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Hi CovertEight9,
Thanks for your query in this community.
Based on the error message you received, there is an official article which detailed illustrate on this error:
Excel PivotTable error "Data source reference is not valid"
Please check if there are brackets in your file name. If so, try changing the file name and then create a pivot table.
If this is not your scenario, to help us understand your scenario better, we would like to confirm the following information:
1.A screenshot of the Excel version you are currently running on.
2.The detailed steps that you took to create the pivot table.
Regards,
Alex Chen