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Numbers: Missing 'Create table for source data' button on iPhone and iPad

I have lost the “Create table for source data” button on Numbers on both my iPhone and my iPad and I can’t figure out how to get it back?

In the Apple help guide it literally says 1. Go to the Numbers app on your iPad. 2. Open a spreadsheet, then select a populated cell in a pivot table. 3. Tap “Cell”, then tap Create Table for Source Data.

However, as you can see in the screenshot this button no longer appears when I go on the “Cell” functions button. As I said this is on both my devices and also multiple different devices of my family. We all used to be able to do this before the latest 2 or 3 updates probably - have they taken this feature away?

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This feature is not available in the latest version of IOS Numbers even though the current documentation includes it. I have reported it to Apple. The feature is still available on earlier IOS versions. I have resorted to using my old iPad Pro whenever I need to use this feature. The iPad Pro is linked to my IPad 9 with the same Apple ID.

The 'Create Table for Source Data' feature is still there in Numbers 15.4 on the Mac but I don't see it in Numbers for iOS/iPadOS.


SG