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We think pivot tables are solution for everything (except for may be global warming and that broken espresso machine down stairs). Today, we are going to learn 5 awesome pivot table tricks that will make you a star. Click on these links to jump to tips. Drill down pivot tables | Change Summary from Total | Slice & Dice Pivots | Difference from last month | Calculated Fields in Pivots (If you are not familiar with basic pivot tables, you should check out this excellent pivot tables tutorial)
(In excel 2003, you have to do this from field settings menu option)
4. Show difference from last month (or year) without bending backwards
We all know that you can show monthly summaries using Pivots. But what if your boss wants you to also include difference from previous month as well? Now, dont rush back to source data and add new columns. Here is the right trick to make you a star.
Just use field settings to tell excel how you want the data to be summarized. Right click on any pivot table value, select value field settings Now go to Show value as tab and Change Normal to Difference from Select Previous from Base-item area. Leave Base field as-is.
Now, your pivot is updated to show difference from previous column.
Bonus: There are quite a few value field settings you can mess with. Go play and discover something fun.
To do this, Go to pivot table options ribbon, select formulas > calculated field Now define a new calculated field by giving it a name and some meaningful formula.
Make sure you adjust the cell formatting so that output of calculation can be displayed (for eg. change number to % format)
(In excel 2003, the formula option is available from Pivot menu in toolbar) See this tip in action:
Today we will learn about Pivot Table Report Filters. We all know that Pivot Tables help us analyze and report massive amount of data in little time. Excel has several useful pivot table features to help us make all sorts of reports and charts. Report Filters are one such thing.
You can immediately switch the report filter to other regions (or a combination of them) to produce the region-wise reports.
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