Xtreme PivotTables by John Michaloudis (16 CPE)

Overview

Pivot Tables have been around since the inception of Microsoft Excel but have been underutilized due to its many hidden functionalities. With this comprehensive Pivot Table course, comprising over 200 video tutorials, you will learn how to customize, analyse, group, sort, filter, slice and dice, chart, conditionally format, add macros, save time with tips and apply all this knowledge to real business cases.

 

 

 

 

  • Outline

    • 1: Customise Your PivotTable
    • 2: Summarize Values By
    • 3: Show Values As
    • 4: Grouping
    • 5: Sort
    • 6: Filter
    • 7: Slicers
    • 8: Calculated Fields and Items
    • 9: Pivot Charts
    • 10: Conditionally Formatting PivotTables
    • 11: GETPIVOTDATA
    • 12: Macros
    • 13: Data Management
    • 14: Conclusion and Bonus Videos

  • Author

    John Michaloudis

  • Subject

    Xtreme PivotTables

  • Benefits

    Begin Now: begin training immediately
    Moderated: ask questions in the moderated forums
    Certificate: download and print your certificate instantly upon completion
    Pause and Resume: pause and resume training as needed
    Exam: unlimited exam attempts

  • Software

    Featuring Microsoft Excel for Windows Versions

  • Format

    On-Demand

  • Access Begins

    Immediately

  • Duration

    Online enrollment provides access for one year.

  • Certificate of Completion

    Download instantly once a passing score on the final exam is achieved. You may re-attempt the final exam as many times as necessary.

  • Enrollment Period

    Your enrollment is valid for one year.

 

  • Module 1: CUSTOMISE YOUR PIVOT TABLE
  • 1.1 ARRANGING YOUR DATA SET
  • 1.11 Tabular Format (2:17)
  • 1.12 No Gaps (2:14)
  • 1.13 Formatting (1:17)
  • 1.14 Tables (2:36)
  • 1.15 Clean Your Data Set (2:08)

  • 1.2 CREATING A PIVOT TABLE
  • 1.21 Inserting a Pivot Table (3:12)
  • 1.22 Field List - Activate, move, resize & layout (1:30)
  • 1.23 Field List & Areas (5:15)
  • 1.24 Drill down to audit (1:33)
  • 1.25 Sort Field List from A to Z (0:35)
  • 1.26 Double click on any labels to show more Fields (0:43)
  • 1.27 Defer Layout Update (0:45)

  • 1.3 OPTIONS > DATA
  • 1.31 Pivot Cache explained (0:54)
  • 1.32 Refresh (1:11)
  • 1.33 Refresh All (2:11)
  • 1.34 Refresh External Data (4:49)
  • 1.35 Import from Access database (2:18)
  • 1.36 Change Data Source (3:00)

  • 1.4 OPTIONS > ACTIONS
  • 1.41 Clear Filters & Clear Pivot (1:08)
  • 1.42 Select & format (3:26)
  • 1.43 Move a Pivot Table (0:50)

  • 1.5 DESIGN > STYLES
  • 1.51 Pivot Table Styles (3:44)
  • 1.52 Customising a Pivot Table Style (4:03)
  • 1.53 Use a customised style in another workbook (1:17)

  • 1.6 DESIGN > LAYOUT
  • 1.61 Subtotals (1:00)
  • 1.62 Grand Totals (0:53)
  • 1.63 Report Layouts (2:43)
  • 1.64 Blank Rows (0:33)
  • 1.65 Show the Classic Pivot Table Layout (0:58)

  • • 1.7 OPTIONS > SHOW
  • 1.71 Expand & Collapse buttons (4:26)
  • 1.72 Move & Remove Fields and Items (2:29)
  • 1.73 Show/Hide Field List (0:17)
  • 1.74 Show/Hide Field Headers (0:17)

  • 1.8 CUSTOMISATION
  • 1.81 Change Count of to Sum of (1:00)
  • 1.82 Number formatting (1:32)
  • 1.83 Field name formatting (2:06)
  • 1.84 Predetermined number formatting (1:18)
  • 1.85 Change Sum views in Label areas (0:42)

  • 1.9 LAYOUT & FORMAT
  • 1.91 Indent rows in compact layout (1:00)
  • 1.92 Change the layout of a report filter (1:15)
  • 1.93 Format error values (0:39)
  • 1.94 Format empty cells (1:17)
  • 1.95 Keep column widths upon refresh (0:43)
  • 1.96 Automatic Refresh a Pivot Table (0:46)
  • 1.97 Printing a pivot table on two pages (1:11)
  • 1.98 Show report filter on multiple pages (2:13)

