Spreadsheets can be overwhelming, with thousands of rows of data that are difficult to analyze quickly. Excel provides two powerful tools — PivotTables and PivotCharts — to summarize and visualize data effectively.
What exactly is a PivotTable?
A PivotTable allows you to condense extensive data sets into a concise, easy-to-read table. You can create multiple PivotTables from the same data, each focusing on different aspects. These tables are interactive, allowing you to filter and rearrange data effortlessly.
And what about a PivotChart?
A PivotChart is a visual representation of the summarized data in a PivotTable. You have a range of chart types to choose from to present your data effectively. The possibilities for combining these tools are endless.
This guide will walk you through creating PivotTables and PivotCharts step by step, applicable to any data set in Excel. While we’ll be using Excel for Windows with a Microsoft 365 subscription, the process remains similar across different Excel versions.
How to make a PivotTable in Excel
Let’s start with the data set below:
The initial data set for our PivotTable examples.
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To begin, select any cell in the data set, then navigate to the Insert option in the Ribbon toolbar at the top of the spreadsheet. Click on the PivotTable button located at the far left of the toolbar.
2024-04-15 10:00:02
Source from www.computerworld.com
