By Robert Fox

What is a pivot table?

A pivot table is a type of visualization that allows the user lay out samples of data into one sheet to easily analyze and a examine. Here is an example of one.

A user can take data and organize or like the name implies, “pivot”, the information to reconstruct and look at the information differently.

That is one reason pivot tables are so handy when dealing with large data sets; being able to organize large complex sets of data and organize them into more digestible forms of data makes it much easier for everyone to examine. Attached I have added a video describing how to create a pivot table of your own.