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You’ve built your Pivot Table in MS Excel, but the column and row labels are not showing the name of the relevant field. How can you fill the empty labels with the headings in a Pivot Table?
As shown below, the default set up for a Pivot Table is to have the words ‘Column Labels’ and ‘Row Labels’ instead of the actual names as shown in the Pivot Table tool. However, you may want the actual names of the column or row to be shown.
fill the empty labels with the headings in a Pivot Table
This is an easy fix. You just need to change the report layout. As shown below, while clicked on the Pivot Table:
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⏲Time Stamps
00:00 Column Label and Row Label as names in the Pivot
00:14 Fixing the labels so that it shows what those rows and labels are (change report layout)
00:30 Impact of Outline form- actual labels are shown
00:37 Default compact form and what it looks like
00:49 Outline form and what it looks like
00:55 Tabular form and what it looks like (RECOMMENDED)
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In the DESIGN ribbon
Click on REPORT LAYOUT
Choose ‘Show in Outline Form’ (or Tabular form)
fill the empty labels with the headings in a Pivot Table
As shown below, the actual name of the database column will appear in the Pivot Table.
fill the empty labels with the headings in a Pivot Table
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