1. Pivot Table Training

2. Agenda Purpose of a Pivot Table Creating a Pivot Table: Count Tailoring Your Information Cloning Pivot Tables Behind the Scenes: Pivot Table Layout Pivot Tables: Averages Using Pivot Tables: Reporting Using Pivot Tables: Data Cleaning Saving Your Pivot Tables

3. Purpose of a Pivot Table A Pivot Table is a data summarization tool that provides quick views of sorted, counted, averaged, or summed data. Pivot Tables provide easy access to information that might not stand out by just looking at an excel spreadsheet.

4. Step 1: Find a Location for Your Pivot Table

5. Step 2: Select Data Source

6. Step 3: Select Data Range

7. Step 4: Placing the Count Indicator

8. Step 4 ½: Placing First Additional Indicator

9. Step 4¾: Placing Additional Indicators

10. Tailoring Your Information

11. Additional Tailoring

12. Cloning Pivot Tables

13. Adding/Dropping Indicators From Table

14. Behind the Scenes: Pivot Table Layout

15. Pivot Table Layout

16. Creating Pivot Tables: Averages

18. Averages: Additional Tailoring

19. Using Pivot Tables: Reporting

20. Using Pivot Tables: Data Cleaning

22. Saving Your Pivot Tables Important: Once you have built pivot tables in a specific file, DO NOT change the file name Tables are built to read data from THAT PARTICULAR file Tables always look for the same sheet Once changed, you will be unable to refresh your data

23. Questions?