Microsoft Excel's PivotTable tool is vital for drawing analyses from big datasets in just a few clicks. However, understanding the often confusing PivotTable Fields pane is essential to making the ...

A pivot table in Microsoft Excel reorganizes data quickly into a meaningful report, and it’s easy to use! Before Microsoft Excel added the PivotTable tool, you had to use summarizing functions and ...

Create a report using charts: Select Insert > Recommended Charts, then choose the one you want to add to the report sheet. Create a report with pivot tables: Select Insert > PivotTable. Select the ...

At the sheet level, conditional running totals require focused expressions, but an Excel PivotTable requires only a few field swaps. Susan Harkins shows you how. An expression to return a simple ...

Several readers have submitted questions about Excel 2010 and 2007 PivotTables, as follows: Q1: Why does Excel insert the GETPIVOTDATA function into a formula when you use the mouse pointer to refer ...

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.