Pivot Tables and Column Labels

I'm having some trouble creating a pivot table with a large amount of data
that has fields arranged in columns - store, brand, address, supplier a,
supplier b etc.

When I go to create a pivot table, I select all the data including the
titles and get an error telling me I have to create column labels before it
will do the pivot table.

What's wrong here? Shouldn't it just pick up on the titles as being the
fields?

Does the source data table have one row of headings?
Is there text in every heading cell? Perhaps there are hidden columns
that don't have heading text.

Mark McDonough wrote:
> I'm having some trouble creating a pivot table with a large amount of data
> that has fields arranged in columns - store, brand, address, supplier a,
> supplier b etc.
>
> When I go to create a pivot table, I select all the data including the
> titles and get an error telling me I have to create column labels before it
> will do the pivot table.
>
> What's wrong here? Shouldn't it just pick up on the titles as being the
> fields?
>
>


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Debra Dalgleish
Contextures
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

Well if that is the cause, I do have hidden columns with no data labels.
Thanks for the advice.


"Debra Dalgleish" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Does the source data table have one row of headings?
> Is there text in every heading cell? Perhaps there are hidden columns that
> don't have heading text.
>
> Mark McDonough wrote:
>> I'm having some trouble creating a pivot table with a large amount of
>> data that has fields arranged in columns - store, brand, address,
>> supplier a, supplier b etc.
>>
>> When I go to create a pivot table, I select all the data including the
>> titles and get an error telling me I have to create column labels before
>> it will do the pivot table.
>>
>> What's wrong here? Shouldn't it just pick up on the titles as being the
>> fields?
>
>
> --
> Debra Dalgleish
> Contextures
> http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html
>