Extending options to Pivot Table

Excel 2007 onwards, playing around with Pivot Table has become even more user friendly. Pivot was seemingly a tool preferred by advanced users of excel but today its a child's play :)

Extended options over right click has made this a must use tool for all users who are required to handle a reasonable amount of data.

For eg:
"Summarize Values By" on right click gives you the option to summarize data by sum or count or average or to choose from all available options. Earlier, one had to be conversant with the options to actually use it.

"Show Values As" on right click allows to apply calculations to the data area.

Microsoft is making more and more features available for average / less than average users who actually are keen to use the features. Lets all of us make use of this.

Note: In case my readers want, I can explore on writing a basic step by step guide on basics of Pivot Table!
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  1. him007October 5, 2013 at 4:44 PM

    Arvind San,

    Need help from you, How to convert a value in lacs or say million with in pivot table.
    You had told me earlier in STL, But i forgot.

    Thanx,
    Himanshu Rastogi

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    1. ArvindOctober 15, 2013 at 12:19 PM

      Dear Himanshu,

      Under the "Pivot Table Options" go to "Fields, Items & Sets" and then go to "Calculated Field". There you can choose the field you want to convert to by applying relevant formula.

      Best Wishes,
      Arvind

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  2. GST RefundsDecember 23, 2017 at 5:01 PM

    Awesome work.Just wanted to drop a comment and say I am new to your blog and really like what I am reading.Thanks for the share

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