Adding a cumulative sum column to a pivot table

Have a look at this topic on the Contextures site:

Excel Pivot Table Tutorial -- Running Totals


Can't reply to your comment in Doug's post as I don't have enough points, but just drag the field to the data area alongside the running total column. You can have the same field appear more than once on a pivot table.


Running Total is a built in function for Pivot Tables.

Under Value Filed Settings you can find the settings you need.

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On the Summarize Values By tab, Select SUM.

Then on Show Values As tab select Running Total In, And Select the column header you wish to Group By.

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