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If you use Excel as a database (or rather: 'list' as it is referred to in Excel) I'm pretty sure you love pivot tables, as it can help you to quickly retrieve and manipulate your worksheet data in numerous ways. But what I often see is that people use PivotTable reports as a simple, static summary, yet it can be used to interactively analyse the underlying data. For example, you can quickly display the data 'behind' any figure in your report. Obviously, you can use the standard filter functionalities in the source data. But all you need is two clicks.
Here's how:
A new worksheet is created, displaying the related records from the source data. If you are already using version 2013 the new Quick Analysis button will appear next to the extracted information, allowing you to quickly and easily view your data with conditional formatting (colours and icons), sparklines, or charts.
With special thanks to my accountant - who was asking me for some additional information - for the inspiration of this week's tip!
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