Do pivot tables work after locking some columns?

Copper Contributor

I`ve noticed after unlocking some columns in sheet 1 (Data), and protecting the Data sheet, that my pivot table in sheet 2 (Analyze) being fed from the Data sheet, no longer works, is this correct? (It appears that partially protected sheets stop pivot tables from calculating data?)

 

And the table in sheet 1 (Data) no longer populates down the page once its rows are full.

 

I want to protect my; day, week, month, year, GST, and subtotal columns from being editable.

But when I do protect those cells, the pivot table stops working.

 

I also find after unprotecting the worksheet 1 (Data), the data table on sheet 1 no longer elongates downward when dragged.

 

It seems protecting sheets breaks both data tables and pivot tables?

 

password cell8 (or Cell8) unprotects sheet 1.

 

worksheets attached:

original: revenue dashboard version 7

partial protection: practice locking 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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