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Excel - Change the Source Data Range for an Existing Excel Pivot Table - Episode 679

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Change the Source Data Range for an Existing Excel Pivot Table.

Welcome back to the MrExcel netcast! In this video, we'll be discussing how to change the source data for a pivot table in Excel 2007. This is a question that was sent in by Dan, who recently upgraded to Excel 2007 and was having trouble finding the option to change the data source for his pivot table.

In previous versions of Excel, it was a simple process to change the data source for a pivot table. You could just right-click on the pivot table, go to "Pivot Table Wizard", and easily change the data. However, in Excel 2007, the pivot table interface has been changed, making it a bit more challenging to find this option.

So, let's take a look at how to change the source data for a pivot table in Excel 2007. First, we'll insert a pivot table by going to the "Insert" tab and selecting "Pivot Table". Instead of the familiar wizard, we now get a single screen to specify the data. Once we've selected our data, we can click "OK" and the pivot table will be created.

Now, if we want to change the data source, we can't just right-click on the pivot table like we used to. Instead, we need to go to the "Options" tab on the Ribbon and click on the "Change Data Source" button. This will take us back to the step in the wizard where we can change the data. It's a bit different from the previous method, but it still gets the job done.

Of course, there are other ways to change the data source for a pivot table, such as using dynamic ranges. But for now, let's stick with the simple method of using the "Change Data Source" button on the "Options" tab. Thanks to Dan for sending in this question and thank you for watching. Be sure to check out our other netcasts for more Excel tips and tricks. See you next time!

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Dan asks another Excel 2007 question. How can you re-specify the source data for a pivot table in Excel? It used to be simple to do this in the pivot table wizard, but it is not obvious how to find the pivot table wizard in Excel 2007. In Episode 679, I will show you how to solve the problem in Excel 2007.

Table of Contents:
(00:00) Introduction to the topic 
(00:20) Question from Dan about pivot tables in Excel 2007 
(00:36) Previous method of changing data in pivot tables 
(00:48) Changes in pivot table interface in Excel 2007 
(01:00) Step-by-step guide to changing data in pivot tables 
(01:27) Alternative solution using dynamic ranges 
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