When an option is chosen from this drop-down list (Black in this example), then the table that would be visible will contain only the data from those rows that have the Color of Item Black.

This summary might include sums, averages, or other statistics, which the pivot table groups together in a meaningful way.

They arrange and rearrange (or pivot) statistics in order to draw attention to useful information.

A tool that could help the user recognize these patterns would help to build advanced data models quickly.

With Improv, users could define and store sets of categories, then change views by dragging category names with the mouse.

This core functionality would provide the model for pivot tables.

Borland purchased the DataPivot technology in 1992 and implemented it in their own spreadsheet application, Quattro Pro.

Early in 1994 Microsoft Excel 5 4 brought a new functionality called a PivotTable to market.

Microsoft further improved this feature in later versions of Excel.

The usage of a pivot table is extremely broad and depends on the situation.

The first question to ask is, What am I seeking In the example here, let us ask, How many Units did we sell in each Region for every Ship Date.

In this case, the column is Ship Date, the row is Region and the data we would like to see is (sum of) Units.

These fields allow several kinds of aggregations, including: sum, average, standard deviation, count, etc.

In this case, the total number of units shipped is displayed here using a sum aggregation.

Furthermore, it will find all distinct values for Ship Date.

Based on the aggregation type, sum, it will summarize the fact, the quantities of Unit, and display them in a multidimensional chart.

This number was obtained by finding all records where both Region was East and Ship Date was 1312005, and adding the Units of that collection of records ( i.e., cells E2 to E7) together to get a final result.

For example, in Microsoft Excel one must first select the entire data in the original table and then go to the Insert tab and select Pivot Table (or Pivot Chart).

The user then has the option of either inserting the pivot table into an existing sheet or creating a new sheet to house the pivot table.

A pivot table field list is provided to the user which lists all the column headers present in the data.

For instance, if a table represents sales data of a company, it might include Date of sale, Sales person, Item sold, Color of item, Units sold, Per unit price, and Total price.

By default, the pivot table layout design will appear below this list.

For example, if the Color of Item field is dragged to this area, then the table constructed will have a report filter inserted above the table.

This report filter will have drop-down options (Black, Red, and White in the example above).

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