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 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, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Whether the information is found purposefully buried in a huge government release or sought out by Freedom of Information request, data stories are increasingly common in the era of electronic ...