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Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

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    Lightbulb Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    Brilliant form!!!

    Please can you resolve my issue??

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    What are you trying to group on?

    Whatever it is the problem might lie in the underlying data.
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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    I'm trying to change the Date Grouping I have set it for 2012 and I to change to 2013!
    when i right click in the "Months" I get the error!

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    Sorry I don't understand, theirs no year anywhere on the worksheet.

    All there is is text months, which is probably why you can't group.

    Do you have full dates in the raw data, or is just the months?

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    I want to group the months only. Yes I want to group the "text months".

    Just right click on the text months then go to grouping you will get starting date and ending date. but the problem now I'm an able to change the starting/ ending dates??

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    When I right click and select Group... it immediately tells me I can't group on that selection.

    If in the original data the months are just text I don't think you can group on them anyway.

    PS Of course I'm not linked to the original workbook/sharepoint list/whatever.

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    The original data “Months” is custom like this "m/d/yyyy/ h:mm

    I have attached the original data file.
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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    Where did the Month field in the pivot table come from?
    Last edited by Norie; 01-13-2013 at 03:59 AM.

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    Right, I see the Month column.

    Remove that from the pivot table and add Created as a column field.

    You'll now be able to group on that field.

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    Can you do it? Please. I didn't get it!

    Thanks.

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    Get it

    Thanks Buddy.

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    Did you manage to group?

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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    Maybe, something like this?
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    Re: Excel 2007 - Pivot Table: “Cannot Group That Selection” error!!

    Yes I have managed that.

    Thanks.

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