Pivot table Data always showing up as "Count"

[qwopzxnm]

Hi guys first post here and tried searching for this but couldn't find it.

I have a pivot table and whenever I drag and drop in to the Data portion of it, the pivot is always putting it in as a "count" and I am always having to change it to "Sum". Is there a way to change the default way that a pivot handles info droppped into the data box? Thanks in advnace for your help.

-n00b

[Debra Dalgleish]

You can't change the default settings for the data fields. If a field
contains blank cells, or cells with text, it will default to COUNT.
Otherwise, it will SUM.


There's a feature that changes all the data fields to SUM, in my pivot
table add-in, that you can download here:

http://www.contextures.com/xlPivotAddIn.html

qwopzxnm wrote:
> I have a pivot table and whenever I drag and drop in to the Data
> portion of it, the pivot is always putting it in as a "count" and I am
> always having to change it to "Sum". Is there a way to change the
> default way that a pivot handles info droppped into the data box?
> Thanks in advnace for your help.


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