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    Sorting Options with Pivot Table

    I have a pivot table and each of the columns are in the "Rows" section of the pivot. Because of this, I cannot sort any of the data except by the first column.

    Is there a way to be able to sort using the other column headers?

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    Re: Sorting Options with Pivot Table

    No, because that could break pivot table groupings. You can only sort with any field to the left of a particular field, which is why you can only sort the whole table by the first column.
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    Re: Sorting Options with Pivot Table

    Thank you, rorya. I appreciate you providing an answer. I was afraid that may be the case.

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    Re: Sorting Options with Pivot Table

    Glad to help. You might get what you want using Power Query (a.k.a. Get and transform) with a simple grouping query. That will produce a normal table that you can sort however you want.

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