Hooking up slicers to one pivot table in Excel 2010 provides a programming-free way to create dashboards. One of the new features in Excel 2010 is a type of visual pivot table filter called a Slicer.

Excel’s pivot tables are powerful tools for data analysis, but their true potential is unleashed when you combine data from multiple sheets. By harnessing the power of Excel’s advanced features, you ...

The Pivot Table is a tool that Excel uses to create custom reports from your spreadsheet databases. Once you select the portion of your spreadsheet that contains the target data, then define it as a ...

Create a report using charts: Select Insert > Recommended Charts, then choose the one you want to add to the report sheet. Create a report with pivot tables: Select Insert > PivotTable. Select the ...

A few months back, Dave showed you how to use Excel pivot tables to better visualize your spreadsheet data. (If you missed the post, be sure to check it out -- it has video!) Of course, if you've ...

Excel created pivot tables to improve upon its convoluted, weak reporting features (which are still available). The pivot table is actually a collection of tools that Excel uses to help you create ...

To activate Power Pivot, go to File > Options, click Add-ins, select COM Add-ins from the dropdown, and check the box for Microsoft Power Pivot for Excel. Once enabled, a new Power Pivot tab appears ...