Microsoft Excel 2019 Pivot Table Data Crunching

by Jelen, Bill; Alexander, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781509307241
• ISBN10: 1509307249
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-01-08
• Publisher: Microsoft Press

Summary

Renowned Excel experts Bill Jelen (MrExcel) and Michael Alexander help you crunch data from any source with Excel 2019 pivot tables. 

 

Use Excel 2019 pivot tables and pivot charts to produce powerful, dynamic reports in minutes instead of hours, to take control of your data and your business. Even if you’ve never created a pivot table before, this book will help you leverage all their remarkable flexibility and analytical power–including valuable improvements in Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365. Drawing on more than 45 combined years of Excel experience, Bill Jelen and Michael Alexander offer practical “recipes” for solving real business problems, help you avoid common mistakes, and present tips and tricks you’ll find nowhere else. 

By reading this book, you will: 

• Master easy, powerful ways to create, customize, change, and control pivot tables 

• Control all future pivot tables using new pivot table defaults 

• Transform huge data sets into clear summary reports 

• Instantly highlight your most profitable customers, products, or regions 

• Use Power Query to quickly import, clean, shape, and analyze disparate data sources 

• Build geographical pivot tables with 3D Map 

• Construct and share state-of-the-art dynamic dashboards 

• Revamp analyses on the fly by dragging and dropping fields 

• Build dynamic self-service reporting systems 

• Share your pivot tables with colleagues 

• Create data mashups using the full Power Pivot capabilities of Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365 

• Automate pivot tables with macros and VBA 

• Save time by adapting reports with GetPivotData 

• Discover today’s most useful pivot table tips and shortcuts 

 

Author Biography

Bill Jelen, Excel MVP and the host of MrExcel.com, has been using spreadsheets since 1985, and he launched the MrExcel.com website in 1998. Bill was a regular guest on Call for Help with Leo Laporte and has produced more than 2,200 episodes of his daily video podcast, Learn Excel from MrExcel. He is the author of 57 books about Microsoft Excel and writes the monthly Excel column for Strategic Finance magazine. Before founding MrExcel.com, Bill spent 12 years in the trenches, working as a financial analyst for the finance, marketing, accounting, and operations departments of a $500 million public company. He lives in Merritt Island, Florida, with his wife, Mary Ellen.

Mike Alexander is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) and author of several books on advanced business analysis with Microsoft Access and Excel. He has more than 15 years of experience consulting and developing Office solutions. Mike has been named a Microsoft MVP for his ongoing contributions to the Excel community.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1  Pivot Table Fundamentals

2  Creating Basic Pivot Table

3  Customizing a Pivot Table

4  Controlling the Way you View your PivotTable

5  Performing Calculations Within your PivotTables

6  Using Pivot Charts and Other Visualizations

7  Power Query / Analyzing Disparate Data Sources with PivotTables

8  Sharing PivotTables with Others

9  Working With and Analyzing OLAP Data

10 Mashing Up Data with PowerPivot

11 Dashboarding with PowerView & Power Map

12 Enhancing PivotTables with Macros

13 Using VBA to Create Pivot Tables

14 Advanced PivotTable Tips and Tricks

15 Using GetPivotData