Pivot Tables are meant to simplify (and partially automate) the ways you can organize and interpret the various data points in your spreadsheets. Think of it as a way to make either Excel or Sheets ...

When you have a massive Excel workbook overflowing with data, trying to make sense of it can feel like a tough task at times. Be it sales data, client names, product segments, dates, or geographical ...

When something so obvious is available in competitors, even in other Microsoft programs and features, and Excel is only now getting it. When working with Excel, one would expect that pivot tables, ...

A few months back, Dave showed you how to use Excel pivot tables to better visualize your spreadsheet data. (If you missed the post, be sure to check it out -- it has video!) Of course, if you've ...

I can easily achieve the same result with a pivot table by dragging the Salesperson field into Rows and the Sales field into ...

Excel created pivot tables to improve upon its convoluted, weak reporting features (which are still available). The pivot table is actually a collection of tools that Excel uses to help you create ...

Before the official introduction of pivot tables for iPad, the iPad version of Excel did not support creating new pivot tables directly within the app. Instead, users must either create a pivot table ...

Implementing a pivot table in Google Sheets will compress the data within your spreadsheet into a custom table. As such, the tool is practical and convenient for those who want their data outlined via ...