How do I restore original Pivot Table data?

How do I restore my complete data set for a pivot table? I have a table that
has a grouping at the top (say group "A"), a series at the right which are my
pivot table columns (1,2,3,...20), and data at the bottom which are my rows
(a city listing). Whenever I change the "data" selection at the bottom, the
other selections disappear and I cannot get them back unless I undo. How do
I move the selections around but still have access to my original data set?

Andrew C

I'm not sure I follow you completely, but try double clicking the gray areas
that represent the data that you want to restore. It should pop up a box
with a list of all of your items and you can click on them to unhide. Or you
could try moving the data to the "top" (page field) and then choosing "(All)"
before moving it back.

"Andrew C" wrote:

> How do I restore my complete data set for a pivot table? I have a table that
> has a grouping at the top (say group "A"), a series at the right which are my
> pivot table columns (1,2,3,...20), and data at the bottom which are my rows
> (a city listing). Whenever I change the "data" selection at the bottom, the
> other selections disappear and I cannot get them back unless I undo. How do
> I move the selections around but still have access to my original data set?
>
> Andrew C

Thanks for the help, and I'll try to explain myself better.

My pivot table has letters/numbers going across for the COLUMNS. The PAGE
is by vendor. Both of these I can hide and unhide and select without the
original selections disappearing. However, my data ROWS are another matter.
When I de-select ALL on my data rows on the table ( or data at the bottom of
the chart) and click on one or several check boxes, I get those selections.
When I click on the data box though to make other selections or all again,
the previous choices and selections I had are gone. It is like if I reduce
my data set, I cannot expand it again. Any help would be appreciated as I
feel like I'm missing something basic but just can't figure out what is.

--
Andrew C


"JAdamJ" wrote:

> I'm not sure I follow you completely, but try double clicking the gray areas
> that represent the data that you want to restore. It should pop up a box
> with a list of all of your items and you can click on them to unhide. Or you
> could try moving the data to the "top" (page field) and then choosing "(All)"
> before moving it back.
>
> "Andrew C" wrote:
>
> > How do I restore my complete data set for a pivot table? I have a table that
> > has a grouping at the top (say group "A"), a series at the right which are my
> > pivot table columns (1,2,3,...20), and data at the bottom which are my rows
> > (a city listing). Whenever I change the "data" selection at the bottom, the
> > other selections disappear and I cannot get them back unless I undo. How do
> > I move the selections around but still have access to my original data set?
> >
> > Andrew C

Sorry I misunderstood.

When you deselect fields in the data drop down then they are removed from
the pivot table (as you discovered). Don't worry, they have not been
forgotten. You can right click in the table and select Show Field List. The
field list will contain the fields that were removed. You can add them back
to the data area here. Or, when you right click you can choose Pivot Table
Wizard and then click the Layout button and add your fields back there.

Hope this helps.

"Andrew C" wrote:

> Thanks for the help, and I'll try to explain myself better.
>
> My pivot table has letters/numbers going across for the COLUMNS. The PAGE
> is by vendor. Both of these I can hide and unhide and select without the
> original selections disappearing. However, my data ROWS are another matter.
> When I de-select ALL on my data rows on the table ( or data at the bottom of
> the chart) and click on one or several check boxes, I get those selections.
> When I click on the data box though to make other selections or all again,
> the previous choices and selections I had are gone. It is like if I reduce
> my data set, I cannot expand it again. Any help would be appreciated as I
> feel like I'm missing something basic but just can't figure out what is.
>
> --
> Andrew C
>
>
> "JAdamJ" wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure I follow you completely, but try double clicking the gray areas
> > that represent the data that you want to restore. It should pop up a box
> > with a list of all of your items and you can click on them to unhide. Or you
> > could try moving the data to the "top" (page field) and then choosing "(All)"
> > before moving it back.
> >
> > "Andrew C" wrote:
> >
> > > How do I restore my complete data set for a pivot table? I have a table that
> > > has a grouping at the top (say group "A"), a series at the right which are my
> > > pivot table columns (1,2,3,...20), and data at the bottom which are my rows
> > > (a city listing). Whenever I change the "data" selection at the bottom, the
> > > other selections disappear and I cannot get them back unless I undo. How do
> > > I move the selections around but still have access to my original data set?
> > >
> > > Andrew C

That does work to a degree. However, all of the formatting and row names
have to be re-done if I want to add back the data fields from the wizard
(gives it names of sum of XXX, count of XXXX). Also, if I add the rows back
with the Show Field List it adds not data rows back, but columns and the
table just turns into a mess. I appreciate your help but I know I'm missing
something or forgot something as I haven't run into this problem before.
--
Andrew C


"JAdamJ" wrote:

