Ever found yourself wondering if there’s a more efficient way to handle your data in Excel? If you’ve been using Pivot Tables but feel like you’re only scratching the surface, you’re in for a treat.

The Pivot Table is a tool that Excel uses to create custom reports from your spreadsheet databases. Once you select the portion of your spreadsheet that contains the target data, then define it as a ...

Ever wondered how some managers seem to have a sixth sense for spotting trends and making data-driven decisions? What if you could unlock that same ability with just a few clicks in Excel? Excel Pivot ...

The first step in any pivot table how-to is entering your data. The method of entry will depend on your situation. Some users will simply type all their data in manually. If you have an existing ...

A pivot table is a statistics tool that summarizes and reorganizes selected columns and rows of data in a spreadsheet or database table to obtain a desired report. The tool does not actually change ...

Pivot tables generate great reports in Microsoft Excel, but adding a filter or two can make them even more flexible. Here’s how. Pivot tables in Microsoft Excel are a great way to organize and analyze ...

At one point, Pivot Tables were the greatest feature in Excel, but as with most tools and tricks, that’s no longer the case. Instead of setting up a Pivot Table, adjusting the layout, and refreshing ...

If you’ve have lots of data and lots of analysis to do, but little time or skill, you need Excel’s Power Pivot feature. Here’s how to get started with it. Excel Power Pivot is a data analysis feature ...

Data wonks, rejoice! Pivot tables now automatically refresh themselves in a new beta version of Microsoft Excel. You might expect that pivot tables—which can be used to summarize rows and columns of ...