When there are new tools available, it’s very easy for old tools to become outdated; that’s typically the natural progression of technology. So, when you give people a couple of powerful new Excel ...

"What is the correct way to calculate the year-over-year column anyway?"Last October, a sales administrator at a client ...

At the sheet level, conditional running totals require focused expressions, but an Excel PivotTable requires only a few field swaps. Susan Harkins shows you how. An expression to return a simple ...

Up-to-date information can be critical; these 4 tips will add flexibility and increase efficiency when refreshing pivot tables. PivotTable objects are only as good as their underlying data and that ...

At the end of the month, do you find yourself opening order data and manually adding up sales by sales channel and ...

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 ...

Q. I usually like Excel PivotTables, but because they don’t allow me to do certain things, such as delete cells or insert new columns or rows, I’m wondering if there is a reasonable alternative? A.