In Excel 2011 for mac, a PivotTable is a special kind of table that summarizes data from a table, data range, or database external to the workbook. If you’re PivotTable aficionado, you will be in seventh heaven with the new PivotTable capabilities in Office 2011 for Mac. Here’s how to make a PivotTable:
(Optional) Select a cell in your data range or table.
Choose Data→PivotTable. Alternatively, on the Ribbon’s Tables tab, go to the Tools group and click Summarize with PivotTable.
Choose the data to analyze:
Make choices from the following options:
Location: If you performed Step 1, your table or range is already filled in for you. If you didn’t start with a table or range, you can select a data range or table using the mouse.
Use an External Data Source:Displays the Mac OS X ODBC dialog.
Choose where to put the PivotTable:
New Worksheet: If selected, adds a new sheet to the workbook and places your PivotTable in Cell A1 of the new worksheet.
Existing Worksheet:Choose a cell on your worksheet. The cell will be the upper-leftmost corner of your PivotTable. Make sure there’s enough room so your PivotTable doesn’t overlap existing cell ranges.
Click OK.
Drag field names from the Field Name section at the top to the panes below.
Selecting and deselecting the field names includes or excludes the columns from the pivot table.
Clicking the pop-up buttons within the pivot table displays Filter dialogs appropriate for the data type in your pivot table.
You can filter the Field Name list by typing field names in the search box in the Pivot Table Builder dialog.
Drag fields from one pane to another to generate new pivot table variations.
You can change the column names, calculations, and number formats provided by the PivotTable Builder. There’s a little information button at the right end of each field name in the panels at the bottom of the PivotTable Builder. Click the information button to display the PivotTable Field dialog. The properties displayed are for the field name of the button you clicked:
Field Name (Optional): Type a new field name.
Summarize By: Choose which type of calculation to use.
Show Data As: Select how you want to show the data from the pop-up menu. You can choose from Normal, Difference From, % Of, % Difference From, Running Total In, % of Row, % of Column, % of Total, or Index.
Base Field and Base Item: If you choose Difference Fromin the Show Data As pop-up menu, choose which fields you’re comparing.
Delete: Removes this field from the PivotTable report.
Number: Displays the Number tab of the Format Cells dialog so you can choose a number format or make a custom number format.
Question: In Microsoft Excel 2011 for Mac, I've created a pivot table and now I need to change the data source. How do I change the data source for an existing pivot table? Answer: Click somewhere in the pivot table and the PivotTable tab should appear in the toolbar at the top of the screen. Select the PivotTable tab, click on the Options button and select Change Source from the popup menu. Question: On a pivot table, how do I remove the grand totals for rows in Microsoft Excel 2011 for Mac? Answer: Below we want to remove the grand totals for the Product rows. To remove this row grand total, select the PivotTable tab from the toolbar at the top of the screen. Click on the Layout button and select Show Totals for Rows from the popup menu. This will uncheck the Show Total for Rows. The jargon associated with Microsoft Excel's pivot tables ('n-dimensional cross tabulations') makes them look complex, but they're really no more than an easy way to build concise, flexible summaries of long lists of raw values. If you're working with hundreds (or hundreds of thousands) of rows, the. This Excel tutorial explains how to refresh a pivot table in Excel 2011 for Mac (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions). See solution in other versions of Excel: Excel 2016.
When you select a cell in a PivotTable, look at the Ribbon to find the PivotTable tab, which you click to display all sorts of PivotTable tools. The PivotTable tab is for experts. PivotTable Ribbon offers additional formatting options and still more controls for your PivotTable, but it goes beyond the scope of this book. If you find PivotTables to be useful, then by all means explore the PivotTable Ribbon.
This Excel tutorial explains how to change the name of a pivot table in Excel 2011 for Mac (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).
See solution in other versions of Excel:
Question: How do I change the name associated with a pivot table in Microsoft Excel 2011 for Mac?
Answer: Right-click on the pivot table and then select 'PivotTable Options' from the popup menu.
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When the PivotTable Options window appears, enter the new name for the pivot table in the PivotTable name field. Click the OK button. In this example, we've renamed our pivot table to MyFirstPT.