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    Mixture of %s and Numerals within a Pivot

    Hello,

    I am building a Pivot (summary table). Is it possible to have '%' symbol showing for the percentage-based rows ? So in the attached example, rows marked 'A' and 'C' these are literal percentages (albeit extremely small percentages). However If I select these mention rows and click the '%' button 'A' and 'C' do become percentages but they distort the percentages. So for example, if it is showing 0.4 now it becomes "40 %'', and 1.5 becomes "150 %" which is not right. It should be showing "0.4%" and "1.5 %". What I have attached is the copy of the values from the Pivot (but NOT the actual Pivot with its data).

    It does not seem that having a mixture of numbers and percentages in Pivot is a problem per se, because I was able to click on 'A' and 'C' and clicked '%' button (although as i said it converts 0.4 to "40 %" and 1.5 to "150 %" which off course is not what I wanted) .


    Kindly advise.
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    Re: Mixture of %s and Numerals within a Pivot

    IF that is the case, then you are incorrectly calculating percentages in your base table. Percent is the ratio of two values, and 100% is actual when the ratio is 1. So either fix your data, your calculations, or divide your existing 'percent values' by 100 and then the percent formatting will show the correct numeric values.
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    Re: Mixture of %s and Numerals within a Pivot

    Alternatively, change the custom formatting for A and C rows to: General"%". However, such formatting may not "stick" with the PivotTable if filtering is done.

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