PivotTables can do more than you think, from splitting reports by category to calculating unique counts and percentage growth ...

Many of these errors start long before you click "Insert." ...

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 ...

A straight ranking result is easy using one of Microsoft Excel’s ranking functions. Calculating a conditional rank is even easier if you let an Excel PivotTable do all the work. Ranking data is common ...

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 ...

Have you ever stared at a PivotTable, wondering how to extract deeper insights without endlessly tweaking your source data? PivotTables are incredibly powerful tools, but sometimes the default options ...

Using Excel’s PivotTables and PivotCharts, you can quickly analyze large data sets, summarize key data, and present it in easy-to-read format. Here’s how to get started with these powerful tools.

Let’s say you have an Excel workbook that contains student grades for multiple sections of a class that you are coordinating. You would like to be able to summarize the grade data by different ...

Pivot tables are an excellent way to summarize, analyze, explore, and present your data. To use a pivot table, simply select the data range, go to the "Insert" tab, and click "PivotTable." Then, ...

Microsoft recaps Excel’s June 2026 features, including Copilot personalization, more file support, workbook rules, and ...