{"id":3469,"date":"2018-11-23T20:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T20:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=3469"},"modified":"2024-03-28T12:03:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T12:03:17","slug":"pivot-table-field-name-not-valid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/examples\/pivot-table-field-name-not-valid\/","title":{"rendered":"Pivot Table Field Name not Valid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you encountered the error with the very long text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The PivotTable field name is not valid. To create a PivotTable report, you must use data that is organized as a list with labeled columns. If you are changing the name of a PivotTable field, you must type a new name for the field<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Replicating the error<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This error can be replicated in the following way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use the following example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copy the following table and paste it inside Excel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Name<\/td>Last Name<\/td>Location<\/td>Location<\/td>Age<\/td><\/tr>
John<\/td>Doe<\/td>USA<\/td>New York<\/td>54<\/td><\/tr>
Mark<\/td>Snow<\/td>Poland<\/td>Warsaw<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
Jack<\/td>Shadow<\/td>Germany<\/td>Berlin<\/td>26<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In order to replicate this error, select cells C1<\/strong> and D1<\/strong>. Now, click Home >> Alignment >> Merge & Center<\/strong>. If a new message appears, click OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cells C1<\/strong> and D1<\/strong> and now merged into a single header.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let\u2019s try to insert the pivot table. Select cells from A1<\/strong> to E4<\/strong> and click Insert >> Tables >> Pivot Table<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But despite selecting the whole table, Excel avoids selecting a header because one of the cells is merged there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can force the application to select it anyway, by changing the selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, if you press OK, you will get the error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is another way. Hide columns<\/a> C<\/strong> and D<\/strong> and click any column inside the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you try to insert the pivot table, Excel will select all the visible cells<\/a>. Now, if you click OK, it will result in an error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fixing the error<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In order to fix the Pivot table field name, not valid error<\/strong>, perform the following steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Select all columns<\/a> inside the table<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Right-click them and then click Unhide.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Check for merged cells<\/a> and unmerge them by clicking Home >> Alignment >> Merge & Center<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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