diff --git a/src/dve/reporting/excel_report.py b/src/dve/reporting/excel_report.py
index 727b244..4dc3fee 100644
--- a/src/dve/reporting/excel_report.py
+++ b/src/dve/reporting/excel_report.py
@@ -443,6 +443,13 @@ def _text_length(value):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _format_headings(headings: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+        # TODO - ideally this would be config driven to allow customisation.
+        _renames = {
+            "Table": "Group",
+            "Data Item": "Data Item Submission Name",
+            "Error": "Errors and Warnings",
+        }
         headings = [heading.title() if heading[0].islower() else heading for heading in headings]
         headings = [heading.replace("_", " ") for heading in headings]
+        headings = [_renames.get(heading, heading) for heading in headings]
         return headings
diff --git a/tests/test_error_reporting/test_excel_report.py b/tests/test_error_reporting/test_excel_report.py
index 834a5e4..17c0dfd 100644
--- a/tests/test_error_reporting/test_excel_report.py
+++ b/tests/test_error_reporting/test_excel_report.py
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ def test_excel_report(report_dfs):
     column_headings = [cell.value for cell in aggs["1"]]
     assert column_headings == [
         "Type",
-        "Table",
-        "Data Item",
+        "Group",
+        "Data Item Submission Name",
         "Category",
         "Error Code",
         "Count",
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ def test_excel_report(report_dfs):
     details = workbook["Error Data"]
     column_headings = [cell.value for cell in details["1"]]
     assert column_headings == [
-        "Table",
+        "Group",
         "Type",
         "Error Code",
-        "Data Item",
-        "Error",
+        "Data Item Submission Name",
+        "Errors and Warnings",
         "Value",
         "ID",
         "Category",
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline/test_spark_pipeline.py b/tests/test_pipeline/test_spark_pipeline.py
index 4e33a28..7f4738f 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline/test_spark_pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline/test_spark_pipeline.py
@@ -469,8 +469,8 @@ def test_error_report_where_report_is_expected(  # pylint: disable=redefined-out
             OrderedDict(
                 **{
                     "Type": "Submission Failure",
-                    "Table": "planets",
-                    "Data Item": "orbitalPeriod",
+                    "Group": "planets",
+                    "Data Item Submission Name": "orbitalPeriod",
                     "Category": "Bad value",
                     "Error Code": "LONG_ORBIT",
                     "Count": 1,
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@ def test_error_report_where_report_is_expected(  # pylint: disable=redefined-out
             OrderedDict(
                 **{
                     "Type": "Submission Failure",
-                    "Table": "planets",
-                    "Data Item": "gravity",
+                    "Group": "planets",
+                    "Data Item Submission Name": "gravity",
                     "Category": "Bad value",
                     "Error Code": "STRONG_GRAVITY",
                     "Count": 1,
@@ -497,11 +497,11 @@ def test_error_report_where_report_is_expected(  # pylint: disable=redefined-out
     assert error_data_records == [
         OrderedDict(
             **{
-                "Table": "planets",
+                "Group": "planets",
                 "Type": "Submission Failure",
                 "Error Code": "LONG_ORBIT",
-                "Data Item": "orbitalPeriod",
-                "Error": "Planet has long orbital period",
+                "Data Item Submission Name": "orbitalPeriod",
+                "Errors and Warnings": "Planet has long orbital period",
                 "Value": 365.20001220703125,
                 "ID": None,
                 "Category": "Bad value",
@@ -509,11 +509,11 @@ def test_error_report_where_report_is_expected(  # pylint: disable=redefined-out
         ),
         OrderedDict(
             **{
-                "Table": "planets",
+                "Group": "planets",
                 "Type": "Submission Failure",
                 "Error Code": "STRONG_GRAVITY",
-                "Data Item": "gravity",
-                "Error": "Planet has too strong gravity",
+                "Data Item Submission Name": "gravity",
+                "Errors and Warnings": "Planet has too strong gravity",
                 "Value": 9.800000190734863,
                 "ID": None,
                 "Category": "Bad value",