The data below are a subset of the Resale dataset provided with the software. This (computer simulated) data. gives the selling price, the number of bedrooms, the total square footage (finished and unfinished), and the size of. the lots for 150 residential properties sold during the last four months in two states.
A common scenario where PIVOT can be useful is when you want to generate cross-tabulation reports to summarize data. For example, suppose you want to query the PurchaseOrderHeader table in the AdventureWorks2008R2 sample database to determine the number of purchase orders placed by certain employees.
Difficulty. Though pivot tables allow Excel users to quickly sort data into a useful crosstab format, some users may feel intimidated by the toolâs apparent complexity. Danny Rocks, owner of the software training company The Company Rocks, explains that users can create a basic pivot table in as few as 10 mouse clicks.ivot tables work with the data available at the time of creation, though, and may not immediately update when the data changes or new data become available. Instead, you may need to refresh pivot tables or even completely recreate the tables after data changes in order to reflect the most current information.