> Sorry I misunderstood.
>
> When you deselect fields in the data drop down then they are removed from
> the pivot table (as you discovered). Don't worry, they have not been
> forgotten. You can right click in the table and select Show Field List. The
> field list will contain the fields that were removed. You can add them back
> to the data area here. Or, when you right click you can choose Pivot Table
> Wizard and then click the Layout button and add your fields back there.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> "Andrew C" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the help, and I'll try to explain myself better.
> >
> > My pivot table has letters/numbers going across for the COLUMNS. The PAGE
> > is by vendor. Both of these I can hide and unhide and select without the
> > original selections disappearing. However, my data ROWS are another matter.
> > When I de-select ALL on my data rows on the table ( or data at the bottom of
> > the chart) and click on one or several check boxes, I get those selections.
> > When I click on the data box though to make other selections or all again,
> > the previous choices and selections I had are gone. It is like if I reduce
> > my data set, I cannot expand it again. Any help would be appreciated as I
> > feel like I'm missing something basic but just can't figure out what is.
> >
> > --
> > Andrew C
> >
> >
> > "JAdamJ" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not sure I follow you completely, but try double clicking the gray areas
> > > that represent the data that you want to restore. It should pop up a box
> > > with a list of all of your items and you can click on them to unhide. Or you
> > > could try moving the data to the "top" (page field) and then choosing "(All)"
> > > before moving it back.
> > >
> > > "Andrew C" wrote:
> > >
> > > > How do I restore my complete data set for a pivot table? I have a table that
> > > > has a grouping at the top (say group "A"), a series at the right which are my
> > > > pivot table columns (1,2,3,...20), and data at the bottom which are my rows
> > > > (a city listing). Whenever I change the "data" selection at the bottom, the
> > > > other selections disappear and I cannot get them back unless I undo. How do
> > > > I move the selections around but still have access to my original data set?
> > > >
> > > > Andrew C

The data area doesn't work the way you want it to. You either need to figure
out a way to make it a column, row, or page field, or you could do what you
want using vba. If you're not familiar with vba, then I wouldn't suggest
attempting this type of thing as your first try. Sorry I haven't been able
to help. Perhaps someone else will.

"Andrew C" wrote:

> That does work to a degree. However, all of the formatting and row names
> have to be re-done if I want to add back the data fields from the wizard
> (gives it names of sum of XXX, count of XXXX). Also, if I add the rows back
> with the Show Field List it adds not data rows back, but columns and the
> table just turns into a mess. I appreciate your help but I know I'm missing
> something or forgot something as I haven't run into this problem before.
> --
> Andrew C
>
>
> "JAdamJ" wrote:
>
> > Sorry I misunderstood.
> >
> > When you deselect fields in the data drop down then they are removed from
> > the pivot table (as you discovered). Don't worry, they have not been
> > forgotten. You can right click in the table and select Show Field List. The
> > field list will contain the fields that were removed. You can add them back
> > to the data area here. Or, when you right click you can choose Pivot Table
> > Wizard and then click the Layout button and add your fields back there.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > "Andrew C" wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the help, and I'll try to explain myself better.
> > >
> > > My pivot table has letters/numbers going across for the COLUMNS. The PAGE
> > > is by vendor. Both of these I can hide and unhide and select without the
> > > original selections disappearing. However, my data ROWS are another matter.
> > > When I de-select ALL on my data rows on the table ( or data at the bottom of
> > > the chart) and click on one or several check boxes, I get those selections.
> > > When I click on the data box though to make other selections or all again,
> > > the previous choices and selections I had are gone. It is like if I reduce
> > > my data set, I cannot expand it again. Any help would be appreciated as I
> > > feel like I'm missing something basic but just can't figure out what is.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andrew C
> > >
> > >
> > > "JAdamJ" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm not sure I follow you completely, but try double clicking the gray areas
> > > > that represent the data that you want to restore. It should pop up a box
> > > > with a list of all of your items and you can click on them to unhide. Or you
> > > > could try moving the data to the "top" (page field) and then choosing "(All)"
> > > > before moving it back.
> > > >
> > > > "Andrew C" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > How do I restore my complete data set for a pivot table? I have a table that
> > > > > has a grouping at the top (say group "A"), a series at the right which are my
> > > > > pivot table columns (1,2,3,...20), and data at the bottom which are my rows
> > > > > (a city listing). Whenever I change the "data" selection at the bottom, the
> > > > > other selections disappear and I cannot get them back unless I undo. How do
> > > > > I move the selections around but still have access to my original data set?
> > > > >
> > > > > Andrew C

As mentioned by Andrew C, the underlying data is still there but has simply been filtered out of your pivot.

The simplest way I can think of solving your problem is as follows:

1. Go to PivotTable Fields (if this information doesn`t appear when you left-click anywhere in the pivot you may have to right-click on the pivot table and check 'show PivotTable Fields')
2. In there you will be able to see a list of all the field available in your dataset, the ones being used on the pivot will be highlighted in bold and have a check mark to their left.
3. Check for selected items (as per item 2) and see which ones have a funnel icon to their right, these items have been partially removed from the pivot table, if you hover your cursor over the funnel, a down-wards arrow will appear. Click that arrow to see a dropdown list of items displayed in the current table
4. Now you can either clear these filters individually (which may be valuable because the original pivot might have already contained filters you were not aware of) or go to Data>Clear (while still selecting the pivot table, this is quicker and will clear every condition on the table, you can also do it through Home > Sort & Filter > Clear)
5. Once the pivot has been restored to the conditions you wanted, you will go to the furthermost right cell of tour table and move one further cell to the right (e.g., if your table header ends on cell R4, go to cell S4), then select all the cells to its left (it`s important that you select from right to left) and then all the way down to when the pivot table ends (you may choose not to include the 'grand total' row so that it shows whenever you are using your filter)
6. Turn on the filter either via Data > Filter or Home > Sort & Filter > Filter
7. Now you should be able to sort for your rows (cities) without removing rows/columns from the table. Please be careful when clearing the filters to make sure the pivot table is not selected, otherwise you will also clear the pivot table conditions, which you probably don`t want.


Hope this helps.

Sorry, when I saw his post I thought it was from 2016, my bad xD.

I found this post by accident as I was looking for something else and though I could help.