Excel - Share a PivotTable without the Source Data or Underlying Data

Posted on: 09/06/2022

When you share a PivotTable in Excel, even if you delete the data source worksheet, the data source is still attached to the PivotTable.It is called PivotTable cache. It is possible to share PivotTable results without the underlying data. You need to use Paste Special along with Paste Formats.

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0:00 Intro
0:13 Delete the data tab
0:52 Show data
1:44 Copy, Paste Values and Paste Format
2:40 Summary

Steps to share a PivotTable without the Source Data

You can't copy and paste a PivotTable to a new file. The underlying souce can be seen by double clicking the total in the PivotTable.

Select the entire PivotTable by clicking the PivotTable Analyze tab, cilck Select, and click Entire PivotTable.

Next, Copy the selection.

Create a new file (CTRL + N).

Paste Values, and then Paste Formats.

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