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.
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I'm trying to add the grand total row from my pivot table to my slicer. My slicer currently controls A lot of my charts and I want to be able to see the subtotals/grand totals of my certain field in my pivot table, displayed onto my chart. I cannot add a calculated item to my pivot table as I keep getting an error involving my source table (Can't Be Changed). I'm open to VBA solutions as well if anybody has one.
I can't group datetime fields in a pivot chart by day (only by month).
Strangely, when I create a pivot table first, it is perfectly possible to group by day and then create the chart.
Why I don't I use pivot table then?
I want to create a dashboard, where I display multiple pivot charts on one sheet
for that I click on -> insert pivot chart -> Use an external data source -> choose connection
then I place the pivot chart in the existing worksheet.
A workaround is to create the pivot tables and charts in a separate sheet and copy them over to my dashboard, but I wonder if it just is not possible do do this directly or have I overlooked a function. Also I then have 15+ sheets that I don't really need.
Do you know how to do that with pivot charts as well?
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.
I want to hide a data series in Pivot chart but not in Pivot Table.
As the Pivot table and Pivot chart are Inter related, making change in one affects the other.
I am looking for solution with out using VBA.
I have a data table that will split into 20 types of Pivot charts. I was hoping to use a filter, so that I could just use the same set of data.
I've done it, but each pivot chart has the same repeated filter items on the top.
Is it possible to hide the filters in a Pivot Chart either by VBA or using options that I'm not finding?