Pivot Table Fields Dialogue Box - Are they changeable.

btahu · May 3rd, 2002, 10:11 PM

I am new to Pivot tables 4 weeks. I have a problem where I extract a table of data from Access 2000. I convert this data to Excel 2000. When I create the layout for my PT one field in particular "Client Names" crashes my PT when I put it into the row field of the PT. When I double click the "Client Names" field I notice that it brings up the numeric Dialogue box. It allows me to put the "Client Names" field into the data field, but not into the Row or Column field. I have formatted the field - text. But am unable to get my client names into the Row field. There are about 45K entries is this an issue. PLEASE help.

Brian · May 3rd, 2002, 10:27 PM

Excel does have limits on how mach data can be analyzed by a Pivot Table. 45k would be too much for XL97 (something like #rows x #columns < 65,000), but don't know the limits for XL2000.

You can find out the details from the MS support page (From Excel Help>MS on the web> online support) and search for "pivot table" or "pivot table limitaions"

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May 3rd, 2002, 10:11 PM	#1
btahu New Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sydney - Australia Posts: 7	I am new to Pivot tables 4 weeks. I have a problem where I extract a table of data from Access 2000. I convert this data to Excel 2000. When I create the layout for my PT one field in particular "Client Names" crashes my PT when I put it into the row field of the PT. When I double click the "Client Names" field I notice that it brings up the numeric Dialogue box. It allows me to put the "Client Names" field into the data field, but not into the Row or Column field. I have formatted the field - text. But am unable to get my client names into the Row field. There are about 45K entries is this an issue. PLEASE help.

May 3rd, 2002, 10:27 PM	#2
Brian Board Regular Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 113	Excel does have limits on how mach data can be analyzed by a Pivot Table. 45k would be too much for XL97 (something like #rows x #columns < 65,000), but don't know the limits for XL2000. You can find out the details from the MS support page (From Excel Help>MS on the web> online support) and search for "pivot table" or "pivot table limitaions"