diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-pivot-table/src/react-pivottable/TableRenderers.jsx b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-pivot-table/src/react-pivottable/TableRenderers.jsx
index 760ff90c15d8..41063c290f3f 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-pivot-table/src/react-pivottable/TableRenderers.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-pivot-table/src/react-pivottable/TableRenderers.jsx
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ import { PivotData, flatKey } from './utilities';
 import { Styles } from './Styles';
 
 const parseLabel = value => {
-  if (typeof value === 'number' || typeof value === 'string') {
+  if (typeof value === 'string') {
+    if (value === 'metric') return t('metric');
+    return value;
+  }
+  if (typeof value === 'number') {
     return value;
   }
   return String(value);