Comments on: Excel Pivot Table Tutorial: Wizard Usage and Basic Manipulation

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:44:10 +0000

Very good tutorial. Is there a way to create pivot table templates, bar charts etc… that will pre-populate as data is added or updated within your main excel spreadsheet? Is there any tutorials on this subject?

Trying to generate reports on monthly and yearly metrics for Emergency Operations Center activities. Do not have automated tool for capturing this detail.

any help would be appreciated!
Michael

By: Janice

Janice — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:50:42 +0000

good tutorial. I just need to jump in there and start doing it. it’s obviously a very powerful tool and the results can be confusing if you try to create something too complicated in the beginning.

By: Steve Stojowski

Steve Stojowski — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:58:05 +0000

Excellent tutorial, and good choice of sample data to appeal to sports fans. I was fooled into thinking this was a more formal training tutorial until I read some of the self-deprecating bios of your authors. OK, I see where you’re coming from, and I appreciate the tone with which it is delivered. Still excellent, but may I point out some tiny errors?

When I first downloaded the sample data QB.xls, I was a little confused that the first couple of steps had already been done for me. After backing them out and re-creating the starting state, it made much more sense.

Also, I see a very tiny typographical error. In the paragraph following “Click Layout” it says “…drag and drop data fields that WHERE within…” but I believe you meant “…drag and drop data fields that WERE within…” Other than that, you have a highly professional, extremely helpful product. Thanks!!

By: thaise

thaise — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:07:33 +0000

very good tutorial, thank you

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By: Jason Morgan

Jason Morgan — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:28:01 +0000

I have not yet experienced Excel 2007 so I cannot say. I think that the drag and drop concept should remain the same for re-arranging the data from rows to columns – you don’t need the drop-down arrow to do that – they are unrelated exercises. I need to get m hands on ‘07 so I can check it out in all it’s million-row glory.

By: Greg Molyneux

Greg Molyneux — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:47:53 +0000

Well I tried to put this tutorial up to the Excel 2007 challenge. Obviously there are differences.

To create a pivot table you must go to Insert –> Pivot Table. Beyond that, I cannot seem to find the wizard and it seems Microsoft may have done away with it.

Instead, by default, excel creates a new worksheet and it gives you the the layout where you can drag and drop your fields. All the data shown in your tutorial came out the same. Unfortunately I could not get the Data Columns to give me the gray drop-down menu so I was unable to arrange the data in columns instead of rows.

I need to spend some more time poking around in Microsoft Excel 2007 so I can further figure out the differences.

By: Gregory Rineberg

Gregory Rineberg — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:46:57 +0000

Excellent tutorial. I not only understood it, I was also able to implement it, and thats saying a lot.