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  Other Pivot Table Tips and Tricks
2:52 with Tyler TallonNow that we’ve learned the basics for building and navigating a pivot table let’s look at a few more tips and tricks.
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                      Now that we've learn the basics for
building and navigating a pivot table.
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                      Let's look at a few more tips and tricks.
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                      Earlier we had mentioned that it was a
best practice to set up your data as table
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                      before you create the pivot table,
in case you need that add a row or column.
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                      Let's try that.
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                      Say we open a new store in June and
need to add that to the data.
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                      We can insert a line here
right below Houston Texas and
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                      fill in cells for
a new store in Abilene Texas.
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                      And let's say we know that we
sold 1,000 units for $4,000.
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                      Now if we go back over
to a pivot table and
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                      right-click somewhere inside the pivot and
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                      hit refresh, you will see
the Abilene store shows up now.
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                      Another cool thing about pivot tables
is that you can sort in ascending or
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                      descending order.
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                      So if you want to see the states
with the highest unit cells,
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                      you can click on the Total and
then go to the Data tab, Sort, and
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                      click Largest to Smallest, or descending.
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                      You'll see under the example that
California has sold the most units.
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                      Then you can also click on a Total for
one of the cities, and Sort descending.
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                      And all the cities will now be sorted for
each state.
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                      We discussed previously how
to use the filter field
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                      to filter between what you want to see.
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                      You can also do that wherever there
a drop down on the pivot table.
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                      For instance, you can select
the Row Labels drop down and
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                      choose a few states if you
are wanting to narrow down your list.
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                      Now let say, you don't want to see
the sum of sales or unit sold but
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                      prefer to see the average.
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                      Under the Analyze tab,
select Field Settings.
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                      You'll notice there is
several options here,
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                      Sum, Count Average, Max, Min, and Product.
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                      Let's select Average.
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                      Another cool thing is the different
layouts in the design tab.
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                      If you click on Design,
you can see all the different options.
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                      Let's select a few and see how they
change the look of the pivot table.
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                      I wish we had the time to cover all
the functionality of the pivot table, but
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                      there are a few we'll have to leave out.
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                      But I hope you explore some on your own,
and
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                      maybe check out the slicer
function found in the Analyze tab.
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                      Or try adding a calculated field if
you want to know the cost per unit for
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                      each store.
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                      Or play around with conditional
formatting, or generate a pivot chart, or
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                      several other advanced features.
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                      I've got a few of my favorites
linked below in the teachers notes.
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                      As you can see, the pivot table
can be a very useful tool and
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                      I hope you have fun exploring.
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