL would be like below. Complete the PT.

HTH, Fazza

Code: 
SELECT *
FROM source
WHERE Profit < 0
 
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here's a small trick - you can't get a filter applied to a 'raw' pivot, but you can if you add a column of data to the column next to the pivot.

in the column immediately to the right of your pivot, add a column header (eg 'Filter') and some data or a formula - in this case something like sales<0 or similar

now, go & add a data | filter | autofilter to the new column - the filter options will also now turn up in the pivot & you can do what you want.
 
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so I do thiis column but is not included in the pivot range selected in advance?
 
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BTW, filtering CAN be done between the source data and final pivot table (without adding an extra field to the source data). See post #3 above.
 
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