  • Module 2: SUMMARIZE VALUES BY
  • 2.1 Create multiple subtotals (1:34)
  • 2.2 Count (2:17)
  • 2.3 Average (2:33)
  • 2.4 Maximum (1:53)
  • 2.5 Minimum (1:16)
  • 2.6 Product (3:28)
  • 2.7 Count Numbers (2:16)
  • 2.8 Std Dev (6:57)
  • 2.9 Varp (3:26)
  • 2.1 Show various Grand Totals (2:26)
  • 2.11 Shortcuts to Field & Value Field Settings (2:09)
  • 2.12 See all pivot Items (5:50)
  • 2.13 Show a unique count (2:26)

  • Module 3: SHOW VALUES AS
  • 3.1 % of Grand Total (2:00)
  • 3.2 % of Column Total (2:05)
  • 3.3 % of Row Total (1:45)
  • 3.4 % Of (3:53)
  • 3.5 % of Parent Row Total (NEW IN EXCEL 2010) (3:09)
  • 3.6 % of Parent Column Total (NEW IN EXCEL 2010) (2:13)
  • 3.7 % of Parent Total (NEW IN EXCEL 2010) (2:42)
  • 3.8 Difference From (4:44)
  • 3.9 % Difference From (4:08)
  • 3.1 Running Total in (2:10)
  • 3.11 % Running Total in (NEW IN EXCEL 2010) (2:48)
  • 3.12 Rank Smallest to Largest (NEW IN EXCEL 2010) (2:04)
  • 3.13 Rank Largest to Smallest (NEW IN EXCEL 2010) (2:11)
  • 3.14 Index (3:35)
  • 3.15 Shortcuts to Show Values As (1:07)
  • 3.16 ACCOUNTING: % of Revenue Margins (2:28)
  • 3.17 FINANCIAL: Actual v Plan Variance Report (4:33)

  • Module 4: GROUPING
  • 4.1 Group by Date (2:35)
  • 4.2 Group by Months (1:41)
  • 4.3 Group by Quarters & Years (1:38)
  • 4.4 Group by Sales ranges (3:09)
  • 4.5 Group by Text fields (2:06)
  • 4.6 Group by Time (1:35)
  • 4.7 Shortcuts to Grouping (1:29)
  • 4.8 Grouping by Half Years (1:45)
  • 4.9 Group by a Date that starts on a Monday (1:50)
  • 4.1 Grouping by a custom date (1:39)
  • 4.11 Group by fiscal years & quarters (6:26)
  • 4.12 Errors when grouping by dates (2:44)
  • 4.13 Group two pivot tables independently (3:42)
  • 4.14 Fixing the problem of counting grouped sales (0:35)
  • 4.15 Display dates that have no data (0:49)
  • 4.16 ACCOUNTING: Quarterly Comparative Report (6:35)
  • 4.17 FINANCIAL: Min & Max Bank Balance (4:32)

  • Module 5: SORT
  • 5.1 Sorting by Largest or Smallest (1:49)
  • 5.2 Sort an Item Row (Left to Right) (1:21)
  • 5.3 Sort manually (drag, write, right click) (1:51)
  • 5.4 Sort using a Custom List (3:10)
  • 5.5 Override a Custom List sort (1:17)
  • 5.6 Sort row from A-Z and sales from Z-A (1:13)
  • 5.7 Sort new items added to your data source (1:08)
  • 5.8 Clear a sort (0:18)
  • 5.9 Sort Largest to Smallest Grand Totals (0:16)
  • Module 6: FILTER
  • 6.1 Filter by Dates (6:38)
  • 6.2 Filter by Labels - Text (2:33)
  • 6.3 Filter by Labels - Numerical Text (2:41)
  • 6.4 Filter by Values (3:48)
  • 6.5 Filter by Values - Top or Bottom 10 Items (2:03)
  • 6.6 Filter by Values - Top or Bottom % (1:36)
  • 6.7 Filter by Values - Top or Bottom Sum (1:39)
  • 6.8 Filter by Report Filter (3:28)
  • 6.9 Shortcuts to filters (1:33)
  • 6.1 Keep or hide selected items (0:47)
  • 6.11 Filter by Text wildcards * and ? (3:17)
  • 6.12 Filter by multiple fields (0:57)
  • 6.13 Apply multiple filters (1:42)
  • 6.14 Filter by multiple values (1:03)
  • 6.15 Include new items in manual filter (1:48)
  • 6.16 Clear filters with one click (1:27)
  • 6.17 Add a filter for the column items (0:30)
  • 6.18 ACCOUNTING: Top 5 Expenses report (2:20)
  • 6.19 FINANCIAL: Top 25% of Channel Partners (2:08)

