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Need help with add percentage in excel. I need to add up a yearly percentage for 1 metric for all 15 stations i have in separate tabs to tell me a yearly average percentage in the master tab
Solved by Z. F. in 21 mins
I'm trying to solve various outcomes for a football match to show the optimum amount that could be wagered across 16 different outcomes, to maximise return (as a percentage of the total wagered amount). The attachment shows the simple formula I've been using but at the moment I have to manually change the amounts in Column D. Is there a way Excel can simultaneously change the values in Column D to reach either the maximum percentage return shown in Column G or to hit a target return rate?
Solved by X. J. in 17 mins
I know how to calculate variance percentage in excel. But when the percentage is a negative number I want the value to display as "Missing Data not the negative number and I want to make a pivot chart by PM to summarize the data.. I can not provide the file due to company policy via this link
Solved by D. A. in 19 mins
Can you create an if statement to return a number with a maximum value. Even if the percentage is over 100%
Solved by E. W. in 25 mins
I have three columns of data A,B&C, these are different ways of collecting species. The data (approx. 46 entries each) is a number relating to how many of a species type has been seen using that method. I would like a graph which shows A,B&C and compares how they've picked up the species. I've tried adding in a percentage. I.e. calculated the total of ABC and added three columns A as a % of All, B as a % of All, C as a % of All. However I seem to be missing something...
Solved by T. A. in 13 mins
I want to create a worksheet that I can change the quantity of a recipe of ingredients of a product but the use of a drop-down list to be able to change the unit of measure for the amount of product that are calculated based on a percentage ratio.
Solved by V. D. in 12 mins
Can I use an if statement in data validation . for example in Cell A1 I have a total percentage sum formula l that will be between 1 and 100. somehow I want to data validate the cell so that if the sum is over 100% an error is given. Can that be done
Solved by F. W. in 29 mins
So I'm making an excel spread sheet for the month use of coupons and I can't get a total percentage of 100% on the spread sheet and it keeps giving me crazy percentages
Solved by O. J. in 26 mins
I have two value field columns in a pivot chart and I need to calculate a third column (percentage). Column A/Column B *100 I can't figure out how to do that outside of copying the values to a normal sheet and doing it manually. I would like to do it within the pivot table so the values update as the data changes. I have tried calculated fields and I can't get it to work.
Solved by T. U. in 27 mins
I need the YoY calculation column corrected. The goal is to calculate the percentage change from Q3-18 (column P) over Q3-17 (column Q). There is an issue with the current formula. For example, row 163 is showing a 1000% change but it should be reflecting a negative change. Q3-18 was 0 and Q3-17 was 10 10. The calc should be negative.
Solved by O. L. in 11 mins