"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" Error

Question

I am getting "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" error when I open my Excel sheet.

I ran a macro and found error pivot table. But strangely that sheet doesn't have any Pivot or its hidden. Is there a way I can find and Delete this Pivot ?

Answer 1

This error message usually appears because one or more of the heading cells in the source data is blank. To create a pivot table, you need a heading for each column.

Admitting that I do not have any further background details on your situation, you could try the following:

• Unhide Excel columns, in case you have hidden cells (you mentioned to have already completed this check)
• Delete empty Excel columns or use a name as column header
• In the Create PivotTable dialog box, check the Table/Range selection to make sure you haven’t selected blank columns beside the data table.
• If there are any merged cells in the heading row, unmerge them and add a heading in each separate cell.
• Last but not least, consider trouble shooting with a macro