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    Pivot Table - negative numbers

    Hello,
    New to pivot tables and having an odd error. My table wont sum negative numbers. I created a pivot table with "Date" as rows and "P&L" as values. Here are pictures and the file. I get zeros on dates with negative numbers in "P&L"

    If anyone has any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate the help.
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    Re: Pivot Table - negative numbers

    It's because most of your P&L figures are not numbers. They are text. You need to force excel to recognise them as numbers. Copy and paste them with a -- at the fron t is one way. See the modified sheet.
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    Re: Pivot Table - negative numbers

    YES!!!! Ahh - Thanks Glenn - I'm using a macro to enter the data, I'll fix it there. Thanks very much!

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    Our finance system does the same and I can't persuade anyone to do anything about it.

    If that's it, can you mark the thread as solved and (preferably) click the Add Reputation button at the foot of this post.

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    Re: Pivot Table - negative numbers

    Yes and Yes -- Done! - Thank you very much!

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    Cheers ! Glad to help.

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