More pivot table secrets revealed

Posted by accountingweb on Jan 13 2000 240 printer friendly

Pivot tables return by popular demand! Consultant David Carter is back at AccountingWEB with another of his vital guides to using pivot tables in Excel.

David's previous tutorial on this invaluable Excel tool was the most visited part of AccountingWEB last year, and this second rundown, on sales analysis, should prove to be just as much of a hit.

David's second tutorial lets you analyze complicated sales data quickly and easily from accounting packages such as Sage, Pegasus, SunAccount, Navision etc.

Online students will learn how to import data in a Text file, the lowest common denominator file format, using Excel’s Import wizard, then break it down with pivot tables.

Go to the sales analysis tutorial now!

Go to the original Excel Pivot Table Tutorial.

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