Combining Pivot table with other lookup data

sscornav

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I have a pivot table that contains sales data including region. I have a separate table that contains the sales goals by region and changes periodically. My current solution is to place the goals outside of the sales pivot data, but as the data changes the two become misaligned. (perhaps more regions are added) Does anyone have a technique that would put the goal data in the pivot without replicating it?

Here is a simple example:
Region Goals
RegionGoal
North$ 100,000
South$ 250,000
East$ 500,000
West$ 100,000
Sales Data
SalespersonRegionItemAmount
JoeNorthCar$ 50,000
MarySouthBoat$ 40,000
SallySouthBoat$ 30,000
FreddEastCar$ 70,000
SamWestCar$ 70,000
BartWestBike$ 10,000
JaneNorthBike$ 10,000
IreneSouthCar$ 80,000
Pivot DataLookupMath
Row LabelsAmtGoalDifference
East
70000​
$ 500,000$ 430,000
North
60000​
$ 100,000$ 30,000
South
150000​
$ 250,000$ 180,000
West
80000​
$ 100,000$ 30,000
Grand Total
360000​
 

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You can probably achieve your desired results using Power Pivot. Also, the Difference column in your example seems a bit off.
 
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What I am really looking for is a suggestion for a solution. Thanks for pointing out the error in the difference. Here is the data again:


Region Goals
RegionGoal
North$ 100,000
South$ 250,000
East$ 500,000
West$ 150,000
Sales Data
SalespersonRegionItemAmountGoal
JoeNorthCar$ 50,000
100000​
MarySouthBoat$ 40,000
250000​
SallySouthBoat$ 30,000
250000​
FreddEastCar$ 70,000
500000​
SamWestCar$ 70,000
150000​
BartWestBike$ 10,000
150000​
JaneNorthBike$ 10,000
100000​
IreneSouthCar$ 80,000
250000​
Pivot DataLookupMath
Row LabelsAmtAverage of GoalDifference
East
70000​
500000​
$ 430,000
North
60000​
100000​
$ 40,000
South
150000​
250000​
$ 100,000
West
80000​
150000​
$ 70,000
Grand Total
360000​
218750​
 
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