|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
» Grouping the Date Field by Number of Days
 | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
|
To group the Date field by number of days: 1. Drag the Date field from Page (the fields in the top left corner) to Row (to the left of the data area). 2. Select one of the dates in the Date field (cell A8 in the screenshot). 3. Right-click, select Group and Show Detail from the shortcut menu, and then select Group. 4. In the Grouping dialog box, select Days, and in Number of days, set the desired number. CAUTION!!! If the message Cannot group that selection appears, drag the Date field back to Page, and check the date column in the source data for empty cells or for dates that are not in date format, fix them all and then select the PivotTable report, click Refresh, drag the Date field to Row and try grouping again. When displaying the Grouping dialog box, Starting at is the first date in the source data, which is 1/10/2002 in the above example. To set the grouping starting dat Grouping the Date Field by Number of Days and by Days, Months, Quarters, and Years You can group a Date field only once, either by Number of Days or by Days, Months, Quarters, and Years. If you want to group the Date field by both Number of Days or by Days, Months, Quarters, and Years: 1. Copy and insert the Date column in the source data so that there are two Date columns. 2. Change the heading title of the new Date column. 3. Add the new field to the PivotTable report, and then group each one of the Date fields, one by Number of Days and the other by Days, Months, Quarters, and Years. | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| Screenshot // Grouping the Date Field by Number of Days | ||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
|
READER COMMENTS (view all comments) |
||||||||||||||||
|
No comments have been submitted. | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||
Marketing Management
Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Microsoft Office XP Introductory Concepts and Techniques
How to Use Financial Statements: A Guide to Understanding the Numbers
Keys to Reading an Annual Report (Barron's Business Keys)
Excel Charts | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
RELATED MICROSOFT EXCEL TIPS
 |
• Excel VBA books
• Accounting books
• Business Plans
• MS Office books
• Taxes books
|
Terms
and Conditions of use |
|
|
Copyright © 2003 ExcelTip.com |
|