pivot table formula

I'm trying to use a custom pivot table formula with an "if" command. Can I set up a pivot table field that basically says, if field1="yes", then field2*field3, else 0 and thereby get the sumproduct of fields 2 and 3 wherever field 1 is equal to "yes". This would seem to be more logical than creating intermediate fields in my database.
Thanks

[Mark W.]

On 2002-03-11 16:39, Anonymous wrote:
I'm trying to use a custom pivot table formula with an "if" command. Can I set up a pivot table field that basically says, if field1="yes", then field2*field3, else 0 and thereby get the sumproduct of fields 2 and 3 wherever field 1 is equal to "yes". This would seem to be more logical than creating intermediate fields in my database.
Thanks

It may seem more logical, but it wouldn't (if it could be done -- and it can't) achieve your desired end. It would fowl up the order of operations since Calculated Fields sum the fields before performing the arithmetic operations. See the Help topic for "Syntax for calculated field and item formulas in PivotTables" where it states "Formulas for calculated fields operate on the sum of the underlying data for any fields in the formula".

You'd get the product of the sums instead of the sum of the products!