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MS Excel 2010: Hide zero value lines within a pivot table

This Excel tutorial explains how to hide zero value lines within a pivot table in Excel 2010 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

Question: Is there a way to hide zero valued lines within a pivot table in Microsoft Excel 2010? i.e. I have a table with two columns Order ID and Total (Sum of Quantity) and I would like to hide the Orders with no quantity total against them - is this possible?

Answer: Let's look at an example. Below is a spreadsheet that contains values that are zeros. We want to hide these lines from being displayed in the pivot table.

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Drag the Quantity field from the "Choose fields to add to report" box to the Report Filter section. You should now see a Quantity drop down appear in row 1.

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Click on the arrow to the right of the Quantity (All) drop down box and a popup menu will appear. Check the "Select Multiple Items" checkbox. Then un-select the checkbox next to the 0 value and click on the OK button.

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Now when you return to the spreadsheet, the zero lines should be hidden.

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