{"id":11167,"date":"2019-02-19T12:44:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T11:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=11167"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:47:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:47:44","slug":"recommended-pivot-tables-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/recommended-pivot-tables-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Excel can<strong> automatically generate <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/101-excel-pivot-tables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pivot Tables\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pivot Tables<\/a><\/strong> for you? You heard that right, there are <strong>Recommended Pivot Tables<\/strong> in Excel that you can actually use!<\/p>\n<p>This is a new feature introduced in Excel 2013.<\/p>\n<p>It is very simple to do so and we will show you how!<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wgTpyrcKJI8?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Recommended-Pivot-Tables.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Make sure you have selected your data. Go to\u00a0<em><strong>Insert &gt; Tables &gt; Recommended Pivot Tables<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-01.png\" alt=\"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel\" width=\"1045\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-01.png 1045w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-01-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-01-1024x455.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-01-768x341.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1045px) 100vw, 1045px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0You will see the generated <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/101-excel-pivot-tables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pivot Table\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pivot Table<\/a> recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Let us select the\u00a0<strong>Count of SALES by PRODUCTS.<\/strong> Click\u00a0<strong>OK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-02.png\" alt=\"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel\" width=\"526\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-02.png 526w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-02-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The generated Pivot Table is now in a new sheet. Let us make some changes to it.<\/p>\n<p>Click on\u00a0<strong>COUNT of SALES\u00a0<\/strong>and select\u00a0<strong>Value Field Settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-03.png\" alt=\"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel\" width=\"650\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-03.png 650w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-03-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We want it to display the Total sum of Sales per Product instead. Select\u00a0<strong>Sum\u00a0<\/strong>and click\u00a0<strong>OK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-04.png\" alt=\"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel\" width=\"373\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-04.png 373w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-04-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With just that, your Pivot Table is now ready!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-05.png\" alt=\"Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel\" width=\"597\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-05.png 597w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Recommended-Pivot-Tables-05-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>How to Use Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Excel can automatically generate Pivot Tables for you? You heard that right, there are Recommended Pivot Tables in Excel that you can actually use! This is a new feature introduced in Excel 2013. It is very simple to do so and we will show you how! \ufeff Download excel workbookRecommended-Pivot-Tables.xlsx STEP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4,42],"tags":[139,584],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}