How to use a PivotTable in Excel to calculate, summarize, and analyze your worksheet data to see hidden patterns and trends.

Learn what PivotTable and PivotCharts are, how you can use them to summarize and analyze your data in Excel, and become familiar with the PivotTable- and PivotChart-specific elements and terms.

Each of these tables contain fields you can combine in a single PivotTable to slice your data in multiple ways. No manual formatting or data preparation is necessary.

Analyze your data in a PivotTable or PivotChart, build a Data Model, or use other business intelligence tools like Power Pivot and Power View.

To change the layout of a PivotTable, you can change the PivotTable form and the way that fields, columns, rows, subtotals, empty cells and lines are displayed.

Create a PivotTable to analyze worksheet data. In Excel, show items or values in logical groups like months or quarters for ease of summarizing and performing data analysis.

Sometimes it's hard to see the big picture when your raw data hasn’t been summarized. Your first instinct may be to create a PivotTable, but not everyone can look at numbers in a table and quickly …

In a PivotTable or PivotChart, you can expand or collapse to any level of data detail, and even for all levels of detail in one operation. On Windows and the Mac, you can also expand or collapse to a …

After you create a PivotTable, you can change the range of its source data. For example, you can expand the source data to include more rows of data. However, if the source data has been changed …

Create a PivotTable (pivot table) by connecting to an external data source like an Access or SQL Server data base or an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cube file.

Learn about the calculation methods that are available, how calculations are affected by the type of source data, and how to use formulas in PivotTables and PivotCharts. To summarize values in a …