Pivot table by formula?

Question

Hi,
I have a strange client requirement, which I want to achieve without using a pivot table, if possible, as; -
1. Pivot tables may not be scaleable to the volume of data which I will ultimately have in the solution
2. I need to create two measures, which I can create separately in two pivot tables, but cannot find a way of presenting them together as one in a pivot table's chart.
The measures are based on; -
Company Name; Volume of Sales expressed as a percentage of total (for a data set which has numerous filters on various dimensions at runtime, so level based measures do not help as the entire total data set at runtime is dynamically determined)
Product Type; Company Name, Volume of Sales expressed as a percent of row parent
It is the two percentage values which I want to see alongside each other, with the Company Name based measure NOT being broken up by Product Type.
So, to illustrate;
Company Name   Volume  
Company A           30
Company B           15
Company C           5
Gives;
Company Name   Measure 1  
Company A           60%
Company B           30%
Company C           10%
(And no - my data is not that well behaved, if only!)
Product Type   Company Name   Volume
Problem Child    Company A         20
                      Company B         10 
                      Company C          0
Cash Cow         Company A         10 
                      Company B           5
                      Company C           5
Result
Product Type   Company Name   Measure 2
Problem Child    Company A         66.67%
                      Company B         33.33%
                      Company C          0
Cash Cow         Company A         50% 
                      Company B         25%
                      Company C         25%
My desired output is; -
Product Type   Company Name   Measure 2   Measure 1
Problem Child    Company A         66.67%       60%
                      Company B         33.33%        30%
                      Company C          0                10%
Cash Cow         Company A         50%            60%
                      Company B         25%            30%
                      Company C         25%            10%Any takers, or even suggestions as to how I can go about this without hard coding??
thanks,
Robert.

Answer 1

Robert Angel wrote:
Hi,
I have a strange client requirement, which I want to achieve without using a pivot table, if possible, as; -
1. Pivot tables may not be scaleable to the volume of data which I will ultimately have in the solution
2. I need to create two measures, which I can create separately in two pivot tables, but cannot find a way of presenting them together as one in a pivot table's chart.
The measures are based on; -
Company Name; Volume of Sales expressed as a percentage of total (for a data set which has numerous filters on various dimensions at runtime, so level based measures do not help as the entire total data set at runtime is dynamically determined)
Product Type; Company Name, Volume of Sales expressed as a percent of row parent
It is the two percentage values which I want to see alongside each other, with the Company Name based measure NOT being broken up by Product Type.
So, to illustrate;
Company Name   Volume  
Company A           30
Company B           15
Company C           5
Gives;
Company Name   Measure 1  
Company A           60%
Company B           30%
Company C           10%
(And no - my data is not that well behaved, if only!)
Product Type   Company Name   Volume
Problem Child    Company A         20
Company B         10 
Company C          0
Cash Cow         Company A         10 
Company B           5
Company C           5
Result
Product Type   Company Name   Measure 2
Problem Child    Company A         66.67%
Company B         33.33%
Company C          0
Cash Cow         Company A         50% 
Company B         25%
Company C         25%
My desired output is; -
Product Type   Company Name   Measure 2   Measure 1
Problem Child    Company A         66.67%       60%
Company B         33.33%        30%
Company C          0                10%
Cash Cow         Company A         50%            60%
Company B         25%            30%
Company C         25%            10%Any takers, or even suggestions as to how I can go about this without hard coding??
thanks,
Robert.OK, here's my stab at it:
1) For measure 2, your formula would be:
Sum(table.sales BY table.product_type, table.company)/(SUM(table.sales BY table.product_type)*100.00
2) For measure 1, your formula would be:
Sum(table.sales BY table.company)/(SUM(table.sales)*100.00