Collapse or expand the elements of pivot table

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Application: Table Desktop version

You can change the level of detail in the pivot table by collapsing and expanding the content of grouped rows and columns. For example, in the table in the figure below, you can collapse rows grouped by region of sale or by product group.

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In pivot tables created or edited in LibreOffice Calc, the row/column collapse/expand buttons and commands may be missing or may not work properly.

To collapse or expand all grouped rows or columns in the pivot table, follow these steps:

1.Open the context menu by right-clicking any cell in the pivot table and select Collapse or Expand.

2.In the sub-menu that opens, select the desired command.

To collapse or expand a single group of rows or columns in the pivot table, do one of the following:

•To collapse a single row/column group, click the pivot_table_collapse_item button to the left of its header, to expand it, click the pivot_table_expand_item button.

•Open the context menu by right-clicking the cell with the row/column group header and select Collapse or Expand.

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