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688 Modifying the Pivot Table
Figure 2-12 illustrates this situation. This figure shows the same pivot table after making a couple of key changes to the table structure. First, I added the Profit Sharing field as a second Report Filter field by dragging it to the FILTERS area in the PivotTable Fields task pane. Then, I made Location
a second Row Labels Field by dragging it from the COLUMNS area to the ROWS area. Finally, for this figure, I changed the setting in the Gender Report Filter from the default of All to M and changed the Profit Sharing Report Filter to Yes.
As a result, the modified pivot table shown in Figure 2-12 now shows the salary totals for all the men in the corporation arranged first by their loca- tion and then by their department. Because I added Profit Sharing as a second Report Filter, I can see the totals for just the men or just the women who are or aren’t currently enrolled in the profit sharing plan simply by selecting the appropriate Report Filter settings.
Figure 2-12:
The pivot table after adding Profit Sharing as another Report Filter and making both Location and Dept the Row Fields.
Changing the summary functions
By default, Excel uses the good old SUM function to total the values in the numeric field(s) that you add to the VALUES area, thereby assigning them to