Pivot Table (same level hierarchy fields)

[Guest]

I understand that Pivot Tables aggregate data based on hierarchy's--however,
is there any way (perhaps using vba) to modify a Pivot Table to display 2 or
more fields on the same line if the fields are on the same hierarchy level?
I often utilize Pivot Tables by showing sales data by item and filter this
data using fields in the page area. I would love to be able to display item
number and description on the same line; however, since it functions as a
hierarchy it automatically displays them on 2 lines. I'm new to vba, but I
know vba allows you to do things that are otherwise impossible. Can vba
allow you to do what I'm asking? Below I've listed an example of how it is
currently displayed, and below it, how I'd like it to display.

Item Description Sales
22222 2 (what it
does)
Widget
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Item Description Sales
22222 Widget 2 (what I'd
like)


Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Guest]

Right click on a field (preferably the parent field), choose Field settings

Then click the layout button

You should get a small dialog box with the choices

(radio button) Show items in tabular form
(radio button) Show items in outline form
....
....

choose show items in tabular form.

that should work

(*** Also, just play with the auto formats off the format menu.. Pivot
tables can sometimes be tough to read and these have a lot of good formats.)

 

[Guest]

By far the easiest way that I have found is to insert a new column into the
source data and concatenate the Part Number to the Description and call it
something like Full Part. Now you can just drop the full part on the pivot
and all is well...

 

[Guest]

I understand that Pivot Tables aggregate data based on hierarchy's--however,
is there any way (perhaps using vba) to modify a Pivot Table to display 2 or
more fields on the same line if the fields are on the same hierarchy level?
I often utilize Pivot Tables by showing sales data by item and filter this
data using fields in the page area. I would love to be able to display item
number and description on the same line; however, since it functions as a
hierarchy it automatically displays them on 2 lines. I'm new to vba, but I
know vba allows you to do things that are otherwise impossible. Can vba
allow you to do what I'm asking? Below I've listed an example of how it is
currently displayed, and below it, how I'd like it to display.

Item Description Sales
22222 2 (what it
does)
Widget 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Item Description Sales
22222 Widget 2 (what I'd
like)


Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Guest]

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. While playing around with
it, I noticed that it doesn't work so well if you add more than 2 fields in
the row area (creates another line)...but most of the time I can get by with
just 2. Thanks again!

 

[Guest]

Good idea. The previous post gave a great solution, but I can see how your
idea can work as well. I think I would potentially use your idea if I needed
to have more than two item charactistics in my row, since the other posted
solution seems to only work with 2 fields.

 

[Guest]

I have done that in the past but I found that sometimes it messed up the auto
formatting. Is there an easy way around that?

 

[Guest]

no real good answer here.. For my solution it worked, BUT I know what you
mean.. once you start messing with formats of pivot tables, just got to keep
trying stuff and see what works. You know how it is..

I sometimes do your solution too (make additional descriptive columns).

 

[Guest]

Darn... I was hoping you were going to save me a whole pile of time... I
pretty much always have to format my reports and that would have made life
easy.