Pivot Table Cannot Overlap. When you create a pivot table the wizard ascertains if it will overlap or touch any existing table or pivot table. 512012 I am getting errors in my Excel workbook that contains around 50 reports that say A pivot table cannot overlap another pivot table. 1022021 How to Find Pivot Table Refresh Overlap Problem Refresh a Pivot Table. Sitten Excel - A PivotTable report cannot overlap another PivotTable report In Excel 2013 click on an existing pivot table and click Refresh to refresh the data in the pivot table.
382018 Up popped my new worksheet and the wizard which allows you to drag and drop fields around. So you will never have overlapping pivot tables. Unfortunately the message is very generic. Pivot tables need enough space to display their content and can therefore not overlap with one another. Today I started getting the message Pivot table cannot overlap another Pivot table. I dont believe this is possible unless you know something about the structure of the Pivots beforehand.
This error would be SO much more helpful if it told me what sheet what cell location even what the name of the offending pivot table is.
You can simply select Move PivotTable and you can move your Excel Pivot Table very quickly to make more space. The following error message may appear. This makes some pivot tables bigger that the first time you recorded them. Otherwise you should be able to avoid the processing stalling due to overlap by spacing the PTs apart by more than enough blank rowscolumns to allow room for as much expansion as would ever be required. Last moth you had info on eg. That is a Pivot grouped by Month cannot have more than 12 columns.