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After saving the pivot table in csv file the raw data in the file is missing

Anonymous
2024-04-17T14:22:38+00:00

i Have a raw report extracted from website saved in csv file format

when i have inserted pivot table on the that csv file and saved it .

when i tried to reopen the saved csv file the original raw data is missing and pivot table appears to be normal table .

can this be resolved and show me both the raw data and the pivot table

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-17T14:52:16+00:00

    This is because CSV files is a plain text file and only can store one sheet in it.

    To avoid losing your raw data, you can save your file as an Excel workbook (.xlsx). This will allow you to keep both the pivot table and the raw data in separate files.

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