Pivot Tables

What you will learn

Classroom based learning delivered by highly experienced Microsoft Certified Trainers. Very interactive session with plenty of hands on, applying new learnt skills throughout the day with exercises.

The following will be covered during the course:

  • Preparing Your Data Ready for Pivot Tables
  • Creating Pivot Tables
  • Grouping Excel Pivot Table Data
  • Slicers
  • Pivot Charts
  • Dashboard
  • Tips and Tricks to Improve the Appearance of your Pivot Table
  • Using Pivot Table Top 10 Filters
  • Report Filter to Worksheets
  • GetPivotData Function
  • Calculated Fields
  • Calculated Items

Fiona Lawson-Ross
One of the most practical and relevant training sessions I have attended as a headteacher.
Fiona Lawson-Ross

Agenda for Advanced Excel for Data Managers Course 9am – 3:30pm

  • Preparing Your Data Ready for Pivot Tables

    • Best Practise
    • Data Range Vs Table

    Creating Pivot Tables

    • Pivot Table 1 – Standard Pivot
    • Pivot Table 2 – Formatting a Pivot Table
    • Pivot Table 3 – Summary Pivot
    • Pivot Table 4 – Show Values As

    Grouping Excel Pivot Table Data

    • Pivot Table 5 – Group by Numbers
    • Pivot Table 6 – Group by Dates
    • Pivot Table 7 – Group by Text

    Slicers

    • How to add slicer for Pivot tables in Excel
    • Changing the appearance of the slicer
    • Adding a timeline slicer (Excel 2013 Onwards)

    Pivot Charts

    • What is a Pivot Chart
    • Create a Pivot Chart
    • Using Slicers with Charts
    • How to drill down into your data via a Pivot Chart (Excel 2016 only)

    Dashboard

    • Creating a simply non VBA dashboard
    • Adding slicers and charts
    • Linking slicers to multiple charts

    Tips and Tricks to Improve the Appearance of your Pivot Table

    • Handling how empty cells are displayed
    • Stop Auto-Width of columns when you refresh the data
    • How to auto refresh your Pivot Table
    • Create a Pipeline Pivot Table
    • How to Handle error messages in your Pivot Table

    Top 10

    • Using Pivot Table Top 10 Filters

    Report Filter to Worksheets

    • Create Multiple Pivot Table Reports with Show Report Filter Pages

    GetPivotData Function

    • Use the Excel GETPIVOTDATA function to query a pivot table. Retrieve data from a pivot table in a formula.

    Calculated Fields

    • Create calculated fields, using formulas that work with the sum of other pivot fields.

    Calculated Items

    • Learn the difference between Excel pivot table calculated fields and calculated items. When and how to use them, examples and warnings.

Course Fee at Training Locations

In-house Course Fee

Full Day £995*
Half Day £675*

*All prices are excluded from VAT.

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