The Why and How Of Spreadsheet Pivot Tables
29 Aug 2023
In our data-driven world, finding meaningful insights from heaps of information can be quite a challenge. Luckily, there’s a handy tool at your disposal that makes this process a breeze: pivot tables.
This nifty feature in MobiSheets let you organize, analyze, and summarize large datasets effortlessly. Here’s a little more on pivot tables, and how you can create them.
An easier view of data
Spreadsheet pivot tables are powerful data organizers that transform raw information into clear, concise summaries, making overwhelming spreadsheets a little more manageable. By rearranging and reorganizing your data with simple drag-and-drop actions, you get a multidimensional view of your dataset without messing with the original data.
Flexibility at your fingertips
Pivot tables offer endless flexibility for data exploration, where you can effortlessly rearrange rows, columns, and variables to view your data from different angles, creating custom summaries and cross-tabulations. This in turn can help you uncover hidden insights and answer spontaneous questions on the go.
Automation for the win
A great thing about spreadsheet pivot tables is their ability to perform automatic aggregations and calculations. You can choose from a range of functions like sum, average, count, or percentage to summarize your data within the table, saving you time and effort compared to manual data processing.
Visually pleasing
Who said data can’t look good? Pivot tables offer dynamic visual representations of your numbers, letting you create charts, graphs, and pivot charts that bring your summaries to life. Visualizations provide a clearer understanding of data patterns, trends, and outliers, making it easier to share your findings with others.
You can use them for a lot of things
Pivot tables aren’t just for heavy data and work-related data management. There are many everyday uses for spreadsheets such as wedding planning, travel budgeting, household food shopping, and more – and pivot tables can help make the daily things even easier to manage.
How to create pivot tables
Creating pivot tables is easy with MobiSheets! And, instead of telling you how we can show you! And, of course, pivot tables will need to be removed from time to time. If this has happened to you, go ahead and check out our article on how to delete a pivot table for a detailed guide.
