Microsoft Excel Pivot Table Data Crunching (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365)

Description

Updated for the new release of Excel, focused on the Excel in Microsoft 365.

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Pivot table fundamentals

CHAPTER 2 Creating a basic pivot table

CHAPTER 3 Customizing a pivot table

CHAPTER 4 Grouping, sorting, and filtering pivot data

CHAPTER 5 Performing calculations in pivot tables

CHAPTER 6 Using pivot charts and other visualizations

CHAPTER 7 Analyzing disparate data sources with pivot tables

CHAPTER 8 Sharing dashboards with Power BI

CHAPTER 9 Using cube formulas with the Data Model or OLAP data

CHAPTER 10 Unlocking features with the Data Model and Power Pivot

CHAPTER 11 Analyzing geographic data with 3D Map

CHAPTER 12 Enhancing pivot table reports with macros

CHAPTER 13 Using VBA or TypeScript to create pivot tables

CHAPTER 14 Advanced pivot table tips and techniques

CHAPTER 15 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. GetPivotData

CHAPTER 16 Creating pivot tables in Excel Online

Learn how to use Excel pivot tables and pivot charts to produce powerful, dynamic reports in minutes instead of hours, to take control of your data and your business. Even if you’ve never created a pivot table before, this book will help you leverage all their remarkable flexibility and analytical power—including valuable improvements in Excel and in Office 365. Drawing on more than 45 combined years of Excel experience, Bill Jelen and Michael Alexander offer practical “recipes” for solving real business problems, help you avoid common mistakes, and present tips and tricks you’ll find nowhere else.

Bill Jelen, Excel MVP and the host of MrExcel.com, has been using spreadsheets since 1985, and he launched the MrExcel.com website in 1998. Bill was a regular guest on Call for Help with Leo Laporte and has produced more than 2,400 episodes of his daily video podcast, Learn Excel from MrExcel. He is the author of 64 books about Microsoft Excel and writes the monthly Excel column for Strategic Finance magazine. Before founding MrExcel.com, Bill spent 12 years in the trenches, working as a fi nancial analyst for the fi nance, marketing, accounting, and operations departments of a $500 million public company. He lives in Merritt Island, Florida, with his wife, Mary Ellen.

Use Microsoft 365 Excel and Excel 2021 pivot tables and pivot charts to produce powerful, dynamic reports in minutes: take control of your data and your business! Even if you’ve never created a pivot table before, this book will help you leverage all their flexibility and analytical power— including important recent improvements in Microsoft 365 Excel. Drawing on more than 30 years of cutting-edge Excel experience, MVP Bill Jelen (“MrExcel”) shares practical “recipes” for solving real business problems, expert insights for avoiding mistakes, and advanced tips and tricks you’ll find nowhere else.

By reading this book, you will:

• Master easy, powerful ways to create, customize, change, and control pivot tables
• Transform huge datasets into clear summary reports
• Instantly highlight your most profitable customers, products, or regions
• Use the data model and Power Query to quickly analyze disparate data sources
• Create powerful crosstab reports with new dynamic arrays and Power Query
• Build geographical pivot tables with 3D Maps
• Construct and share state-of-the-art dynamic dashboards
• Revamp analyses on the fly by dragging and dropping fi elds
• Build dynamic self-service reporting systems
• Share your pivot tables with colleagues
• Create data mashups using the full Power Pivot capabilities in modern Excel versions
• Generate pivot tables using either VBA on the Desktop or Typescript in Excel Online
• Save time and avoid formatting problems by adapting reports with GetPivotData
• Unpivot source data so it’s easier to work with
• Use new Analyze Data artificial intelligence to create pivot tables

By reading this book, students will:

• Master easy, powerful ways to create, customize, change, and control pivot tables
• Control all future pivot tables using new pivot table defaults
• Transform huge data sets into clear summary reports
• Instantly highlight your most profitable customers, products, or regions
• Use Power Query to quickly import, clean, shape, and analyze disparate data sources
• Build geographical pivot tables with 3D Map
• Construct and share state-of-the-art dynamic dashboards
• Revamp analyses on the fly by dragging and dropping fields
• Build dynamic self-service reporting systems
• Share your pivot tables with colleagues
• Create data mashups using the full Power Pivot capabilities of Excel and Excel in Office 365
• Automate pivot tables with macros and VBA
• Save time by adapting reports with GetPivotData
• Discover today’s most useful pivot table tips and shortcuts

The practical, realistic, easy-to-understand guide to Excel’s most powerful and underutilized features:

• PivotTables and PivotCharts
• Fully updated for the latest version of Excel, including the powerful new Recommended Pivot Table features
• Teaches PivotTables, PivotCharts, and PowerPivot through real-world scenarios that make intuitive sense to users at all levels
• Includes proven PivotTable recipes for instant on-the-job results
• Helps Excel users avoid common pitfalls and mistakes
• Part of the popular MrExcel’s Library series, edited by Excel legend Bill Jelen