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How to perform a multi-field type of calculation on a table where 2 fields are variable

AndrewVogel
5 - Atom

I have a data table that holds the data I need to forecast sales from a product over the next 10 years. The data includes 10 fields each with the number of products sold in each year. The data also includes a further 10 fields with the price per product in each of these 10 years (see illustrative structure below):

 

ProductY1 salesY2 salesY3 sales...Y1 priceY2 priceY3 price...
X1050100 $1$1.50$2.00 
Y51025 $10$12$12.50 

 

What would be the easiest / most efficient way of performing the generic calculation:

 

Y[n] revenue = Y[n] sales * Y[n] price

 

Hence creating 10 new columns each with the corresponding years revenue? I would like to avoid having to use the formula tool and having a separate expression for each as the actual data set I am working with has a significantly larger number of fields. 

 

Any advice would be much appreciated

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mceleavey
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @AndrewVogel ,

 

I used the Transpose and Crosstab tools to create the calculations. This will be future-proofed against additional rows.

 

This is the workflow:

 

mceleavey_0-1628710597888.png

 

Which gives the following results:

mceleavey_1-1628710656130.png

 

Hope this helps.

 

M

 

 



Bulien

AndrewVogel
5 - Atom

Great! Thanks @mceleavey 

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