PivotTables are great for quick analysis, but they break down when you rely on them for serious reporting workflows.

How to use Excel’s PivotTable tool to turn data into meaningful information Your email has been sent Before Microsoft Excel added the PivotTable tool, you had to use summarizing functions and features ...

Excel PivotTables replace manual percentage formulas with built-in tools for totals, trends, and nested analysis.

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2018. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Because the field names ...

Have you ever spent hours wrestling with Excel formulas, only to end up with a tangled web of cells that’s nearly impossible to decipher? For many, this is the reality of data analysis: a painstaking ...

Microsoft Excel has more dataviz capabilities than you may realize. Find out how to make your data stand out with charts, PivotTables, sparklines, slicers and more. Everyone knows Microsoft Excel as a ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a sprawling Excel workbook, wondering if you’re using the right tool for the job? Between Power Query, Power Pivot, and VBA, it’s easy to feel like you’re ...

Q: I use Excel’s Group tool to expand and collapse our employees’ weekly timesheet data, but it takes forever to group each section individually for each of my 300-plus employees. Can you tell me how ...

How to calculate a conditional running total using a PivotTable in Excel Your email has been sent An expression to return a simple running total in Excel is easy — a few references and you’re done. A ...

On the advanced end of the spectrum, pivot tables can also be used to perform simple projections; for instance, you can see how the revenue of your company has changed over time by viewing a line ...