At the sheet level, conditional running totals require focused expressions, but an Excel PivotTable requires only a few field swaps. Susan Harkins shows you how. An expression to return a simple ...

When there are new tools available, it’s very easy for old tools to become outdated; that’s typically the natural progression of technology. So, when you give people a couple of powerful new Excel ...

You don’t need a complex expression to add conditional formatting to a filtered PivotTable in Microsoft Excel. Microsoft Excel PivotTables range from easy to complex, and data and reporting ...

Pivot tables in Excel are a powerful tool for analyzing and summarizing large datasets, offering users a robust solution for making sense of complex information. To begin harnessing the potential of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Pivot Table is a tool that Excel uses to create custom reports from your spreadsheet databases. Once you select the portion of your spreadsheet that contains the target data, then define it as a ...

The early-month blues: "It's turned into #### again"On the morning of the first of the month, the moment you press the refresh button on your pivot table, the columns shrink. The sales figures turn ...