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    Pivot Table Not Updating

    Hello everyone,


    I have a small issue that has been bugging me (no punn intended). I have a pivot table with a data range that spans from Column A to column L. I inserted a new column into that range. Now in that inserted column are numerical values (e.g. 10050). The pivot table shows that the new column is in the fields list, the column heading is Margin. However after adding Margin to the data field, it's values are not shown specifically when I choose to "sum" .

    Any suggestions on this?
    Last edited by AnthonyWB; 01-31-2011 at 10:25 AM.

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    Re: Pivot Table Not Updating

    Have you refreshed the pivot table? Can you upload a file with a few rows of sample data that shows the behaviour you describe?

    cheers,

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    Re: Pivot Table Not Updating

    Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyWB
    The pivot table shows that the new column is in the fields list
    Quote Originally Posted by teylyn
    Have you refreshed the pivot table?
    The first quote would imply yes

    @AnthonyWB, are the values in "Margin" being stored as text by any chance ?

    To test, check the result of the following:

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    where D:D should refer to the column containing Margin values - modify as nec. (incl. sheet reference if required)

    If result of the above is 0 you will need to coerce the values first - TextToColumns for ex.

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    Re: Pivot Table Not Updating

    The first quote would imply yes
    I was just testing who would rise to the bait. Now I know.

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    Re: Pivot Table Not Updating

    Dope ! Yeah I quess it would help if they were numbers rather than text.

    Thanks.

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