Is there a way to make a bubble chart from a pivot table in excel? When I try do this I get a message that says that bubble charts and stock charts doesnt work with pivot tables.
Do you need the pivot table to stay dynamic? And if so, will the pivot table change in size?
If the answer to either of these is no, these work-arounds should work:
option 1 - You only need the values from the pivot table
Make a copy of the pivot table, but paste only the values.
Now you can make a bubble chart.
option 2 - The pivot table values may change, but the dimension would stay the same.
make a copy of the pivot table, but put in each cell a reference to the corresponding cell (e.g. =E15 ) in the original pivot table.
Now you can make a bubble chart.
edit:
option 3 - Everything needs to stay dynamic
Use a pivot chart instead of a pivot table. see here.
Its also possible to convert your existing table into a pivot chart.
see here.
edit 2: option 3 seems not to work for bubble charts after all. I leave this option here for completeness’ sake.
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I have a pivot table gathering data from a sheet, using slicers i'm able to filter data.
What i wanted to do is get data from 2 slicers, like one slicer with March and another with June and show it side by side within the same pivot table or different, So I can compare data.
I'm using Excel, any ideas?
Let me know if there is anything else u might need to help
Before creating any slicers, copy your pivot table and place beside the original table. Then create your Slicer on Pivot 1, and repeat for Pivot 2. These will be exclusive slicers as long as you do it in this order.
I have a pivot table from multiple tables. When I double-click my pivot table data, it produces a copy of the row(s) that data came from. Is there a way for me to make adjustments aka change the values of cells in these rows, and have it only adjust the pivot table?
What I'm mainly looking for is an easy way of viewing the data through the pivot table, and adjusting it without it necessarily affecting the source tables. Right now when I adjust a row produced by the pivot table, none of the values in the actual pivot table get updated.
What about producing a new PivotTable from the drilldown sheet that got produced when you double-clicked the old PivotTable?
That's about as close as you're going to get, I'm afraid.
The pivot table is a visualization tool only. It summarizes that data that you input into the pivot table, and gives you a visual output.
If you want to change that visual output, you have to copy the relevant part of the pivot table to another area (different cell or sheet, doesn't matter). Then, you can edit that table.
Is it possible to unlink a pivot chart axis selection from the pivot table rows? Whenever I remove one of the pivot chart axis fields to display the chart correctly, excel also removes the field from the pivot table rows selection which is not what I need.
The images below may help show what I mean - if I remove field "Division" from the pivot chart axis selection, the field is also removed from the pivot table rows selection. I have a sample spreadsheet which can do this - link is here.
Thanks for any suggestions.
A pivot chart is invariably linked to the underlying pivot table. Removing fields from the Rows field well will remove them in both the chart and the table. That's just how it works.
Edit after viewing sample file:
The sample file has just one pivot cache, but it has several pivot tables. The two pivot tables for the two pivot charts on the dashboard live on the "Pivots" worksheet and are not connected to the pivot table on the dashboard.
So, if you want to create a pivot chart and a pivot table with different fields, you need a separate pivot table for the chart. You may want to create the pivot chart first, on a helper sheet, then move the chart to the dashboard and leave the underlying pivot table on the helper sheet.
Then add another pivot table to the dashboard sheet and use columns that are independent from the pivot chart.
I currently have a pivot table on one sheet and a list of data on another sheet. I wanted to put both next to each other so I moved the pivot table to the left of the data set without a problem. However, every time I use a filter on the pivot table, it prompts me to ask if I want to delete all the other data on that sheet. Clicking okay clears the whole sheet but clicking cancel doesn't apply the filter. Any idea how I can get around this?
The only way around this is to make sure they do not overlap at all ... because if the pivot expands / contracts it affects the sheet and thus the table. I do think a possible work around at least in my quick testing is too keep the table on another sheet, but create another pivot of that table on the same sheet. Then Simply put the columns as columns so it looks like a table.
I'm interested in creating a chart for which I can easily change the data source from which the chart is created. However, as I am hoping to grab this data from a pivot table (as I am using a Mac and cannot create pivot charts), I am having some difficulty constructing the named range.
The link below shows what I am hoping to do but with a pivot table rather than a normal table:
http://www.get-digital-help.com/2013/11/06/quickly-change-chart-data-source/#comment-66012
Is this possible? If so, how can I adapt the formulas given in the linked website to use with the pivot table?
Thank you in advance!
Goto Insert --> Pivot Chart
Select the data cells along with header. (Apply required formulas to your base data itself)
Choose existing or new worksheet as per your requirement.
Select the column labels and row labels and sigma values according to your requirement.
Automatically a pivot Bar graph would be generated. This will also have a default filter option where if you select particular values, the graph will automatically get changed.
If there are any modifications to data, just right click the pivot graph and click refresh Data.