Microsoft Excel PivotTables do a great job of turning data into meaningful information, but they have one flaw: You can’t easily add grand total rows. Microsoft Excel PivotTables are a great way to ...

Q. I usually like Excel PivotTables, but because they don’t allow me to do certain things, such as delete cells or insert new columns or rows, I’m wondering if there is a reasonable alternative? A.

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 ...

Most people know that you can reference one or more cells, tables and their column headers, or named ranges in Excel formulas. However, fewer know that you can reference specific data points in ...

Have you ever spent hours wrestling with Excel formulas, only to end up with a tangled web of cells that’s nearly impossible to decipher? For many, this is the reality of data analysis: a painstaking ...

Excel PivotTables are indispensable tools for data analysis and visualization, allowing users to quickly summarize and explore large datasets. Mastering their advanced features can significantly boost ...

Using Excel’s PivotTables and PivotCharts, you can quickly analyze large data sets, summarize key data, and present it in easy-to-read format. Here’s how to get started with these powerful tools.

A straight ranking result is easy using one of Microsoft Excel’s ranking functions. Calculating a conditional rank is even easier if you let an Excel PivotTable do all the work. Ranking data is common ...

Most spreadsheet problems come from static cell ranges—Excel tables replace them with dynamic, self-managing data structures.

Windows may get all the attention, but when you want to get real work done, you turn to the applications that run on it. And if you use spreadsheets, that generally means Excel. Excel is, of course, ...