Pivot Tables - How can I "reset" the selections in "Row Field"?

[shadestreet]

I have a workbook which has several pivot charts and tables that pul
information from a single worksheet within the workbook. The "Ro
Field" has dates and employee names. I have updated this through th
month of april, and decided to save a copy to use a template for eac
new month. In the template I deleted all information in the sourc
sheet (except the column titles), refreshed the pivot tables and save
it as a copy named "template".

I then went and pasted information for a previous month (March)
refreshed everything and it appears to work just fine.

Problem is encountered when I click on the "Field" button to filte
data. When the list is brought up of possible days or employees, th
entries for April are still listed. For example, I have an entry fo
April 1, April 2.... and then the March 1, March 2.... entries appear.
Not sure why these show up, there are no April dates in the source data
The field list seemed to have remembered all the original entries an
cannot drop them. This isn't that big of a problem, but it is strang
and I was wondering how I can prevent this.

I tried removing the "date" from the row field and then adding it bac
in, but it still remembers the April dates...

Help

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

To clear old items from the pivot table, you can use one of the
techniques shown here:

http://www.contextures.com/xlPivot04.html

 

[shadestreet]

Debra, I have tried to manually clear the old items, but it doesn'
work. They still appear in my lists and I have checked the source dat
to confirm they are removed completely.

I had to resort to using the macro you have on your site, which did th
trick for me (thankfully). Thanks, but why didnt the manual metho
work

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

If you manually grouped the items, ungroup them.
If there are multiple pivot tables that use the same pivot cache, remove
the field from all the pivot tables.
Then refresh the pivot table, and add the field.