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Microsoft Excel - Pivot Tables

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Overview

New to Pivot Tables or want to get more out of them? This online course is designed to give you a solid understanding of Pivot Tables, taking you from novice to ninja!

Pivot Tables are a powerful tool within Excel that can be used to analyze, sort, filter and present data in an understandable way.

In 38 engaging lessons you will learn best practices for preparing source data, using database data, how to preserve formats and create custom styles, sorting and filtering techniques, and much more.

Whether you use Excel for work or study, these tutorials will start you on your journey to becoming a Pivot Tables Ninja! Learn more about how a GoSkills Excel certification can boost your career.

The course is Excel 2016, 2019 and Microsoft 365 compliant (previously known as Office 365), so you can choose the version that works best for you.

If you’d like to learn more about Excel try our Basic, Advanced or Basic and Advanced Excel courses.

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Once enrolled, our friendly support team and tutors are here to help with any course related inquiries.


Summary

Skill level

Beginner

Certificate

(Excel certification)

Lessons

38

Accredited by

CPD

Pre-requisites

None

Versions supported

2016, 2019, 365

Video duration

3h 12m

Estimated study time

19h for all materials


Accreditations and approvals

CPD - The CPD Certification Service.

Instructor

Ken Puls

Ken Puls

Microsoft MVP


Syllabus

The Very Basics

What is a PivotTable - and Why Do You Care?

PivotTables open up your world to quickly summarize data and build solutions that others can explore.

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The PivotTable Life Cycle

Understanding how the life cycle of a PivotTable solution is different than an ad-hoc reporting solution.


Creating Your First PivotTable

Creating your first PivotTable is the first step to unlocking serious Excel power in data optimization.


Field Well Options

Determining the Field Well options you’d like to use to view your PivotTable data.

Sourcing Your Data

Source Data Best Practices

Setting up your data sets to ensure that they will be able to be consumed by a PivotTable.


Using Excel Ranges

Choosing between building quick and dirty PivotTables or future-proofing PivotTables for future updates.

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Preparing Source Data

When you need to aggregate multiple tables or create new fields in order to display properly in a PivotTable.


Using External Data

Connecting to external data sources (such as databases), and pulling the data into Excel.


Managing Power Queries

Updating a Power Query solution to a new file path, allowing us to refresh the file with a click.

Laying Out the PivotTable

Totals and Sub-Totals

Use to turn totals and subtotals on/off where needed in your PivotTable.


Choosing PivotTable Layouts

Determining the basic layout you’d like to use to display your PivotTable data.


Grouping

Use to group different row or column fields together for a more logical display.

PivotTable Calculations

Aggregation

When you wish to show different aggregation on your PivotTable fields than what is provided by default.


Running Totals

When you need to display a running total on your PivotTable.


Percent of x Calculations

When you need to display a value as the % of another value on your PivotTable.


Difference From Calculations

When you need to display values that are a difference from another value in a PivotTable. This is very useful for showing growth/decline from previous periods.


Percentage Difference From Calculations

When you need to display values that are a percentage of difference from another value in a Pivot Table.  This is very useful for showing growth/decline from previous periods.


Top and Bottom x Items

When you want to filter your PivotTable to show the top/bottom x items or top/bottom x% of items in the data set.


Calculated Fields

Understanding how to create calculated fields in a PivotTable.


Calculated Items

Understanding how to create calculated items in a PivotTable.

PivotTable Formatting

Value Field Formats

Various ways to display numbers in the values area of a PivotTable.


Preserving Cell Formats on Update

How to force a PivotTable to preserve cell formats and column widths when it is updated.


PivotTable Styles

Using pre-defined styles with a PivotTable.

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Custom PivotTable Styles

Creating your own style to use with a PivotTable.


Conditional Formatting on PivotTables

Basics of applying conditional formats to a PivotTable.

Sorting

Basic Sorting

Basic sorting of row and column headers in a PivotTable.


Custom Sorting

Creating custom sort orders for a PivotTable.


Sorting Values

Sorting the values area of a PivotTable.

Filtering Data

Report Filters

Using Report Filters to narrow down results in a PivotTable.


Built-in Filter Controls

Using row and column filters to narrow down results in a PivotTable.


Slicers

Slicers are user-friendly filters for PivotTables.


Timelines

Timelines are date specific filters for PivotTables.


Filtering Multiple PivotTables

Filtering multiple PivotTables at once with Slicers.

Extracting Data

Show Details

Using Show Details to extract details from a summarized value.


GETPIVOTDATA

Using the GETPIVOTDATA function to extract specific fields from a PivotTable.

Data Visualization

Creating PivotCharts

Creating PivotCharts out of a PivotTable.

Finalization

Automating Refresh

Automating PivotTable refresh operations.


Pre-release Considerations

Items to consider before releasing your file to users.

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