"Top n" selection and percentages in a pivot table

Hi all,
I have a problem with calculating/display of percentage figures in a pivot table that I need some help on.
For a given month, I'm reporting the web browser logins, by browser type. So for example:
2010/03, IE, 50
2010/03, Firefox, 30
2010/03, Chrome, 10
2010/03, Others, 10
Totalling 100 ( and their produce the same value as a % ). However, if I apply a filter on the browser that does a select of the Top 2 for the month, the IE & Firefox total 80 and displays the % values as:
2010/03, IE, 62.5%
2010/03, Firefox, 37.5%.
So I can see that really what I need to do is to filter the columns being displayed as the "Top 2" not selecting the data onbeing in the top 2.
Can anyone advise on how to do this/is it possible.
Thanks in advance.

Hi you can try like,
1. create a duplicate column for browserlogins and set its level as month and name it as totallogin.
2. create a calculated measure for the original browserlogins column. Choose the totallogin to compare against that column.
3. choose percent in the new calculation tab.
4. Bring this column iinto the presentation layer.
5. use this column in the report.
Check what it is showing. I dint try this out. Just a guess. If its helpful award some points.
Thanks,
Karthick

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517     TA33     1/1/2010     90     MEDREC-C     FIN       FCS         BAN
517     TA33     1/5/2010     90     MEDREC-C     FIN22     FCS22       BAN22
518     TA35     1/2/2010     90     MEDREC-C     IND       IMAN       CO
519     TA23     1/3/2010     59     MEDREC-R     UYS       TYU         CO
519     TA23     1/7/2010     59     MEDREC-R     UYS66     TYU66       CO1this is the logic for the output above.
i am interested in rows with src value of 90 or 59
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1. if there is a row with src value of 90 and another with src value of 59 then display the row withh src=90
2. if there is a row with src value of 90 but there is no row with value 59 then display the row with src=90
3. if there is a row with src value of 59 but there is no row with value 90 then display the row with src=59
4. if there is no row with src value 59 and/or 90, then dont display anything
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in id 518, there is one row with src=90 but no row with src=59. display row with src=90
in 519, there is no row with src=90, but there is one with 59, display row with src=59
id 520 dont have rows with src 90 or 59, dont display anything
i want to join table1 and table2 together. in table2 i need to get the src value so that i can join with table1.
can somebody help write a query that gives me the output above? thanks

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               517 TA33 05-JAN-2010 12 00:00                 90 MEDREC-C FIN22 FCS22 BAN22 YB
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     WHAT VARCHAR2(32) NOT NULL,
     NUM NUMBER
     FILLING THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('AFAS','TRANSACTION',4);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('FAS-AP','TRANSACTION',2);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('FAS-AR','TRANSACTION',2);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('FAS-GL','MASTER',3);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('FAS-GL','REPORT',5);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('INTERNATIONAL CARGO','MASTER',1);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('INTERNATIONAL CARGO','REPORT',2);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('INTERNATIONAL CARGO','TRANSACTION',9);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('PACKAGE EXPRESS','INTELLIVIEW REPORT',1);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('PACKAGE EXPRESS','MASTER',4);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('PACKAGE EXPRESS','TRANSACTION',76);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('PACKAGE EXPRESS','UTILITIES',1);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('WAREHOUSE','REPORT',1);
INSERT INTO THINGS VALUES ('WAREHOUSE','TRANSACTION',9);
     CREATE A TABLE FOR THE FULL CORRISPONDENCE
CREATE TABLE THINGS2 AS
     SELECT A.WHO,B.WHAT, 0 NUM
     FROM (
          SELECT DISTINCT WHO
          FROM THINGS
     ) A, (
          SELECT DISTINCT WHAT
          FROM THINGS
     )B;
     SET THE RIGHT VALUES ON EACH ROW
UPDATE THINGS2 A
SET NUM = (
     SELECT NVL(SUM(NUM),0)
     FROM THINGS B
     WHERE ( A.WHO = B.WHO )
          AND ( A.WHAT = B.WHAT )
     SHOW THE FULL TABLE ( FULL BECAUSE IT CONTAINS THE FULL JOIN BETWEEN "WHO" AND "WHAT" )
SELECT *
FROM THINGS2
     RETRIVE THE EXPECTED OUTPUT
SELECT A.WHO,"TRANSACTION","MASTER","INTELLIVIEW REPORT","UTILITIES"
FROM (
     SELECT WHO,NUM "TRANSACTION"
     FROM THINGS2
     WHERE WHAT = 'TRANSACTION'
) A,(
     SELECT WHO,NUM "MASTER"
     FROM THINGS2
     WHERE WHAT = 'MASTER'
     ) B,(
     SELECT WHO,NUM "REPORT"
     FROM THINGS2
     WHERE WHAT = 'REPORT'
     ) C,(
     SELECT WHO,NUM "INTELLIVIEW REPORT"
     FROM THINGS2
     WHERE WHAT = 'INTELLIVIEW REPORT'
     ) D,(
     SELECT WHO,NUM "UTILITIES"
     FROM THINGS2
     WHERE WHAT = 'UTILITIES'
     ) E
WHERE ( A.WHO = B.WHO )
     AND ( A.WHO = C.WHO )
     AND ( A.WHO = D.WHO )
     AND ( A.WHO = E.WHO );
Ps.
Could anybody tell me how is it possible to indent text on the board of this forum?
Bye Alessandro

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