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How to use the PivotTable Fields pane in Microsoft Excel

You can create a PivotTable in Excel from an external data source, a table in your worksheet, or a pre-built data model. To ...
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Excel PivotTable questions

Several readers have submitted questions about Excel 2010 and 2007 PivotTables, as follows: Q1: Why does Excel insert the GETPIVOTDATA function into a formula when you use the mouse pointer to refer ...
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How to use Excel’s PivotTable tool to turn data into meaningful information

How to use Excel’s PivotTable tool to turn data into meaningful information Your email has been sent Before Microsoft Excel added the PivotTable tool, you had to use summarizing functions and features ...
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Using Excel’s GROUPBY function as a PivotTable alternative

Q. Are there any alternatives to traditional PivotTables in Excel? A. The first thing that comes to mind is the function GROUPBY. The primary purpose of GROUPBY is to make data analysis easier by ...