Change Pivot Table Layout, why? To illustrate why we want to change Pivot Table Layout, lets see the below example. Assume that we use the following data to create a Pivot Table. We want to show the total summary, group by Department, Empl ID. Excel 2003 - Tabular layout Pivot Table layout is called "Tabular", where each grouping is in one column, and the subtotal is at the bottom of each group. Excel 2007 and onwards - Compact layout By default, Pivot Table layout is called ...