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.
The number one barrier I see to pivot table adoption is data that is laid out in a report format rather than in a flexible list. The most obvious benefit of using pivot tables is reporting flexibility-you can view your data grouped any way you like all with a simple drag, drop, point and click interface.This leads to a further benefit-spreadsheets with pivot tables are more simple than intensive formula driven reports.ossibly the most useful aspect of pivot tables is the design discipline they enforce by separating the actual data from the view(s) of the data. Many people are blocked from experiencing the true power of pivot tables because their data is already half pivoted.