Excel VLOOKUP In Pivot Table Calculated Field? – 2456

Evil Angel on YouTube asks if you can do a VLOOKUP in a Pivot Table Calculated Field. I am fairly sure this won’t work in a regular pivot table based on the pivot table cache. But if you build a pivot table using the Data Model, then you can build a DAX Measure that will do the equivalent of a VLOOKUP.
This video shows how to create a relationship between the lookup table and the data table.
It shows how you can pull in text fields from the lookup table.
It shows how to use the =RELATED function directly in the power pivot grid, but this calculation fails on the total row.
Finally, it shows how to use a Measure to perform the calculation.

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Table of Contents
(0:00) Can you VLOOKUP in a pivot table calculated field?
(1:02) Converting data to a table and adding a relationship
(1:37) Building a pivot table based on two tables
(2:19) Adding a RELATED calculation in the Power Pivot grid
(3:33) The calculation fails on Grand Total
(3:55) Adding a DAX Measure for Sales Per Square Foot
(5:48) Check out my courses on Retrieve