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.
Many Excel users are not familiar with, or are intimidated by Pivot Tables, one of the most powerful features in Excel. This page describes elementary Pivot Tables. A pivot table is a great reporting tool that sorts and sums independent of the original data layout in the spreadsheet.
A pivot table is a special Excel tool that allows you to summarize and explore data interactively. It's a lot harder to explain a pivot table than to show you how one works, so let's take a look. Here we have a worksheet that contains a large set of sales data for a business that sells speciality chocolate to retailers.