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Microsoft Excel – Pivot Table Specialist Course

Is it right for me?

Our Excel Pivot Table Specialist course is a comprehensive guide to working with Pivot Tables for those who are keen to learn more about the use of Pivot Tables to analyse and present data.

You should be a confident Excel user and be able to create and edit worksheets and write basic formulas.

What will I get out of it?

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Build and customise Pivot Tables
  • Group and sort information within Pivot Tables
  • Add different types of summary calculations to Pivot Tables
  • Create Pivot Charts
  • Add calculated fields and items

Versions available

2003, 2007, 2010

Related courses in our range

What does it cover?

The anatomy of a Pivot Table

  • Using a Pivot Cache
  • Building a Pivot Table
  • The Pivot Table interface
  • Refreshing the Pivot Table
  • Adding column, row, page and data fields
  • Changing data orientation
  • Showing data fields in columns or rows
  • Using the Slicer tool (2010)

Setting Pivot Table options

  • Format options
  • Totals and filters options (2007 and 2010)
  • Display and printing options (2007 and 2010)
  • Data options

Customising pivot tables

  • Modifying field names
  • Data formatting
  • Changing field layout options
  • Changing summary calculations
  • Working with subtotals

Filtering and sorting

  • Filtering items
  • Sorting data
  • Value and label filters (2007 and 2010)
  • Creating top 10 reports
  • Using Search within a PivotTable (2010)

Grouping

  • Grouping date fields
  • Grouping numeric fields
  • Adding your own groups

Summary calculations

  • Running totals
  • Differences year on year, month on month
  • % Differences year on year, month on month
  • % of Row, Column, Total and other fields

Pivot Charts

  • Pivot Chart rules
  • Creating a Pivot Chart
  • Working with your Pivot Chart

Creating calculations

  • Adding calculated fields
  • Adding calculated items

“Superb class, love the small group numbers. Excellent service and helpful staff from the initial enquiry right up to the end of the course.”

Carol Chuter Stevenson, L&D Officer, Sanctuary Housing Association

Course Summary

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Price: £199.00+VAT
  • Location: Crawley
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