Pivot Charts Limitation

Siddharth Rout

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After a long time, someone asked me a question for which I did not have the right answer. I also tried finding the MS KB but couldn't find an EXACT reason.

Question: Why can't we create some pivot charts? Why does it show a message as shown below?

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I know that it is a limitation with Excel. But WHY? What is stopping the chart from being created? The moment, I copy the exact table and paste them as values in a different area, then I can create a chart.

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Any reasoning backed up with MS KB would be awesome.
 

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