How do I use conditional formatting in a pivot table

Question

I am a basic user of Excel. I have an automated spreadsheet with 2 columns: 1 column with usernames and the other with Active Directory groups.

For example:

Group1    User1
Group2    User1
Group2    User2
Group2    User3
Group1    User4

My pivot table has the AD Group names at Column Headers and the 1st column (A) is a list of the users.

      Group1   Group2  
User1
User2
User3

I would like to put an "X" in a matrix form.

       Group1   Group2   
User1    X         X
User2              X
User3              X
User4    X

How would I automatically do this?

Thank you, Tim

Answer 1

Set up the pivot table normally to show the results you require:

Here's a screen dhot of the settings

Then select the Counts area and set Number format to custom , X;X; to display X 's rather than numbers