Converting Report Builder time-based metrics in Excel

Question

I am having trouble with my time-based metrics (avg. time spent) when I pull it in using Report Builder. Excel seems to take it out of the HH:MM:SS format and makes it a number. So when I run a report with the Avg Time Spent metric in the Adobe Interface, the correct format is displayed but when I run it with Report Builder a random number is displayed. I can't seem to convert it to the correct time. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Hi
I've just resolved a similar problem in Visual Studio whereby I had created a matrix with several columns and wanted to show each column as an overall percentage of each row.
It wasn't in sharepoint, but it may give you an idea of where to look to help you resolve this issue?
Basically, you have to tell the formula which set of data you want to add together to use as the number to do the divison by:
For example:
          |Column1| Column 2 | Column 3 |
Row 1  |     10    |     10       |     10       |
Row 2  |     10    |      10      |     20       |
If we assume we want to add the numbers in row 1 and show them as a percentage, we would expect to see 33% across all columns.  In row 2, we would expect to see 25%, 25% and 50%.  The formula to do this is:
Sum(Field)/Sum(Field,"RowGroupName")
It works in Visual Studio in a report matrix - hope it helps point you in the right direction for Sharepoint?
Regards
Kaz