Can Pivot Table be used when there are no numbers?

kojak43

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I have a job task list. There is a field for Category, Client, Job Number, Job Description, due date and status.
I want to produce a report that shows each Category all by itself (like a one row "header" as wide as the number of columns) Then each client listed under that, by job number, description, due date and status.
If I wanted to see just a particular client, I would filter, within the pivot table, for just that specific client.
But the pivot table "Data area" looks for a count or a sum or something that shows a number within the report table.
I just want a report showing a row "header" of category, and a line by line data of the other data.
Is a Pivot Table the wrong tool? If so, what is the better way to accomplish this report?
 

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Thanks Mark.
When I use autofilter in the Category column, it does filter each job that is within a particular category.
However, I need to do the next step, and that is, print out a report that shows each category as a row "header" with the resulting jobs listed under that category.
Autofilter give me a column called category, and each job that is part of that category. I do not get the row category "header" I desire.
 
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