Data Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel

Last updated on Sep 27 2021
Ravinder Patil

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Data Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel

Data Tables

In Excel, a Data Table is a way to see different results by altering an input cell in your formula. Data tables are available in Data Tab » What-If analysis dropdown » Data table in MS Excel.

Data Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel
Data Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel

 

Data Table with Example

 

Now, let us see data table concept with an example. Suppose you have the Price and quantity of many values. Also, you have the discount for that as third variable for calculating the Net Price. You can keep the Net Price value in the organized table format with the help of the data table. Your Price runs horizontally to the right while quantity runs vertically down. We are using a formula to calculate the Net Price as Price multiplied by Quantity minus total discount (Quantity * Discount for each quantity).

 

Pivot Tables in Excel

Pivot Tables

A pivot table is essentially a dynamic summary report generated from a database. The database can reside in a worksheet (in the form of a table) or in an external data file. A pivot table can help transform endless rows and columns of numbers into a meaningful presentation of the data. Pivot tables are very powerful tool for summarized analysis of the data.
Pivot tables are available under Insert tab » PivotTable dropdown » PivotTable.

Pivot Table Example

Now, let us see Pivot table with the help of example. Suppose you have huge data of voters and you want to see the summarized data of voter Information per party, then you can use the Pivot table for it. Choose Insert tab » Pivot Table to insert pivot table. MS Excel selects the data of the table. You can select the pivot table location as existing sheet or new sheet.

Data Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel
Data Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel

This will generate the Pivot table pane as shown below. You have various options available in the Pivot table pane. You can select fields for the generated pivot table.

Data Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel
Data Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel

• Column labels − A field that has a column orientation in the pivot table. Each item in the field occupies a column.
• Report Filter − You can set the filter for the report as year, then data gets filtered as per the year.
• Row labels − A field that has a row orientation in the pivot table. Each item in the field occupies a row.
• Values area − The cells in a pivot table that contain the summary data. Excel offers several ways to summarize the data (sum, average, count, and so on).
After giving input fields to the pivot table, it generates the pivot table with the data as shown below.

Data Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel
Data Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel

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