Bug 89102 - PIVOTTABLE wont work if heading ends with asterisk
Summary: PIVOTTABLE wont work if heading ends with asterisk
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.4.0.3 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) All
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: bibisected, bisected, regression
Depends on:
Blocks: Pivot-Table
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Reported: 2015-02-03 23:14 UTC by HFM
Modified: 2023-11-09 03:16 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Example of a heading that ends with '*' (7.86 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2015-02-03 23:14 UTC, HFM 		Details
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Description HFM 2015-02-03 23:14:29 UTC 
Created attachment 113110 [details]
Example of a heading that ends with '*'

If you try to create a PivotTable and your heading ends with '*', it won't work.
For example, this:
-----------
MyHeading*
A
B
C
A
B
A
-----------
When you create a PIVOTTABLE from this, the button in the Pivot Table dialog is shown as 'MyHeading', not 'MyHeading*'. My guess is that the problem is here.
Steps:
1) Open a new spreadsheet and copy the rows above or open the attachment.
2) Click 'Data' -> 'Pivot table' -> 'Create...'. LibreOffice Calc will select your data. Click 'OK' in the 'Select Source' dialog.
3) Move the 'MyHeading' button to the row or column box and click 'OK'

If you had the 'Data' field in the column box (it's pre-selected there), you get an empty PIVOTTABLE. If you remove the 'Data' field, you get a "The pivot table must contain at least one entry." message.

Creating a PIVOTTABLE from the following works:
-----------
OtherHeading*b
D
E
F
D
E
D
-----------
Comment 1 raal 2015-02-04 07:22:52 UTC 
I can confirm with 4.4.0.3
ID build: de093506bcdc5fafd9023ee680b8c60e3e0645d7
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2016-02-21 08:38:22 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 Jochen 2016-02-21 14:13:37 UTC 
Still don´t work with LO 5.1.0 and OS Windows 10
Comment 4 HFM 2016-02-22 19:13:12 UTC 
Bug still present in Version: 5.0.5.2 - Build ID: 1:5.0.5~rc2-0ubuntu2, on Ubuntu 15.10
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2017-03-06 16:14:13 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 HFM 2017-03-06 19:48:58 UTC 
Bug still present in:
Version: 5.3.0.3
Build ID: 1:5.3.0~rc3-0ubuntu1~xenial1.1
CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Linux 4.4; UI Render: default; VCL: gtk2; Layout Engine: new; 
Locale: pt-BR (pt_BR.UTF-8); Calc: group
Comment 7 HFM 2018-04-13 21:21:56 UTC 
Bug still present in:

Version: 6.0.3.2
Build ID: 1:6.0.3~rc2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1~lo2
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.13; UI render: default; VCL: gtk2; 
Locale: en-US (pt_BR.UTF-8); Calc: group
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2019-04-14 02:49:50 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 HFM 2019-04-15 19:36:59 UTC 
Bug still present in:

Version: 6.2.2.2
Build ID: 1:6.2.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1~lo1
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: pt-BR (pt_BR.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 10 QA Administrators 2021-04-15 03:43:39 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 11 muzirian 2021-05-24 07:44:20 UTC 
Hi, can confirm this bug still exists, running 7.1.1.2 on osx.
Comment 13 Andreas Heinisch 2021-11-05 11:15:03 UTC 
Regression from:
Kohei Yoshida committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=7e491281d2ba71490fa22cce1e43ba91f60395e3

fdo#69984: Handle duplicate field names correctly.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds
Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Comment 14 QA Administrators 2023-11-09 03:16:18 UTC 
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