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MS Excel 2003: Suppress zeros in a pivot table on Totals displayed as a percentage of the Grand Total

This Excel tutorial explains how to suppress zero values on pivot table totals displayed as a percentage of the grand total in Excel 2003 and older versions (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

Question: How do I suppress zeros in a Microsoft Excel 2003/XP/2000/97 pivot table after using the show values as a % of grand total?

Answer: Let's look at an example. Below is a spreadsheet that contains Totals displayed as a percentage of the Grand Total. We want to hide the zero lines (ie: row 4) from being displayed in the pivot table.

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Right-click in the Pivot table and select PivotTable Wizard from the popup menu.

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When the PivotTable Wizard appears, click on the Layout button.

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Drag the Quantity field to the PAGE section. Click on the OK button.

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Click on the Finish button to return to the spreadsheet.

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Double-click on the Quantity field in the Page section (row 1).

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When the PivotTable Field window appears, highlight the 0 in the Hide Items window. Click on the OK button.

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Now when you return to the spreadsheet, the Totals with a value of 0 should be hidden.

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