You can't change the default settings for the data fields. If a field
contains blank cells, or cells with text, it will default to COUNT.
Otherwise, it will SUM.

There's a feature that changes all the data fields to SUM, in my pivot
table add-in, that you can download he

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


Jon wrote:
In Excel 2003 is there a way to the change the defualt calculation when
creating the pivot table?
It always defualts to count and I need the SUM summary for my data.



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Debra Dalgleish
Contextures
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html