If you're using Count as the function, then empty cells won't increase that
number.

But if you have a formula in that field that evaluates to "", then the cell
isn't empty and will be included in that count.

In fact, if you had a formula that evaluated to "" and then converted to values,
the cell is still not empty and that cell will increase the count.

I like to add another field and use a formula like:

=if(a2="",0,1)
and then sum (not count) that field.



Dave wrote:

I am counting inventory in a pivot table. I want the item to show in the
Column, but I do not want an empty cell to show in the counts, which it does
now.

How do I prevent empty cells from counting, but show the item itself?

Thanks

Dave

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Dave Peterson