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    Pivot table not pulling in numbers for some data

    I have a pivot table that is feeding from a data connected excel table, in that table there is a column labeled status and it contains the number 1,2, or 3 it also contains 12 columns (January-December) under the month columns it contains various amounts. My pivot table under "Values" pulls in the month amounts just fine I have the values summed but when I add the Status to the values and say sum the values it turns them into "0" any ideas why it pulls the amount for the months in just fine but not the status column amounts

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    Re: Pivot table not pulling in numbers for some data

    Could the values in the status column be text looking like numbers?

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    Re: Pivot table not pulling in numbers for some data

    Hello
    I would guess that the status column in your table is formatted as text. This would return 0 in a Pivot table.

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    Re: Pivot table not pulling in numbers for some data

    Pepe Le Mokko,

    No, I thought of that too. I formatted the data to match the formatting of the months column, so currently they are formatted as number

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    Re: Pivot table not pulling in numbers for some data

    Formatting alone will not make text a number. Is the value right aligned ? ( not through the menu) Checkthe TYPE(A1) function. If it returns 2 it's text

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    Re: Pivot table not pulling in numbers for some data

    Your right they were formatted as text. I forgot about the right alignment. So kind of a dumb question but the status column also contains blanks will that affect anything? Also going forward how should I format the column to be value and not text?

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    Re: Pivot table not pulling in numbers for some data

    A quick way is to select the range Data ribbon - Click " text to columns" then Finish

    But where do these values come from ? If they are from a formula just add +0 at the end of he formula. They will be transformed to numbers automatically.

    As for the blank cells difficult to tell. If they also come from a formula that returns "", replace "" with 0

    Eventually post a sample sheet

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    Re: Pivot table not pulling in numbers for some data

    So I have an excel workbook and this workbook contains all my data. This data is just pasted in as values so there are no formulas. I have another excel workbook and that workbook has a data connection that pulls in the previously mentioned pasted data. this table is what the pivot table is based on and in that status column it contains mostly blanks except for some cells which I mentioned earlier contain 1,2, or 3. The reason these cells contain those numbers is because that pivot table has a persons name and then there status which is 1,2, or 3 and then there pay for each month. I have to have it formatted in this manner for reporting purposes. in the pivot table I put a custom formatting on the status column and that custom formatting is as follows: [=3]"Posted";[=2]"Pre-Search";"Promotion" . I have to do this so that when I place status in the values box it converts those numbers to those titles. That's why the rest of the status column is blank because if it contains a "0" then would show every person with a "0" as having a promotion which i don't want.

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