Microsoft Excel Pivot Table Data Crunching Including Dynamic Arrays, Power Query, and Copilot

Learn to use pivot tables and pivot charts in Microsoft Excel to produce powerful, dynamic reports in minutes: take control of your data and your business! Even if you've never created a pivot table before, this book will help you leverage their flexibility and analytical power--and includes exploration of new array functions and Copilot capabilities in analysis creation. Drawing on more than 30 years of cutting-edge Excel experience, MVP Bill Jelen ("MrExcel") shares practical "recipes" for solving real business problems, expert insights for avoiding mistakes, and advanced tips and tricks you'll find nowhere else.

By reading this book, you will:

• Master easy, powerful ways to create, customize, change, and control pivot tables
• Use Copilot and Analyze Data features to create pivot tables
• Transform huge datasets into clear summary reports
• Instantly highlight your most profitable customers, products, or regions
• Pivot data with powerful dynamic arrays and Power Query
• Use PIVOTBY and GROUPBY functions to create reports without needing to refresh
• Build geographical pivot tables with 3D Maps
• Construct and share state-of-the-art dynamic dashboards
• Revamp analyses on the fly by dragging and dropping fi elds
• Build dynamic self-service reporting systems
• Share your pivot tables with colleagues
• Create data mashups using the full Power Pivot capabilities in modern Excel versions
• Generate pivot tables using either VBA on the Desktop or Typescript in Excel Online or on the Desktop
• Embrace GetPivotData for better looking reports and learn how to prevent it for quick reporting
• Unpivot source data so it's easier to use

About This Book

• For everyone who wants to get more done with Microsoft Excel in less time
• For business and financial professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and others who need to efficiently manage and analyze data

Bill Jelen, Excel MVP and the host of MrExcel.com, has been using spreadsheets since 1985, and he launched the MrExcel.com website in 1998. Bill was a regular guest on Call for Help with Leo Laporte and has produced more than 2,600 episodes of his daily video podcast, Learn Excel from MrExcel. He is the author of 69 books about Microsoft Excel and writes the monthly Excel column for Strategic Finance magazine. Before founding MrExcel.com, Bill spent 12 years in the trenches, working as a financial analyst for the finance, marketing, accounting, and operations departments of a $500 million public company. He lives in Merritt Island, Florida, with his wife, Mary Ellen.