Excel for Mac 3: Pivot Tables Intro & Masterclass

About This Course

Create data analysis in Excel using Pivot Tables with just a few clicks, together with summary Pivot Charts. Exam 70-779

This course covers one of the most useful, but scariest-sounding, functions in Microsoft Excel; PIVOT TABLES.

It sounds difficult, but in fact can be done in just a few clicks. We'll do our first one in a couple of minutes - that's all it takes. We'll also add a chart as well in that time.

After only these first few minutes, you will be streets ahead of anyone who doesn't know anything about Pivot Tables - it is really that important.

After this introduction, we'll go into some detail into how to set up your Pivot Table - the initial data, and the various options that are available to you. We will go into advanced options that most people don't even know about, but which are very useful. This includes using conditional formatting, adding slicers and timelines so that you can create dashboards, and advanced calculations, such as Percentage of total, Cumulative totals, and calculated fields and items. We'll also have a look at Pivot Charts and their relationship to Pivot Tables.

By the end, you will be an Expert user of Pivot Tables, able to create reliable analyses which are able to be drilled-down quickly, and you'll be able to help others with their data analysis.

• Create Pivot Tables with a just a few clicks, simply and quickly.

• Maintain and expand Pivot Tables.

• Update data sources, and maintain formatting during refreshes.