Comments for Excel Pivot Tables

Comment on Create a Custom PivotTable Style by Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:29:00 +0000

When I type in a cell and I click on the color that I want to use for the font, the color reverts to black when I go to another cell. I have MS 2007. My instructor said it may have something to do with a template, but I don’t know how to check out this problem.

Comment on Pivot Table Error: Excel Field Names Not Valid by Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:21:34 +0000

Hi Sir, can I remove or replace the “(blank)” word in the following example?

Forecast item DESC Combo Qty per pack Sum of Qty Sold (Sales History)
11-065-00-01-01-001 611006 Cloth (blank) 1 872
11-065-00-01-01-002 611006 Cloth ( 1 x 10) (blank) 1 1,110
11-065-00-01-01-001 Total 1,982

Besides, I would like to copy value & layout of a finished pivot table to another worksheet, but I try several time I can’t copy the format. Please advise how to do that.

Thanks a lot!

Comment on Locate the Source Data For a Pivot Table by Mehrnaz

Mehrnaz — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:50:32 +0000

In my Excel i don’t have this option. Where can i find it out?

Thanks
Mehrnaz

Comment on Pivot Table Grouping Affects Another Pivot Table by Jeff Weir

Jeff Weir — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:11:41 +0000

One downside worth mentioning is that you have just doubled the memory requirement of this particular set of data. In this case, it might make sense to deselect the “save source data with file” option, provided that either the source data in the workbook, or on a network drive that excel can access using the “external data” functionality. That way, both pivottables will be recreated from scratch, rather than stored with their duplicate pivot caches.

Comment on Locate the Source Data For a Pivot Table by Chas

Chas — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:05:03 +0000

Brilliant .. just what I needed.

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Comment on Identify an Excel Pivot Table Pivot Cache by Debra Dalgleish

Debra Dalgleish — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:05:19 +0000

Mike, you’re welcome! Thanks for letting me know that the code helped.

Comment on Identify an Excel Pivot Table Pivot Cache by Mike C

Mike C — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:04:06 +0000

You’re awesome! Thank you so much for providing this code. Helped me out of setting up 10 pivot caches and seeing where the cursor crashed. Appreciate it!

Comment on Problem With Pivot Table Calculated Field Totals by Debra Dalgleish

Debra Dalgleish — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:09:05 +0000

@Paul, you’re right, if the pivot table will change size, you could add the formulas with a macro that runs automatically when the pivot table changes.

Comment on Problem With Pivot Table Calculated Field Totals by Paul

Paul — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:03:22 +0000

It seems to me that the workaround also assumes that the pivot table is stable. If you have an unknown number of rows, it’s still problematic.

Comment on Locate the Source Data For a Pivot Table by Debra Dalgleish

Debra Dalgleish — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:40:55 +0000

Thanks Jane, I’m glad you found the information here.