Hello!
I have a table consisting of three columns: Department, Product and Profit. The profit is summed up per Department.
My end goal is an analysis of the table as shown in the text to the right.
How would you tackle such a problem?
The sum per department is known, but how do I find the main contributing product (for that department's total profit?)
Last edited by PerdiditInMari; 01-07-2024 at 05:52 AM.
A Pivot Table does the trick, but I do not understand why AB is the largest contributor as -15 is smaller than 10 ( contributor AE)
The title contributor could perhaps be misleading. A better way of putting it would be:
The profit of department C is negative 20 and the main reason is product AB with a negative profit of 15.
How would you configure such a pivot table? Could you point out how to start?
I'm guessing it's because it is the major contributor to a negative total. That is, -15 is the biggest contributor to -20. The +10 and -10 balance out.
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Could someone please help me get started?
The table isn't static, both the number of departments and products could vary.
Formulas, a pivot table, VBA?
Is it what you are looking for?
Excel 365 (Windows) 64 bit
Department Total Profit Main Contibutor A B C
Sheet: Sheet1
Formula:
=XLOOKUP(L12&AGGREGATE(14,6,ABS(Table1[Profit])*(Table1[Department]=L12),1),Table1[Department]&ABS(Table1[Profit]),Table1[Profit])
It works like a charm.
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