Comments on: Pivoting on Two Fields http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/14/pivoting-on-two-fields/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: KevinA http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/14/pivoting-on-two-fields/#comment-19931 KevinA Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:51:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=935#comment-19931 <p>An easier way may be to:<br> - don't create a month column<br> - include the transaction date field in the pivot table instaed of the month field<br> - put your cursor over any date in the table<br> - right ckick and select GROUP AND SHOW DETAIL<br> - select GROUP<br> - Select Months and Years (quarters too if you like)</p> <p>The Pivot table will now create 2 new fields As years and months that you can now use dynamically in the pivot table</p> An easier way may be to:
- don’t create a month column
- include the transaction date field in the pivot table instaed of the month field
- put your cursor over any date in the table
- right ckick and select GROUP AND SHOW DETAIL
- select GROUP
- Select Months and Years (quarters too if you like)

The Pivot table will now create 2 new fields As years and months that you can now use dynamically in the pivot table

]]> By: Kevin http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/14/pivoting-on-two-fields/#comment-12485 Kevin Tue, 24 May 2005 22:39:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=935#comment-12485 <p>Wouldn't it have been eaiser to add the =month() formula as a column to your data, and then simply run the pivot table to include this column?</p> Wouldn’t it have been eaiser to add the =month() formula as a column to your data, and then simply run the pivot table to include this column?

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