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      <bookmark_value>pivot table function; calling up and applying</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148491" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="datapilot_createtable"><link href="text/scalc/guide/datapilot_createtable.xhp" name="Creating Pivot Tables">Creating Pivot Tables</link>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156023" role="listitem">Position the cursor within a range of cells containing values, row and column headings.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147264" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Insert - Pivot Table</emph>. The <emph>Select Source</emph> dialog appears. Choose <emph>Current selection</emph> and confirm with <emph>OK</emph>. The table headings are shown as buttons in the <emph>Pivot Table</emph> dialog. Drag these buttons as required and drop them into the layout areas "Page Fields", "Column Fields", "Row Fields" and "Data Fields".</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150868" role="listitem">Drag the desired buttons into one of the four areas.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7599414" role="paragraph">Drag a button to the <emph>Page Fields</emph> area to create a button and a listbox on top of the generated pivot table. The listbox can be used to filter the pivot table by the contents of the selected item. You can use drag-and-drop within the generated pivot table to use another page field as a filter.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154011" role="paragraph">If the button is dropped in the <emph>Data Fields</emph> area it will be given a caption that also shows the formula that will be used to calculate the data.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146974" role="listitem">By double-clicking on one of the fields in the <emph>Data Fields</emph> area you can call up the <link href="text/scalc/01/12090105.xhp" name="Data Field"><emph>Data Field</emph></link> dialog.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156286" role="listitem">Use the <item type="menuitem">Data Field</item> dialog to select the calculations to be used for the data. To make a multiple selection, press the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> key while clicking the desired calculation.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150329" role="listitem">The order of the buttons can be changed at any time by moving them to a different position in the area with the mouse.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153714" role="listitem">Remove a button by dragging it back to the area of the other buttons at the right of the dialog.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147338" role="listitem">To open the <link href="text/scalc/01/12090105.xhp" name="Data Field"><emph>Data Field</emph></link> dialog, double-click one of the buttons in the <emph>Row Fields</emph> or <emph>Column Fields</emph> area. Use the dialog to select if and to what extent <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> calculates display subtotals.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154020" role="paragraph">Exit the Pivot Table dialog by pressing OK. A <emph>Filter</emph> button will now be inserted, or a page button for every data field that you dropped in the <emph>Page Fields</emph> area. The pivot table is inserted further down.</paragraph>
      
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