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MS Excel 2007: 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 2007 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

Question: How do I suppress zeros in a Microsoft Excel 2007 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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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 Totals with a value of 0 should be hidden.

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