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Pivot Table sorting

Hello,

I am using a pivot table for a report and wondered if there was a way that the Axis field could be sorted the way the table is picked up and not alphabetically?

The basis of the sorting is not something I want within my table so I had sorted it in the table before creating the pivot table.

Thanks
Christine

RE: Pivot Table sorting

Good day Christine,

Thank you for your post.

The two possible sorting methods I could suggest are:

1. After creating the pivot table, sort the data manually in the pivot table by clicking the sort drop-down arrow next to the column heading, selecting "More Sort Options" and dragging the items into the correct order.

2. Create a new column in the original data next to your sorted column, for a numbered list. Include this numbered list in your pivot table to use for sorting.

I hope this is helpful.

Kind regards
Marius Barnard
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Fri 22 Nov 2013: Automatically marked as resolved.


 

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