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9.what Is Microsoft Office Excel Pivot Table? List Out The Steps For Using Pivot Table

A pivot table allows you to quickly summarize and analyze large amounts of data in a spreadsheet. To create a pivot table, you first select the data range, then choose fields to add to the report such as quantities and order IDs. Next, you drag the value field like "Sum of Order ID" to the row labels box. Finally, you can rename the row label title to something more descriptive, completing the basic pivot table.

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9.what Is Microsoft Office Excel Pivot Table? List Out The Steps For Using Pivot Table

A pivot table allows you to quickly summarize and analyze large amounts of data in a spreadsheet. To create a pivot table, you first select the data range, then choose fields to add to the report such as quantities and order IDs. Next, you drag the value field like "Sum of Order ID" to the row labels box. Finally, you can rename the row label title to something more descriptive, completing the basic pivot table.

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9.What is Microsoft office excel pivot table?

List out the steps for


using pivot table.

A pivot table is a tool that allows you to quickly summarize and analyze data in your
spreadsheet.
You can use a pivot table when:

 You want to arrange and summarize your data.


 The data in your spreadsheet is too large and complex to analyze in its original
format.

Steps to Create a Pivot Table

1.Before we get started, we first want to show you the data for the pivot table. In this
example, the data is found on Sheet1.
2.Highlight the cell where you'd like to see the pivot table. In this example, we've selected
cell A1 on Sheet2.
Next, select the Insert tab from the toolbar at the top of the screen. In the Tables group,
click on the arrow under the PivotTable button and select PivotTable from the popup menu.

3.A Create PivotTable window should appear. Select the range of data for the pivot table and
click on the OK button. In this example, we've chosen cells A1 to D13 in Sheet1 as indicated
by Sheet1!$A$1:$D$13.
4.Your pivot table should now appear as follows:
Next, choose the fields to add to the report. In this example, we've selected the checkboxes
next to the Order ID and Quantity fields.
5.Next under the Values box, click on the "Sum of Order ID" and drag it to the Row Labels
box.

6.Finally, we want the title in cell A1 to show as "Order ID" instead of "Row Labels". To do
this, select cell A1 and type Order ID.
Your pivot table should now display the total quantity for each Order ID as follows:

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