Learn how to create a pivot table in Google Sheets. A pivot table is a statistical tool that allows you to summarize or aggregate data sets.

A pivot table is a useful tool in data analysis that can give you an overview of your data. We'll show you how to create one in Excel and Google Sheets.

Pivot tables in Google Sheets summarize smaller sets of data from a more extensive dataset and can be sorted by rows, columns, values, and filters.

Master how to use Excel Pivot Tables in this quick overview guide which will quickly take you from beginning to pro explaining everything you ...

Create a new sheet inside the same workbook and rename it Pivot Tables. Then, follow the subsequent steps in this sheet. Name the initial sheet with the information table as Data.

Simply highlight your table, then go to the INSERT ribbon and choose Pivot Table. A Create PivotTable dialogue box will open to confirm your data source and where you want the Pivot Table generated.

Pivot tables are like the Swiss army knife of data analysis in Excel. And trust me … They look scary at first, but they’re so easy to use once you learn the underpinning logic that powers them.

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