What does the 'PivotTable field name is not valid' error in Excel usually indicate?

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What does the 'PivotTable field name is not valid' error in Excel usually indicate?
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This error typically occurs when you're trying to use a field name in a PivotTable that Excel doesn't recognize. This can happen due to incorrect capitalization, spaces in the field name, or the field not being properly defined within the PivotTable's data source.