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The document discusses how to create and format pivot tables in Excel.

Some uses of pivot tables include working with large amounts of data, finding relationships in data, finding unique values in fields, finding trends over time, creating subtotals, and organizing data for easy charting.

The main components of a pivot table are the values area, row area, column area, and optional report filter area.

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Using Pivot Tables in Excel 2007

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Goals/Objectives
 You will learn how to:
◦ create a pivot table.
◦ modify the pivot table areas.
◦ modify the table’s design.
◦ create a pivot chart.

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Using Pivot Tables
Use a pivot table if you need to:
• Work with large amounts of transactional data
• Find relationships and groupings within data
• Find a list of unique values for one field in data
• Find trends using various time periods
• Create subtotals that frequently include new
additions
• Organize your data into a format that’s easy to
chart
* Bill Jelen, Mike Alexander. Pivot Table Data Crunching, 2007.
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Using Pivot Tables
• Allow you to quickly see numerical relationships
• Often created from transactional data or raw data
(like UD Financials)

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Using Pivot Tables
Rules:
• No blank rows or columns are allowed
• Each column must have a label

How to create:
• Insert tab, PivotTable
• Select fields

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Using Pivot Tables
Use a pivot table if you need to:
• Work with large amounts of transactional data
• Find relationships and groupings within data
• Find a list of unique values for one field in data
• Find trends using various time periods
• Create subtotals that frequently include new
additions
• Organize your data into a format that’s easy to
chart
* Bill Jelen, Mike Alexander. Pivot Table Data Crunching, 2007.
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Pivot Table Anatomy
Values area – data fields
you want to calculate

Row area – headings that


go down the left side

Column area – heading


across the top of the
table, ideal for showing
trends over time
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Pivot Table Anatomy

Report Filter area – optional area allowing filter of


data items

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Pivot Table Anatomy

To modify PivotTable calculations:


Right-click Data field, select Summary
option

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Pivot Tables
Refreshing a PivotTable
If you modify the original data the pivot table
was based on, you must refresh it.

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Pivot Tables
Refreshing a PivotTable
If you modify the original data the pivot table
was based on, you must refresh it.

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Charting a Pivot Table
PivotChart is a visual representation
of the Pivot Table.

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Formatting a PivotTable

Contextual Options & Design ribbons

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How do I:
1. Sort date items in unique order?
2. Turn pivot table into hard data?
3. Show items with no data?
4. Create a separate pivot table for each field?
5. Avoid constantly redefining my pivot table
data range?
6. Automate repetitive tasks?

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Resources
 University of Delaware Resources
◦ www.udel.edu/learn, [email protected]
◦ www.udel.edu/help, [email protected], 831-6000

 Help within Excel 2007

 Microsoft Tutorials (http://office.microsoft.com/training/)

 Reference books
◦ Using Excel 2007, Bill Jelen, ISBN0-789703611-X
◦ Pivot Table Data Crunching, Bill Jelen and Michael Alexander, ISBN-13:978-0-7897-3601-7

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