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Subject:
MS Excel pivot average excluding null values
Category: Business and Money Asked by: munderic-ga List Price: $27.00 |
Posted:
20 Nov 2006 12:59 PST
Expires: 20 Nov 2006 18:14 PST Question ID: 784313 |
I have a pivot table in MS Excel based on about 32000 rows of data. In the layout part of the MS Excel pivot wizard, there is a list of data elements. Double clicking the field reveals a list of functions. I am looking for a function that excludes null values from my average. I am the executive receiving the report, and I need to get this done today. My analyst is out of the office and I cannot reach him. I know my way around pivots a bit, but I cannot figure out how to do this simply. I need a fast fix because I don't have more than 15-30 minutes available to fix this. If you have a fast fix let me know; otherwise my analyst will fix tomorrow but I will be late with this report. Thanks, Chris |
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Subject:
Re: MS Excel pivot average excluding null values
From: ken_tn-ga on 20 Nov 2006 15:40 PST |
Are you sure that the average function used through Pivot tables doesn't already ignore NULL values? Or do you want it to ignore zero values? If you test a pivot table with less records but a few null values, I think it will show that NULL values ARE already being ignored. Ken |
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Re: MS Excel pivot average excluding null values
From: munderic-ga on 20 Nov 2006 18:14 PST |
Ken is right about pivot ignoring null values. The analyst has added some kind of extra step, and is showing a page in the file that includes null values in the count for the denominator. However, the page is some kind of values-output only from which I cannot derive sources or formulae. I'll have to wait for my analyst. The extra step is some other process that is including null values (I do not mean zeroes). Thanks, chris |
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