Excel: Sort pivot table results in Excel 2007

Also learn how to sort pivot table results in Excel 2003/XP/2000/97.

Question:  How do I sort the pivot table results in Excel 2007?

Answer: To sort the pivot table, select one of the values that you wish to sort. Then select the Options tab from the toolbar at the top of the screen. In the Sort group, you can click on one of the following buttons:

The Sort Smallest to Largest button sorts in ascending order, the Sort Largest to Smallest button sorts in descending order, and the Sort button allows you to choose more complex sorting options.

In this example we wanted to sort the Order ID values in descending order, so we selected a value in column A and clicked on the button.

Now when you view the pivot table, the Order ID values are sorted in descending order.