  • Module 7: SLICERS
  • 7.1 Insert a Slicer (3:51)
  • 7.2 Slicer Styles (2:16)
  • 7.3 Creating a custom style (5:28)
  • 7.4 Copy a custom style into a new workbook (1:30)
  • 7.5 Slicer Settings (4:40)
  • 7.6 Slicer Size & Properties (2:53)
  • 7.7 Slicer Connections for multiple pivot tables (3:14)
  • 7.8 Different ways to filter a Slicer (1:12)
  • 7.9 Use one slicer for two pivot tables (1:16)
  • 7.1 Lock the workbook but not the slicer (1:23)
  • 7.11 Interactive employee photos with Slicers! FUN! (9:18)
  • 7.12 ACCOUNTING: Select a Monthly P&L report with a Slicer (4:10)
  • 7.13 FINANCIAL: Base, Best & Worst case Forecast (5:00)

  • Module 8: CALCULATED FIELDS & ITEMS
  • 8.1 Creating a Calculated Field (3:56)
  • 8.2 Use an existing Calculated Field in a new calculation (2:13)
  • 8.3 Editing a Calculated Field (1:53)
  • 8.4 Excel formulas & Calculated Fields (2:57)
  • 8.5 Creating a Calculated Item (4:02)
  • 8.6 Use an existing Calculated Item in a new calculation (1:33)
  • 8.7 Editing a Calculated Item (2:15)
  • 8.8 Excel formulas & Calculated Items (1:48)
  • 8.9 Calculated Item on Column Labels (2:04)
  • 8.1 Shortcomings of Calculated Items (1:53)
  • 8.11 Solve Order for Calculated Items (4:01)
  • 8.12 List Calculated Field & Item formulas (1:02)
  • 8.13 Remove a Calculated Field temporarily (0:50)
  • 8.14 Order of operations (1:46)
  • 8.15 ACCOUNTING: Creating a P&L Pivot Table Report (8:15)
  • 8.16 FINANCIAL: Actuals v Plan with Calculated Fields (6:26)

  • Module 9: PIVOT CHARTS
  • 9.1 Insert a Pivot Chart (3:14)
  • 9.2 Insert a Slicer with a Pivot Chart (1:50)
  • 9.3 Pivot Chart Designs (3:45)
  • 9.4 Pivot Chart Layouts (4:54)
  • 9.5 Pivot Chart Formats (5:47)
  • 9.6 Limitations of Pivot Charts & workarounds (1:51)
  • 9.7 Saving a Pivot Chart template (1:26)
  • 9.8 Shortcuts to formatting a Pivot Chart (1:13)
  • 9.9 Link chart title to a pivot cell (0:55)
  • 9.1 Copying a second chart (0:41)
  • 9.11 Put a chart on a separate page with F11 (0:37)
  • 9.12 Insert Pivot Chart straight from the data source (0:49)
  • 9.13 Paste Pivot Chart to your email as a picture (1:02)
  • 9.14 Paste Pivot Chart to PowerPoint & make live updates (1:24)
  • 9.15 Printing a Pivot Chart (1:17)
  • 9.16 Include a Sparkline with your pivot table (1:14)
  • 9.17 Charts Do´s & Don'ts (2:35)
  • 9.18 Change Chart Type with Slicers! FUN!!! (7:58)
  • 9.19 Workaround to creating an interactive Scatter graph (2:17)
  • 9.2 ACCOUNTING: P&L Pivot Table report with Graphs (8:11)
  • 9.21 FINANCIAL: Pivot Table Slicer & Chart Dashboard (15:45)

