Summary

To display data in categories with a count and percentage breakdown, you can use a pivot table. In the example shown, the field "Last" has been added as a value field twice – once to show count, once to show percentage. The pivot table shows the count of employees in each department along with a percentage breakdown.

Fields

The pivot table shown is based on two fields: Department and Last. The Department field is configured as a Row field, and the Last field is a Value field, added twice:

Pivot table count with percentage field configuration

The Last field has been added twice as a value field. The first instance has been renamed "Count", and set summarize by count:

Pivot table count with percentage count settings

The second instance has been renamed to "%". The summarize value setting is also Count, Show Values As is set to percentage of grand total:

Pivot table count with percentage - percentage settings

Pivot table count with percentage - percent of grand total

Steps

  1. Create a pivot table
  2. Add Department as a Row field
  3. Add Last as a Value field
    1. Rename to "Count"
    2. Summarize by Count
  4. Add Last as a Value field
    1. Rename to "%"
    2. Summarize by Count
    3. Display Percent of Grand Total
    4. Change number formatting to percentage