
Master how to create and update basic pivot table reports in Excel 2016, use slicers, prepare data sources, and save time with practical, real-life examples.
Explore life before Excel pivot tables, building region and product level sales reports from a 93,000-row dataset using unique lists, advanced filters, and sum criteria.
Master pivot tables in Excel 2016 to create quick reports, summarizing total sales by region using the pivot table fields, with the Canada example.
Learn how pivot tables transform large data sets into meaningful insights, enabling quick categorization, flexible views, and targeted filters like year 2008.
Learn when to use Excel pivot tables to analyze large data sets, reveal relationships and groupings across products, regions, and years, and quickly generate unique value lists and time-based reports.
Explore the anatomy of an Excel pivot table by examining the four areas: rows, columns, values, and filters, with practical examples of product sales, regions, and customization.
Prepare your data by ensuring a properly structured table with column headings, no blank rows or columns, and correct data types to create accurate pivot tables in Excel 2016.
Learn the essential rules for preparing a data source for an Excel pivot table, including meaningful column headings, table format, avoiding blanks, and storing dates and numbers properly.
Prepare a clean data source for Excel pivot tables by creating missing headers such as product name, region, market, and month, and organize sales data for analysis.
Learn to create a basic pivot table from a data source in Excel 2016, insert it on a new worksheet, and configure fields, layout, and data areas.
Create a basic pivot table by adding fields to rows, columns, and values, then rearrange and filter with slicers by region, state or province, or product category.
Master filtering pivot tables with slicers in Excel 2016, adding slicers for account manager and state or province, using multi-select and report connections to sync multiple tables.
Learn how to refresh and update pivot table data sources as your source data grows, including when sources are tables vs. ranges, and enable automatic refresh on open.
Learn three productivity techniques for Excel 2016 pivot tables: deferring layout updates to pause automatic updates, starting over with one click, and relocating a pivot table to a new location.
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Welcome to my “Excel 2016 Pivot Table” course where you will learn how to create basic pivot tables.
I am Kawser Ahmed, your instructor with this course. I am a full time Excel, Excel VBA and Data Analytics blogger. And I am a corporate Excel trainer in my own country. Monthly around 15,000 Excel users come to my Excel blog and read my Excel and data analysis related articles and tutorials.
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I have designed this course for new comers in Excel pivot table feature. But if you are an intermediate level user and want to be get used to with Excel 2016 Pivot table feature, then this course is also for you. This course will give you a simple but powerful introduction to the most powerful tool in Excel. Feel free to take a look at the free previews of this course. I hope this course will change your view about Excel Pivot Table. Enjoy the course and thanks for reading!