Dates in Pivot Table out of sequence - help

[shadestreet]

I have a pivot table that pulls data from a page in excel. The ro
field uses dates and for some reason may 8th is listed after may 16th.
I remember that for some reason the data for may 8th needed to have th
format changed to date, it was the only date where this was a problem.
I corrected that and made sure the cell formats were identical for al
dates, but may 8th is still at the bottom. I tried pulling out th
date field from the pivot table, refreshing, and then throwing it bac
in but it is still after may 16th. Do I need to completely rebuild al
pivot tables to correct this

 

[Dave Peterson]

It sounds to me that that "date" isn't really a date.

I'd format that cell as Date and then re-enter the value. (Simply changing the
format of the cell isn't enough.)

Then go to the pivottable and rightclick on it and choose refresh.

 

[shadestreet]

Thanks for the tip, but that didn't work.

I am sure it is really a date because when I re-format the column t
different date formats (mm/dd, mm/dd/yyyy, etc) all the values change
the 5/8 date included. Nonetheless I tried deleting it and re-enterin
it, then refreshing, that still didnt help. Next I grabbed the dat
above it (5/7) dragged it down one cell to turn to 5/8, the
copy/pasted that through the rows that should be 5/8. Not even tha
worked.

Any other suggestions

 

[Dave Peterson]

Are you sure you have the PT set to sort automatically by that field?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Double click on that grey button for that field.
click the advanced button
check the sort choice.

 

[shadestreet]

Nope... that was the problem, I had set to manual.

I'm new at the PT thing, thanks a lot for your help!