When Katara creates a PivotTable, Excel automatically sorts the data that appears in the PivotTable. She would rather not have the data sorted at all—it is just fine in the data range on which she's basing the PivotTable. Katara wonders if there is any way to turn off the automatic sorting.
Automatic sorting can be turned off by taking advantage of a setting that is (honestly) not that easy to find. Follow these steps:
Figure 1. The More Sort Options dialog box.
If you would like to explore additional PivotTable sorting capabilities, you might find this web page, by Debra Dalgleish, to be helpful:
https://www.contextures.com/excel-pivot-table-sorting.html
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