How to use Excel's new Cube-based functions and conversion tools to convert a PivotTable to a formula-based report.

This is because pivot tables in Microsoft Excel are designed to only show numbers in the “Values” section. If you add a text field there, Excel displays a count of those text items by default.

Organize data in a tabular format with clear headers Convert dataset into a table for better data management To create a pivot table, navigate to the ‘Insert’ tab in Excel.

A Pivot Table in Excel is a data summarization tool that can automatically sort, count, and total data stored in a table or spreadsheet. It helps convert raw data into meaningful reports and ...

This is because pivot tables in Microsoft Excel are designed to only show numbers in the “Values” section. If you add a text field there, Excel displays a count of those text items by default.

Whenever you create a pivot table in Excel 2007/2010 you just have to go into the Design menu and convert the layout from Compact to Tabular. It’s very simple – see the attached One minute pivot table ...

I hope this will be the definitive guide to pivot tables for anyone in this industry who has yet to feel one hundred percent comfortable with this crucial Excel feature.

Pivot tables are one of several Excel tools for extracting meaning out of large groups of numeric data. They can be applied whenever raw data in a spreadsheet or database has to be summarized.