https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162595
--- Comment #10 from ady <[email protected]> --- (In reply to m_a_riosv from comment #9) > @ady, the edition is not by double click, only in the sheet going to the > cell to modify. Sorry about that. You are correct; "editing the cell" it is. > > The data fields are not included as modifiable. I guess the reason for > detailing which are modifiable in help comment #5. That's the part that is not clear: "You can assign custom display names to fields" ...followed by: "A custom display name is assigned to an item by overwriting the original name with another name" How exactly could users overwrite the original name of a field? It does show the name of the field, but that part of the dialog is not editable. Although the Help content does not explain it (letting users assume that the action can be performed within the PT properties dialog itself, which is not true), we could _try_ by editing the relevant cells in the PT itself, as we have mentioned in prior comments in this report (but, again, not based on the current Help content). > > I think the reason because they are not modifiable, is they have a composed > named between the operation and the field name. But the Help seems to imply that they are editable; except that it doesn't really say how, and the PT properties dialog does not allow it, anywhere. Now, let's assume that we could edit the name of the fields by editing the cells themselves. The same online Help page allows to download a sample "pivot.ods" file, and in that file I am able to edit the relevant cell and change its name, which is then shown in the PT properties dialog – the information about "Name:" in the dialog shows the new name of the cell. But... The problem is that if I build a PT by myself on a new file, when I attempt to modify the cell containing the name of the field, the modification is not accepted, as it says that changing the field name is not allowed. So, again, the Help page seems to imply that fields can be renamed (although not how to do it), and the accompanying file allows to do so, but I cannot replicate the same behavior by myself. IDK what exactly is special about "pivot.ods", or about attachment 195985, but they do not behave in the same way. I cannot rename a field on a PT in attachment 195985, but I can in "pivot.ods". -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
