Advance Computer

in Business Application

Pivot Table

Ericka C. Precones
Subject Instructor
What is PIVOT TABLE?
PIVOT TABLE

Pivot tables are among the most useful and powerful

features in Excel.

Pivot Table is a statistics tool that summarizes and

reorganizes selected columns and rows of data in a
spreadsheet or database table to obtain a desired
report.
PIVOT TABLE

Pivot tables are especially useful with large amounts

of data that would be time-consuming to calculate
by hand.

A few data processing functions to pivot table can

perform include identifying sums, averages, ranges
or outliers.
How to create PIVOT TABLE?
 Creating a Pivot table

1. Select any cells you want to create a Pivot Table from.

2. Select Insert > PivotTable.

 Creating a Pivot table

3. This will create a PivotTable based on an existing table or

range.
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4. Choose where you want the PivotTable report to be placed.
Select New Worksheet to place the PivotTable in a new worksheet
or Existing Worksheet and select where you want the new PivotTable to
appear.

5. Click OK.
How PIVOT TABLE works?
Columns - When a field is chosen for
the column area, only the unique
values of the field are listed at the
top.

Rows - When a field is chosen for the

column area, only the unique values
of the field are listed at the top.
Values- Each value is kept in a pivot
table cell and displays the summarized
information. The most common values
are sum, average min, max, count, and
product.

Filters- Filters apply a calculation or

restriction to the entire table.
 Advantages of using Pivot Table

There is no need to use formulas in order to perform

calculations.

We can perform complex calculations in a quick and

simple way.

The summarized data is dynamic and can easily be

applied to different sets of data