Show or hide elements of a PivotTable or PivotChart view

In PivotTable view

  1. Open a datasheet or form in PivotTable view.
  2. Do one or more of the following:

Show or hide drop areas

When the drop areas are hidden and the PivotTable view does not have a field in the row, column, data, or filter area, you can't drag fields to these areas.

  1. On the PivotTable toolbar, click Properties , and then click the Behavior tab.

  2. Select or clear the Drop areas check box.

Show or hide ScreenTips

  1. On the PivotTable toolbar, click Properties , and then click the Report tab.

  2. Select or clear the ScreenTips check box.

Show or hide totals

  1. Click the row or column field for which you want to show or hide subtotals and grand totals.

  2. To show totals, on the PivotTable toolbar, click the Subtotal button so that it is selected. To hide totals, click the button again.

Notes

Show or hide details for an item or field

Do one of the following:

Note   To show or hide lower-level items, select the row or column field or item, and then click Expand or Collapse on the PivotTable toolbar.

Show or hide lower-level items of an item or field

Do one of the following:

Notes

Show or hide expand indicators next to items

  1. On the PivotTable toolbar, click Properties , and then click the Behavior tab.

  2. Select or clear the Expand indicator check box.

Notes

Show or hide items that have no data

  1. On the PivotTable toolbar, click Properties , and then click the Report tab.

  2. Select or clear the Empty rows and Empty columns check boxes.

In PivotChart view

  1. Open a datasheet or form in PivotChart view.
  2. Do one or more of the following:

Show or hide field buttons and drop areas

  1. On the PivotChart toolbar, click Properties , and then click the General tab.

  2. Under General commands, in the Select box, click Chart Workspace.

  3. Click the Show/Hide tab.

  4. Select or clear the Field buttons/drop zones check box.

Show or hide ScreenTips

  1. On the PivotChart toolbar, click Properties , and then click the General tab.

  2. Under General commands, in the Select box, click Chart Workspace.

  3. Click the Show/Hide tab.

  4. Under Show by default, select or clear the ScreenTips check box.

Show or hide the field list

  1. On the PivotChart toolbar, click Properties , and then click the General tab.

  2. Under General commands, in the Select box, click Chart Workspace.

  3. Click the Show/Hide tab.

  4. Under Show by default, select or clear the Field list check box.

Show or hide passive alerts

A passive alert indicates that your chart contains an error. The alert appears as an exclamation point at the bottom of the chart, and when you click it, information about the error is displayed.

  1. On the PivotChart toolbar, click Properties , and then click the General tab.

  2. Under General commands, in the Select box, click Chart Workspace.

  3. Click the Show/Hide tab.

  4. Under Errors, select or clear the Show passive alerts check box.

Show or hide details for an item or field by expanding or collapsing

You can expand or collapse items in series fields or category fields to show or hide more detailed information for a particular item. Expanding is similar to drilling except that items on the same level are not hidden. In the example, West is expanded to show detailed information for West, but other regions are still displayed without detailed information. Collapsing will remove the detailed information for that item, and return the chart to the state it was prior to expanding.

Charts with expanded and collapsed fields

1  Chart that shows sales in each region

2  Chart with West expanded to show sales per product in the West region

  1. Click the field that contains the items you want to expand or collapse.

  2. On the PivotChart toolbar, click Expand or Collapse .

Show or hide details for an item or field by drilling

You can drill into an item in an outer field to focus on detailed information for that particular item, or you can drill out to remove detailed information for that item. Drilling is similar to expanding, except that when you drill into an item, other items on the same level are hidden.

In the example, the region North is drilled into, showing detail information for the North region and hiding all information for other regions. When you drill out of an item that you have drilled into, the detailed information is removed, and items on the same level are shown again.

Charts with drilled information

1  Chart that shows sales information for products by region.

2  Chart that shows the North region item drilled into to show sales information for each type of product in the North region only. Other regions are hidden.

  1. Click the item on the category axis for which you want to show or hide details.

  2. On the PivotChart toolbar, click Drill into or Drill out .