1. Aniko Balogh CEU Computer & Statistics Center balogha@ceu.edu
Day 6: Working with data
Aniko Balogh
CEU Computer & Statistics Center

2. Pivot-tables
To create meaningful reports and interactive charts and dashboards.
Open Practice 5
Insert – Pivot Table – New Worksheet – Pivot Table Fields, Areas
Salesperson: drag to Rows, Revenue: drag to Values (filtered Salesperson summed up revenue)
Select column, right mouse button, Value field settings, Number format
Sort – Largest to smallest
Insert – Pivot Chart – Bar
Right click – Hide field buttons, format Axis – Text Options - Categories in reverse order
Data labels

3. Creating charts from Pivot-tables
Make a copy of your sheet
Remove Salespeson
Add Category to Rows

4. Recording macros
If you have tasks in Microsoft Excel that you do repeatedly, you can record a macro to automate those tasks.
A macro is an action or a set of actions that you can run as many times as you want.
When you create a macro, you are recording your mouse clicks and keystrokes.

5. Macro: Conditional formatting + Average
Developer – Record Macro
Macro name, Shorcut: Ctrl+k, OK
Perform the following actions VERY CAREFULLY:
Select the table
Home, Conditional formatting, choose the formating you prefer
Type Average in A13
Insert the AVERAGE function – OK
Copy the function through the row
Click the Stop button on the bottom left corner

6. Buttons with macros Developer – Insert – Form controls – Button
Macros in this workbook
CondForm OK

7. Working with multiple sheets
Sum Across Multiple Sheets in Microsoft Excel
Open macro.xls
Let’s add all the average results of the 1st paper from all sheets
Insert the SUM function from the finction wizard

8. Resources https://www.excelcampus.com/vba-training-my-first-macro/
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