With all the queries on the internet, we assume there is no built-in option to prevent pivot tables from overwriting data beneath the table during refresh and expansion. Is that correct?

Given that Excel has options for 'inserting' rows, why in the world would Microsoft NOT provide a pivot table expansion/contraction option for inserting or deleting rows from within the refreshed table without overwriting data beneath or to the right of the table?

It is also interesting that inserting rows into a regular Excel table, using the TAB key in the last row, can add rows by expanding the table without overwriting the data beneath. Yet, it will fill in any blank rows first before shifting down the data rows beneath the table.

Given the many requests for this option, we are surprised that Microsoft has not responded to this request.

I want to be able to sort various values I have selected in my Pivot table in addition to the rows and columns.

For example, in a pivot table representing code coverage, I have class and function as my rows, for my values I have lines of code and the percentage of code touched. In order to see where I should best focus my efforts, I want to see the functions with the most lines of code and the least code coverage, so I want to sort first by LoC (descending) and then by coverage percentage (ascending).

This doesn't appear to have the votes reflecting it, but this is a very common search. Several examples of this ask (since as early as 2014...):

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/10142054-a7a4-4aab-9142-c592f391d0ab/how-to-sort-pivot-table-on-multiple-columns?forum=excel

https://superuser.com/questions/1022547/cannot-sort-excel-pivot-table-by-two-or-more-columns

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23499203/sorting-excel-pivot-tables-by-multiple-columns

There is also an additional UserVocie request on the Mac version:
https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304933-excel-for-mac/suggestions/35493697-sort-on-multiple-columns-in-a-pivot-table-i-can-n

Can we please get support for this across all versions of excel? This has been a popular ask for quite a while.

Incorrect values of dimension in pivot table sourced on OLAP cube (Microsoft SSAS 11.0.5569.0). The latest version without that bug is 16.0.6001.1068. Obviously we don’t know exact source of this bug, but most of the issues we discovered were on complex pivot tables with many attributes, partially displayed dimension’s hierarchy and without subtotals. Example of this bug occurring is in attached file ExcelBug. There are 2 exactly the same pivot tables (the table on the right hand side is basically copy of the table on the left hand side). After removing “Grand Total” on the table on the right hand side some fields have incorrect data displayed.
In this example field B4 contains correct value: „5 Name” (coloured green), field G4 (after removing grand total) contains wrong value: „6 Name” (coloured red).
Video https://youtu.be/RRwfAQVGBfc shows steps to change data source of pivot table and the bug itself. Files ExcelBugSSAS.abf and ExcelBugDBMSSQL.bak are backups of SSAS cube and database with all metadata and data to recreate this scenario in any environment (with SQL Server 2012).

Please identify WHICH pivot table is causing the problem. when you have a spreadsheet with many many pivots on many tables, this error means that you have to manually search each pivot table until you find the one (or more) that is causing the problem. in fact, because pivot tables based on tables can get messed up if you delete table columns, even if you figure out which data set is causing the problem, you still have to manually adjust (change data) for each one of the pivots based on the table. Excel should adjust the data range on pivots based on tables in the same way it does for ordinary data ranges. And it should provide a more informative error message. even if it only listed the name of the first pivot table that it hits with this error, that would be a help.

it would be good if when you run a pivot chart based on a pivot table you can drop a column of data from the chart without affecting base table. I use the pivot chart to summarise a number of variables but I want the chart to only show one or two of the variables.

Also when displaying data I like to use more than one pivot table, however you then have to update filters separately. it would be good if filters can be linked on more than one table so that they only need to be updated once. (I use 2 pivot tables to make the data clearer for someone reviewing the data)

It's about time to improve support for SSAS Tabular:
1. Auto-generate DAX
2. Avoid splitting a table into a "measure group" and "dimension". See how PBI Desktop handles metadata.
3. Carry over data types so that users can create reports, such as show me invoices where Due Date is greater than ... Currently, all dimension table fields map to Text.
4. Many customers have expressed interest to connect Excel tables directly to Tabular, bypassing Pivot Table, so they can use the column dropdowns and other Excel goodness.
5. Support descriptions as tooltips when the user hovers on a field in the Field List.