The document describes how to create and configure a basic pivot table in Excel. It explains that a pivot table allows you to sort and summarize data independently of the original layout. The steps include selecting a data range, choosing to create a pivot table, and using the pivot table field list to designate fields as report filters, column labels, or row labels. Configuring these fields allows the user to build a report to analyze relationships in the data.

2. What is Pivot Table
Many Excel users are not familiar with, or are
intimidated by Pivot Tables, one of the most
powerful features in Excel. This presentation
describes Pivot Tables and Few Features of
Pivot Table.

3. Creating Pivot Table
A pivot table is a great reporting tool that
sorts and sums independent of the original
data layout in the spreadsheet. If you never
used one, this below example will most
interesting for you.
First, set up / create some data, in a specific
range in Excel, like below slide,

4. Selecting Data Range for Pivot Table
As given in example I
have created data of 3
Workers x,y,z and
their,weekly payments
in Various Segments.
Selected a Range of
(A1:D50)

5. Creating Pivot Table
Now choose any cell in this table
and choose Pivot Table wizard in
the Data menu. Excel asks for
the data source and suggests
this table. Click OK.

6. Pivot Table Range
Here We need to understand
the data range. Excel suggests
the table as shown in above
Slide . If you expect to add
data in the future, set the data
range to include as many rows
as you think you will ever
need. Rather than A1:D50,
you may want to specify
$A$1:$D$500.
One more suggestion is , as shown in Graphic you can
define the Destination of Pivot Table as New Sheet or
Existing Sheet

7. Pivot Layout Wizard
Now comes the layout wizard, show below.

8. Pivot Table Field List
Report Filter
Column Labels
Row Labels
∑ Values

9. Pivot Table Filed List Definitions
Report Filter : Use a report filter to conveniently display a subset
of data in a PivotTable report or Pivot Chart Report.
A report filter helps to manage the display of large
amounts of data, and to focus on a subset of data in
the report, such as a product line, a time span, a
Geographic region
Column Labels : A field that is assigned a column orientation in a
PivotTable report.
Row Labels : A field that is assigned a row orientation in a Pivot
Table report.

10. Menu Descriptions

11. Menu Descriptions