Almost every month, I suggest the Subtotal feature to a reader. It's an easy-to-use feature that summarizes data by groups. You define the group and the summarizing function; Excel does the rest. This ...

Q: I use Excel’s Group tool to expand and collapse our employees’ weekly timesheet data, but it takes forever to group each section individually for each of my 300-plus employees. Can you tell me how ...

How to show details in a grouped PivotTable in Microsoft Excel Your email has been sent Microsoft Excel PivotTables turn data into useful information the same as other reporting tools. Most reports ...

When you compile data in a list, you often need to answer questions such as “How much revenue did the West Coast office generate last month?” or “What was the average number of customers served at ...

If you’ve ever heard of PivotTables, you either swear by them or they’ve successfully baffled you into not going near them. For a feature that does what it does, the PivotTable is probably Excel’s ...