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Pivot Tables

A Pivot Table is one of the basic data analysis tools. It is a summary of your data. Pivot Tables can help answer many important business-related questions. They are used to pass information.

A Pivot Table can: 

  • group items/records/rows into categories
  • count the number of items in each category, 
  • sum the items value
  • or compute average, find minimal or maximal value etc.
This examples shows how sums and row labels are shown on Pivot Tables

Above is another example of a Pivot Table. This table organizes the data and groups and sorts the information in a way that makes it easier to read. A Pivot Table was a good choice for this data.