How can I show all field data in a pivot table, instead of blank

I want to perform lookups ona pivot table without using the gETPIVOTDATA
function. Is it possible to show a decsription against each line of the pivot
table, instead of blank spaces? e.g.

Field 1 Field 2 Data 1
Field 1 Field 2 Data 2
Field 1 Field 2 Data 3
Field 1 Field 2 Data 4

The row headings show once in a Pivot Table, and there's no setting you
can change, to force them to repeat. You could create a copy of the
pivot table, and fill the blanks, to do the lookup. Perhaps you could
use INDEX/MATCH formulas to work with the data in the pivot table, but
would have problems if the layout changed.

Why don't you want to use GetPivotData?

Alastair Scott wrote:
> I want to perform lookups ona pivot table without using the gETPIVOTDATA
> function. Is it possible to show a decsription against each line of the pivot
> table, instead of blank spaces? e.g.
>
> Field 1 Field 2 Data 1
> Field 1 Field 2 Data 2
> Field 1 Field 2 Data 3
> Field 1 Field 2 Data 4
>


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Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

Thanks for the info.

Don't want to use GETPIVOTDATA as I'm unfamiliar with it (despite computing
degree). Suppose I'll need to sometime...

"Debra Dalgleish" wrote:

> The row headings show once in a Pivot Table, and there's no setting you
> can change, to force them to repeat. You could create a copy of the
> pivot table, and fill the blanks, to do the lookup. Perhaps you could
> use INDEX/MATCH formulas to work with the data in the pivot table, but
> would have problems if the layout changed.
>
> Why don't you want to use GetPivotData?
>
> Alastair Scott wrote:
> > I want to perform lookups ona pivot table without using the gETPIVOTDATA
> > function. Is it possible to show a decsription against each line of the pivot
> > table, instead of blank spaces? e.g.
> >
> > Field 1 Field 2 Data 1
> > Field 1 Field 2 Data 2
> > Field 1 Field 2 Data 3
> > Field 1 Field 2 Data 4
> >
>
>
> --
> Debra Dalgleish
> Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
> http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html
>
>

Scott,

I use ISBLANK function to check if the cell is emply and IF function to
point to the different cell.

If you create your LookUps in column F you need to point F1 to the cell
where your Field1 is (for exp =A3), then in F2 you can enter this formula
=If(ISBLANK(A4),F1,A4)

Hope it helps.


"Alastair Scott" wrote:

> Thanks for the info.
>
> Don't want to use GETPIVOTDATA as I'm unfamiliar with it (despite computing
> degree). Suppose I'll need to sometime...
>
> "Debra Dalgleish" wrote:
>
> > The row headings show once in a Pivot Table, and there's no setting you
> > can change, to force them to repeat. You could create a copy of the
> > pivot table, and fill the blanks, to do the lookup. Perhaps you could
> > use INDEX/MATCH formulas to work with the data in the pivot table, but
> > would have problems if the layout changed.
> >
> > Why don't you want to use GetPivotData?
> >
> > Alastair Scott wrote:
> > > I want to perform lookups ona pivot table without using the gETPIVOTDATA
> > > function. Is it possible to show a decsription against each line of the pivot
> > > table, instead of blank spaces? e.g.
> > >
> > > Field 1 Field 2 Data 1
> > > Field 1 Field 2 Data 2
> > > Field 1 Field 2 Data 3
> > > Field 1 Field 2 Data 4
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Debra Dalgleish
> > Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
> > http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html
> >
> >