Group or ungroup data in a PivotTable

Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac Excel 2024 Excel 2021 Excel 2019 Excel 2016

Grouping data in a PivotTable can help you show a subset of data to analyze. For example, you may want to group an unwieldy list date and time fields in the PivotTable into quarters and months

Group data

  1. In the PivotTable, right-click a value and select Group.
  2. In the Grouping box, select Starting at and Ending at checkboxes, and edit the values if needed.
  3. Under By, select a time period. For numerical fields, enter a number that specifies the interval for each group.
  4. Select OK.

Group selected items

  1. Hold Ctrl and select two or more values.
  2. Right-click and select Group.

Group by date and time

With time grouping, relationships across time-related fields are automatically detected and grouped together when you add rows of time fields to your PivotTables. Once grouped together, you can drag the group to your Pivot Table and start your analysis.

Dates that are grouped by months and quarters

Name a group

  1. Select the group.
  2. Select Analyze > Field Settings. In the PivotTable Analyze tab under Active Field click Field Settings.
  3. Change the Custom Name to something you want and then select OK.

Ungroup grouped data

  1. Right-click any item that is in the group.
  2. Select Ungroup.

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See Also

Create a PivotTable to analyze worksheet data