Beginner’s Guide to Excel Pivot Tables (for Dummies)

Discover why pivot tables are the ultimate game-changer in Excel. From novice to advanced, this tool empowers you to not only analyze but also visualize your data with precision and finesse.

This is a beginner's guide to Microsoft Excel pivot tables (a 101 for dummies if you will), which will take you step by step through how to set up your first pivot table to extract data, insert slicers and create graphs.

Unleash the full potential of pivot tables as we explore how they effortlessly summarize, sort, and filter through large datasets—giving you the power to navigate your data with ease. With just a few clicks, you'll be crafting dynamic charts and graphs that showcase your expertise like a pro.

This is a step by step tutorial where you will learn how to create excel pivot tables for beginners that will take your Excel spreadsheets from data chaos to structured analysis and nice visualizations.

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00:00 Why use Excel Pivot tables?
00:48 Crucial data prepping
01:22 Create the pivot table
01:42 Setting up your first pivot table
06:58 Formatting the Excel pivot table
07:37 Sorting, filtering and grouping data
09:29 Adding new data to the pivot table
10:41 Sliders, timeline and graphs

[emelielindstroem]

In the description box you can find a link to a data set that is similar to mine if you want to play around with Excel Pivot tables!

[elinorlindstrom]

I never understood why or how to use pivot tables before but it all makes sense now. This will save me so much time. Thank you 😊

[Horseyqaqa]

This is so informative but also easy to follow! Well done!

[tchandrakumaran]

excellent video, helped me a lot today.

[angelosdeftereos]

A brilliant and easy to understand explanation. Thank you!

[VirtualBusinessTasks]

How do I see the sheet of data it is pulling from? One of my clients had someone do a pt and it is pulling from a previous spreadsheet of data. They duplicated the spreadsheet so it is pulling from the previous year. How do I get it to pull from the current worksheet in this workbook?

[tamaralynn]

Oh my goodness... I have avoided pivot tables for so long because I couldn't understand them at all. I'm so glad I decided to try again to learn and found your tutorial! This is a game changer for me. Thank you so much... you have magical teaching powers! 🪄