Learn how to use Excel’s PivotTable feature to generate meaningful reports that summarize data. Excel’s PivotTable feature lets you organize and summarize data into a meaningful report format without ...

PivotTables have a reputation for being one of Excel's most intimidating features, but they're really just drag-and-drop tools for summarizing data. Once you understand the basics, you can turn ...

You can use the Sum function in Microsoft Office Excel to sum columns of data, whether your data is in an Excel table or is simply a range in a column of your worksheet. The sum of a column of zeros ...

You know how you build a PivotTable in Excel and then quickly eyeball the numbers to check whether they add up? It can be frustrating when they don't, especially when you're not sure what's causing ...

A 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. The tool does not actually change ...

At the sheet level, conditional running totals require focused expressions, but an Excel PivotTable requires only a few field swaps. Susan Harkins shows you how. An expression to return a simple ...

The first step in any pivot table how-to is entering your data. The method of entry will depend on your situation. Some users will simply type all their data in manually. If you have an existing ...

Q: How do I add a percentage-of-total column in a PivotTable in Excel 2010? Your PivotTable will now display the same two columns of data both numerically and as a percentage of total, as pictured ...

Several readers have submitted questions about Excel 2010 and 2007 PivotTables, as follows: Q1: Why does Excel insert the GETPIVOTDATA function into a formula when you use the mouse pointer to refer ...

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