Excel PivotTablesLesson 63Free preview

Excel PivotTable Intro

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Summary

PivotTables is a data summary tool that converts long lists into interactive reports just by dragging fields. You can see the total, the average, the sum, and the recap per category without writing a formula. PivotTables work on structured data with header as the source field.

Key points

The PivotTable summarizes thousands of data rows into a concise report.
Data fields are placed in the Rows, Columns, Values, and Filters areas
No need to write a formula to recover data
Ideal source: range with consistent header or Excel table

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