Excel created pivot tables to improve upon its convoluted, weak reporting features (which are still available). The pivot table is actually a collection of tools that Excel uses to help you create ...

Here, we show you how to create a pivot table in Excel to take advantage of one of the application’s most powerful tools. Before we start, just what exactly are pivot tables good for?

Pivot Tables are meant to simplify (and partially automate) the ways you can organize and interpret the various data points in your spreadsheets. Think of it as a way to make either Excel or ...