  • Module 10: CONDITIONALLY FORMATTING PIVOT TABLES
  • 10.1 Intro to Conditional Formatting (2:33)
  • 10.2 Highlight Cell Rules based on values (1:17)
  • 10.3 Highlight Cell Rules based on text labels (0:44)
  • 10.4 Highlight Cell Rules based on date labels (1:12)
  • 10.5 Top & Bottom Rules (3:21)
  • 10.6 Data Bars, Color Scales & Icon Sets (NEW IN EXCEL 2010) (5:39)
  • 10.7 Format only cells that contain - For Bonuses (1:35)
  • 10.8 Format only Top or Bottom ranked values - Top 3 sales per year (1:29)
  • 10.9 Format values that are above or below the average - For Promotions (1:34)
  • 10.1 Use a formula to determine which cells to format (2:29)
  • 10.11 Use selected cells to format multiple fields (1:28)
  • 10.12 All cells showing values to format multiple fields (1:28)
  • 10.13 Control Conditional Formatting with Slicers (2:44)
  • 10.14 Show text in the Pivot Table Values area (4:41)
  • 10.15 Cond Format blank cells or cells (1:04)
  • 10.16 ACCOUNTING: Accounts Receivable Ageing Report Matrix (6:07)
  • 10.17 FINANCIAL: Conditionally Format your sales results (3:22)

  • Module 11: GETPIVOTDATA
  • 11.1 Intro to GETPIVOTDATA (4:49)
  • 11.2 Create a custom report with GETPIVOTDATA (5:14)
  • 11.3 Reference Dates with GETPIVOTDATA (3:07)
  • 11.4 Data validation with GETPIVOTDATA (2:42)
  • 11.5 Shortfalls of GETPIVOTDATA (1:38)
  • 11.6 Grand Totals to the left of the pivot table (3:09)
  • 11.7 ACCOUNTING: Live forecasting with GETPIVOTDATA (7:14)
  • 11.8 FINANCIAL: Channel Analysis with GETPIVOTDATA (5:20)

  • Module 12: MACROS
  • 12.1 Adding the Developer tab & disabling macros (2:19)
  • 12.2 Record a simple macro to Refresh a pivot table (4:16)
  • 12.3 Date filter macro (4:17)
  • 12.4 Different pivot table views macro (4:33)
  • 12.5 Top 10 macro (3:20)
  • 12.6 Add macro to quick access toolbar (1:10)

  • Module 13: DATA MANAGEMENT
  • 13.1 Reducing file memory by copying existing pivot table (1:19)
  • 13.2 Reducing file memory by deleting the data source (1:36)
  • 13.3 Reducing file memory by saving file as Excel Binary Workbook (0:47)
  • 13.4 Reducing file memory by keeping data source in MS Access (2:02)
  • 13.5 Compatibility Issues with Excel 2007 and Excel 2010 (1:09)
  • 13.6 Sharing a Pivot Table via OneDrive (2:39)

  • Module 14: CONCLUSION & BONUS VIDEOS
  • 14.1 Sales Forecasting with Calculated Fields (4:08)
  • 14.2 Consolidate with a Pivot Table (4:36)
  • 14.3 Frequency distribution with a Pivot Table (2:06)
  • 14.4 Break Even Model (2:54)
  • 14.5 Several slicer custom styles for you to use (1:53)
  • 14.6 Interactive Balance Sheet Pivot Table (12:11)
  • 14.7 Monthly Sales Manager Performance Report (4:25)
  • 14.8 Reconciling customer payments (1:32)
  • 14.9 Pivot Power Add-In to make you more efficient (6:53)

Materials

The course includes the following course materials:

  • Quick Reference Guide
  • Sample Excel files
  • Download the lecture videos (mp4)
  • Glossary

Comments from participants

  • “I have learned more about Pivot Tables within a week of taking this course than I have over the last couple of years.”

  • “Really amazing stuff!”

  • “The videos are short and precise, easy to understand and gives you the ability to refer back to them at any time.”

  • “This course is tremendously comprehensive. The best part is that the course is served in small bite-sized pieces that are easily digested”

  • “Definitely worth your time and money”

  • “This is the best Excel course that I have taken! It not only talks about Pivot Tables in great detail, it also touches on charts, conditional formatting and macros.”

  • “Excellent course for any Excel level”

NASBA QAS CPE Microsoft Excel LogoObjectives

  • State how to group Pivot Table reports
  • List ways to manually sort a Pivot Table
  • Recognize how to show the data behind a Pivot Table value

Program Level

Basic

Prerequisites

None

Advance Preparation Needed

Ensure you have access to Excel for Windows, preferably versions 2010 or later, so that you can work through the required homework exercises. Excel for Mac is not officially supported.

Delivery Method

QAS Self-study

Recommended CPE Credits

16

Field of Study

Computer Software & Applications

Expiration

Program enrollment is valid for one year and participant must complete the final exam within this time period.

Registration

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Refund Policy

Full 30-day refund policy. Full refund for any course cancellations or registration into upcoming session if preferred.

Complaint Resolution

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Official Registry Statement

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