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.

In Microsoft Excel, you can create relationships between two tables based on the matching data within the table, even when the tables are from different sources.

For deeper dives, check out my earlier articles on creating relational tables and creating relational databases. How to create an Excel table 1. First, enter the field names in the columns across ...

Step 2: Make an Excel Bar Chart To start to visualize your data, you’ll first create an Excel stacked bar chart from the spreadsheet. Select the “Start date” column, so it’s highlighted.

Click anywhere inside the Table data set. Click the Insert tab and choose PivotTable in the Tables group. Excel does a good job of determining your needs, as you can see in Figure C.

How to create a Pivot Chart in Excel Once you have created the Pivot Table, you can make a Chart of it. The procedure is as follows: Select the range of cells across the Pivot Table.

The pivot table is a collection of tools that Excel uses to create reports from complex, multi-file spreadsheet data. Here's how to generate reports for single tables ...

How to Make a Regression Table in Excel. Microsoft Excel 2010 comes with an expansion pack called the Analysis ToolPak that includes a number of analylitical tools, like the ability to create a ...