Calculate percent of a total within a cell

[Lost in Microbiology]

I have several columns of data created from a pivot table. I want the percent
of total for each row, and have been inserting a column next to each number
to perform my calculation, and it seems like there should be an easier way.
Is it possble to have excel do the calculation within the cell and display
the percentage.

Example:
A B C
Virus Cultures Positive Percent of All Cultures
1 Flu A 10 =B1/$B$5
2 Flu B 15 =B2/$B$5
3 RSV 20 =B3/$B$5
4 Adeno 2 =B4/$B$5
5 Total Cultures 500

For formating and ease of presentation I would love to have two columns that
look like this:

Virus Cultures Positive (percent)
Flu A 10 (2%)
Flu B 15 (3%)
RSV 20 (4%)
Adeno 2 (0.4%)

As it is my worksheet has grown into a 48 column beast that is a little
unwieldy.

Thanks for any help or tricks!

 

[Sandy Mann]

Assuming that you are entering the Cultures Positive's manually, then no,
you cannot have manually entered data and a formula in the same cell.
Manually entering data overwrites the formula.

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[Lost in Microbiology]

I had a feeling that this wasn't possible. So I started playing with the
Pivot Table and using the calculated fields there, I can get the numbers I
want, but it won't show the original count and the calculated percentage, the
information is obviously there, I just can't get it to display in the way I
want. Any thoughts????

 

[mike.klein]

I had a feeling that this wasn't possible. So I started playing with the
Pivot Table and using the calculated fields there, I can get the numbers I
want, but it won't show the original count and the calculated percentage, the
information is obviously there, I just can't get it to display in the way I
want. Any thoughts????






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Drop cultures positive into the data field a second time. Double
click this second drop in field and then click options. Select % of
column. This should give you what you need

 

[Lost in Microbiology]

Mike,

That did the trick, very wonderful! You just saved me hours of banging my
head on the wall! Have a great day.

Bob