Grouping Pivot Table and Slicers NOT working

JMoney

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  1. 365
  2. 2019
  3. 2016
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I have been trying to figure this out all day:
I am building a dashboard, and I have everything in a summary tab (in a table) to pull for pivots. The dates do not seem to be recognized as dates when I try to use a pivot to group by date.
I have tried text to columns, and formatting cells. I have tried helper cells as well. Some rows are intentionally not populating a date because we haven't sold it yet, so there is no sale date. PLEASE help me figure this out.
I'm using 365
 

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Sounds like you've figures it out yourself.
AFAIK the behavior is if every cell has a date, the pivot table identifies them as dates.
When not all cells are dates - such as the ones that haven't sold yet - then the pivot table does not.
I guess that means, if you want the pivot table to handle all as dates, enter a date for the ones that haven't sold yet.
 
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Thanks!! I just put in helper cells to get a true blank cell, and when it came in to my pivot it was showing only the month. Finally realized I just needed to group it! That was driving me crazy!
 
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