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Latest post Sat, Jun 28 2008 4:54 AM by Nick Hodge. 1 replies.

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    • Pamd
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    Distinct Count in pivot table

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     Hi,

    I am new to Pivot Tables. I need to export a BO report into excel and it should have pivot cabability. The data that I have in the report is

    Org Second & Org Third are on the page level. Act_code, Prg_code are on the row level. Hours_charged is on the data level. I need to also show a distinct count of employees for each Org second and if you expand it and select the Org third then it should reflect the changes. I am getting the correct value for the hours_charged, but I am not getting it for Count of employees. I need a distinct count group by Org second. Any help will be appreciated.

    Thank you,

    PamD

     
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  • Sat, Jun 28 2008 4:54 AM In reply to

    • Nick Hodge
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    Re: Distinct Count in pivot table

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    Pam

    COUNT(DISTINCT(...)) is not currently possible in a pivottable field you will need to do that in the database. If your data is pivotted from a flat table already in Excel though, there is some instruction on setting up this column on Debra Dalgleish's site

    http://www.contextures.com/xlPivot07.html#Unique

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    Nick Hodge
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