A. Solutions to Common Questions and Issues with Pivot Tables

This appendix covers solutions to the following questions and issues:

  • What does “The PivotTable field name is not valid” mean?
  • When I refresh my pivot table, my data disappears.
  • When I try to group a field, I get an error message.
  • Why can’t I group my month fields into quarters?
  • My pivot table is showing the same data item twice.
  • Why are deleted data items still showing up in the page field?
  • When I type a formula referencing a pivot table, I cannot copy the formula down.
  • How can I sort data items in a unique order that is not ascending or descending?
  • How do I turn my pivot table into hard data?
  • Is there an easy way to fill the empty cells left by row fields?
  • Is there an easy way to ...

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